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Old 29-12-2012, 14:33   #1
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Flight Of The Navigator
Anybody watch this on BBC2 earlier?

I love this film. It has bags of charm. A great premise for a movie (I'm not a sci fi fan so not sure how original it was at the time).
I love the fact that it has everything from drama, comedy to genuinely scary moments (particularly if you put yourself in David's shoes), and takes you on a journey with him.
And MAX is the best thing in it

Anybody else like this movie?
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Old 29-12-2012, 14:51   #2
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I love it.

I didn't know it was on tv. Weird thing is, i've been thinking about it lately.
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Old 29-12-2012, 14:54   #3
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Its on Blu Ray now if you missed it and far better than the crappy DVD to.
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Old 29-12-2012, 15:11   #4
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I love it.

I didn't know it was on tv. Weird thing is, i've been thinking about it lately.
Same here! I was thinking that it's hardly ever on TV and then checked the listings this morning and made my day

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Its on Blu Ray now if you missed it and far better than the crappy DVD to.
I don't have a blu ray player Is there a major difference in quality or is that a stupid question?
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Old 29-12-2012, 15:21   #5
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It's a classic. I tried to watch the football on the other channel but just kept flicking back. Gave up in the end and just watched the film.

The SFX of the ship were top notch.
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Old 29-12-2012, 15:24   #6
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It's enjoyable enough. The 80's fashion on his 'younger' brother are hilarious. What were we thinking back then?
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Old 29-12-2012, 15:51   #7
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Same here! I was thinking that it's hardly ever on TV and then checked the listings this morning and made my day



I don't have a blu ray player Is there a major difference in quality or is that a stupid question?
I think the DVD was just a video transfer to DVD but the Blu Ray was a proper copy.

http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Flight...Blu-ray/51254/

http://www.dvdactive.com/reviews/dvd...navigator.html
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Old 29-12-2012, 16:48   #8
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It's enjoyable enough. The 80's fashion on his 'younger' brother are hilarious. What were we thinking back then?
At then end in the boat I was expecting David to say to Jeff "We need to talk about your hair".
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Old 29-12-2012, 16:54   #9
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A lovely movie. I could watch it endlessly...

And, as we've seen so many awesome remakes, I'm really 'excited' about the remake out next year!
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Old 29-12-2012, 17:20   #10
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My favourite movie. And, serendipitously, I mentioned it (unawares of its showing today) in the Soundtrack thread last night....so hop over there for some of Alan Silvestri's music from the movie.
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Old 29-12-2012, 17:24   #11
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It's a classic.
The SFX of the ship were top notch.
I agree.
I don't see the need to remake it.
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showt...ghlight=flight
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Old 29-12-2012, 21:07   #12
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It's a perfect movie. One of my all-time favourites. It has aged very well.
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Old 29-12-2012, 21:20   #13
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Ahhh bugger, I missed this
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Old 29-12-2012, 22:11   #14
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Awww I didn't realise this was on - I loved this film when I was a kid!
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Old 29-12-2012, 22:26   #15
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Book yourself about 2 hours off, and relax
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Old 29-12-2012, 22:42   #16
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I would have watched it, but it's not been that long since I've seen it.
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Old 29-12-2012, 22:44   #17
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I agree.
I don't see the need to remake it.
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showt...ghlight=flight
The special effects these days are outstanding! It would look fantastic!
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Old 29-12-2012, 22:55   #18
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The special effects these days are outstanding! It would look fantastic!
It looked fantastic then. No need to remake it just for a few computerised bells and whistles.
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Got the HD version set to record on my Sky box. Nice
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Old 30-12-2012, 01:21   #20
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Watched this on DVD on Christmas Day awesome classic
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Old 30-12-2012, 01:56   #21
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It must never be remade. All the charm and innocence would be stripped from it. No doubt some cretin producer or director would talk about making it "dark and gritty" and it will be a colossal mess. Just leave well enough alone.
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Old 30-12-2012, 12:58   #22
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love the film one of my fav ever,might get it on blu ray soon

they are making a remake
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Old 30-12-2012, 15:23   #23
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It must never be remade. All the charm and innocence would be stripped from it. No doubt some cretin producer or director would talk about making it "dark and gritty" and it will be a colossal mess. Just leave well enough alone.
All these comments scare me (as they're quite probably true).

Mind you, I can just pretend the remake never happened
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Old 30-12-2012, 19:49   #24
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My husband loves this, but I find it a little boring. The main kid is too smug and also Max is completely annoying when he starts to speak like a human (though no human I have ever heard!!)

I did like the bit at the 'gas station'. That was funny!!!
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Old 30-12-2012, 20:56   #25
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The special effects these days are outstanding! It would look fantastic!
The sfx still stand up today (for me anyway). A remake would just ruin a simple story and bloat it with too much cgi.
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