A good movie

I have re-watched it fairly recently and, even though it might not be a great movie, I still think it remains a pretty good SF feature. Basically, it is another one of Ron Howard’s 80’s classics but, as usual with this director, even though there was some potential, it wasn’t amazing after all. I mean, the whole concept of mixing some senior citizens (even though the senior population is growing exponentially every day, Hollywood still refuses to make movies about older people which is a real shame in my opinion) with some aliens was actually quite a genius move. Unfortunately, the whole thing never really fulfills its great potential. I mean, it’s pretty obvious that they were aiming at something like ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’ but it never reaches that level. For starters, they could have dropped Steve Guttenberg. Indeed, the guy must have been one of the most underwhelming lead actors I ever seen. Eventually, of course, they had to come up with a sequel but it seems rather underwhelming so I’m in no rush to watch it. To conclude, in spite of its flaws, I think it is a very original and very enjoyable SF feature and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

7/10