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Joined: May 22 2008 Location: Goshen, VA Posts: 6544

I just watched this for the first time in at least 22-23 years. What a great fucking movie. I appreciate it even more now as I did when I was 4 or 5. For those of you that don't remember it:

"Ben Crandall, an alien-obsessed kid, dreams one night of a circuit board. Drawing out the circuit, he and his friends Wolfgang and Darren set it up, and discover they have been given the basis for a starship. Setting off in the ThunderRoad, as they name their ship, they find the aliens Ben hopes they would find... but are they what they seem?"

Just a fun kids movie that most people of the 80's crowd should always have in their collection.

Posted: Jul 14 2012 04:28 pm

i dont think i have ever seen it, but it sounds like good 80's kids fun

Joined: May 22 2008 Location: Goshen, VA Posts: 6544

It is. It reminds me of "Flight of the Navigator", at least it has that same vibe.

Title: an horse Joined: Feb 26 2012 Posts: 169

I loved this movie! I also liked the twistat the end - when you find out about

[SPOILER:60ec68fa1e]the bigger, older aliens.[/SPOILER:60ec68fa1e]

Posted: Jul 15 2012 02:47 am

River Phoenix and Ethan Hawke? Holy balls.

Posted: Jul 15 2012 04:14 pm

Holy shit I haven't seen that movie in 25 years!

Posted: Jul 16 2012 04:06 am

This movie doesn't get enough love and attention. To rectify that, I just emailed Michael Bay and asked him to remake this. You're welcome.

Joined: Dec 06 2007 Location: Connecticut Posts: 11244

I haven't seen this... I'll be fixing that.

Posted: Jul 17 2012 09:13 pm

Good movie. They fly into space in a tilt-a-whirl for God's sake!

Posted: Jul 21 2012 11:09 pm

This is one of my favorite eighties movies! Thank you for reminding me of its existence!

Joined: Jul 29 2012 Posts: 63

I own and love this movie also. It gets pretty weird towards the end, but it's nothing if not unique. This is a film that could only be made in the 80's.