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Annette · 6th March 2001, 05:10 PM

My husband absolutely adores the film Starman. Don't ask me why but he does. Perhaps its because hes a sentimental old fool. Me, can't stand Jeff Bridges. If he wasn't in it, it wouldn't be so bad. He just grates on my nerves. In American terms he's so lame. The storylines good but its just him.

Annette.

Dave · 23rd March 2001, 10:13 AM

Starman (1984) 115 minutes.

Well I'm not sentimental, and I thought it was sentimentalist drivel. But I've just realised that it was directed by John Carpenter, must have had an off-day.

http://uk.imdb.com/Title?0088172

An alien who has crash-landed in the United States takes on the the appearance of a woman's dead husband and enlists her help to escape from pursuing authorities and rendezvous with a spacecraft on the other side of the country. As he learns how to be more human the alien begins to take on more and more qualities of the woman's husband, drawing the woman closer.

I did like the bit where he learns to drive, he says that he copied her green means GO, amber means GO VERY FAST.

Annette · 23rd March 2001, 03:54 PM

That is the only good bit in the film, the incident with the traffic lights.

Annette.

Mellian · 24th March 2001, 08:49 PM

I didn't really care for the film. It just didn't work the way it was done.

However I did like the TV show that was done later where he comes back and finds his son and they go looking for the boy's mother.

Tabitha · 25th June 2002, 05:58 AM

erm I really enjoyed this movie...

I haven't seen it for many years. I am a big Jeff Bridges fan, and while this movie may have been overly sentimental, that aspect didn't really bother me much. And the bit with the traffic lights is great!

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6th March 2001, 05:10 PM	#1 (permalink)
Annette This is Star - my honey!! Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: West Midlands Posts: 5,944	My husband absolutely adores the film Starman. Don't ask me why but he does. Perhaps its because hes a sentimental old fool. Me, can't stand Jeff Bridges. If he wasn't in it, it wouldn't be so bad. He just grates on my nerves. In American terms he's so lame. The storylines good but its just him. Annette.

23rd March 2001, 10:13 AM	#2 (permalink)
Dave Wherever I Am, I'm There Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Greater London Posts: 11,443	Starman (1984) 115 minutes. Well I'm not sentimental, and I thought it was sentimentalist drivel. But I've just realised that it was directed by John Carpenter, must have had an off-day. http://uk.imdb.com/Title?0088172 An alien who has crash-landed in the United States takes on the the appearance of a woman's dead husband and enlists her help to escape from pursuing authorities and rendezvous with a spacecraft on the other side of the country. As he learns how to be more human the alien begins to take on more and more qualities of the woman's husband, drawing the woman closer. I did like the bit where he learns to drive, he says that he copied her green means GO, amber means GO VERY FAST.

23rd March 2001, 03:54 PM	#3 (permalink)
Annette This is Star - my honey!! Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: West Midlands Posts: 5,944	That is the only good bit in the film, the incident with the traffic lights. Annette.

24th March 2001, 08:49 PM	#4 (permalink)
Mellian Sothoii war maid Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Corning, New York, USA Posts: 597	I didn't really care for the film. It just didn't work the way it was done. However I did like the TV show that was done later where he comes back and finds his son and they go looking for the boy's mother.

25th June 2002, 05:58 AM	#5 (permalink)
Tabitha Save Angel! Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 3,638	erm I really enjoyed this movie... I haven't seen it for many years. I am a big Jeff Bridges fan, and while this movie may have been overly sentimental, that aspect didn't really bother me much. And the bit with the traffic lights is great!