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This afternoon's movie was Flight of the Navigator (1986). A fun, feel-good family movie — though, the NASA guy was a bit creepy and dark. The plot was simple and the runtime short. One of the first movies to use CGI extensively and while it doesn't hold up well, it's a great snapshot into what CGI was like in the mid-80s. Alan Silvestri's synth score for the movie is interesting.

Rated 7 out of 10.

#movies #music #scifi #disney

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If you're interested in the CGI/VFX shenanigans, Captain Disillusion did a great deep-dive on it a while ago: youtu.be/tyixMpuGEL8

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@antsu

Thank you for this. That was such a great deep dive. I thought they had made partial life-size models of the ship for some of the shots. It’s amazing that they made two full life-sized models!