The colors are especially bold and bright, while the dirt and scratches are kept to a minimum. The image is framed at 1. Overall, the kiddos liked it ok. This film is one of Disney's best, one that widely departs from the studio's formulas or any conventions at all and manages to entertain without fail for an hour and a half. David wants answers from Max and a departure from the curious scientists.
Extra features are limited to a decent commentary, but given the film's money troubles and mixed parentage I couldn't have hoped for much more. It might not knock your socks off, but it gets the job done nicely. Long story short, this is a very good transfer that should really please fans of the film. While its time-travel tale is a serious one, it deftly uses comedy to enhance the adventure and crank up the entertainment value. The interior, all reflective chrome and futuristic light sources, is a triumph of subtle design whilst the creatures look attractively retro; like someone has decorated their art deco apartment with some very fine shabby chic. Directional activity also pops up from time to time, creating a modestly immersive atmosphere especially during the flight scenes. He wakes up and discovers it's now 1986 and he's been missing for eight years.
Due to the light amount of content on this disc, the navigation is relatively simple and straightforward. While I'm sure many fans were hoping for a full-blown 5. Special features are quite sparse with just a commentary track for people who want to hear the details of the making of the film. I'd take this movie in a plain brown wrapper. They used whatever method worked best for each particular shot, which gives the visual effects a genuine touch of class. Dialogue was crisp and always intelligible.
Disney needs to re-release this with the behind the scene footage and the commentary with a enhanced picture and sound. Be sure to follow him on and on the. Updated daily and in real-time, we track all high-def disc news and release dates, and review the latest disc titles. Or am I making that up? So, does Flight Of The Navigator live up to the pedestal many, including myself, have put it on over the last few years? Since I can dream, I'd have loved to hear an audio commentary or a series of more modern interviews with the cast and crew, or some basic behind-the-scenes stuff. Detail is quite strong, all the more so for not having been suffocated with obnoxious sharpening, and you can easily make out the wires controlling the little furry alien that David 'adopts'. The rest proves less satisfactory.
In fact, some of the brighter outdoor scenes are quite sharp and well-rendered, and actually look better that I was expecting. There were several scenes that were cut from the film. Coupled with a nonsensical and patronising ending that flies in the face of all prior facts established beforehand, and you have a dainty relic that was best off left in the Eighties. The film starts out strong with a highly intriguing set-up, and sets a fast and flawless pace that it never departs from. My son enjoyed the military aspects of it. Needless to say, if you've never had the pleasure of watching Flight of the Navigator, you're in for a real treat.
Baker, Michael Burton, Matt MacManus Cast: Joey Cramer David Freeman , Paul Reubens voice of Max , Veronica Cartwright Helen Freeman , Cliff De Young Bill Freeman , Sarah Jessica Parker Carolyn McAdams , Matt Adler Jeff, 16 years , Howard Hesseman Dr. With the help of Carolyn McAdams Sarah Jessica Parker , a friendly young intern at the base, David seeks to escape. While some films are adversely affected by the ravages of time thanks to the more negative facets of the storyline see , others remain stubbornly inoffensive — they may eventually fade from memory, so innocuous and deft are the plot nuances and character touches, but they remain in the memory by virtue of the warm fuzzy feeling evoked by mere mentions of their name — rather like being drugged, we would imagine. Heck, even the original theatrical trailer would have been a welcome inclusion. David hasn't changed in any way, but the rest of the world has. The picture and sound have not been given an overhaul, yet the experience is purer for it. Its errors may be more glaring than your eight year-old self remembers, but its charm remains largely intact.
I remember when Flight of the Navigator was first released, I was not that much of a fan really. All of its elements seem to work just right. David has no knowledge of where he's been. The 89-minute movie is divided into a scant 9 chapters, and no layer change was detected. Flight of the Navigator is the action-packed classic 80s adventure into another world.
They laughed at parts and kept asking me what would happen next. The Main Menu fortunately features the coolly energetic and distinctly 1980s title theme. The score does a good job of guiding the audience along, playing all understated and mysterious at the beginning titles aside , and breaking out into a more exhuberant synth-pop effort as David starts to have fun. The movie didn't receive a noticeably expansive mix to begin with, so don't expect any sonic fireworks. The ship is commanded by a robot of higher intelligence voiced by Paul Reubens , who David names Max.
I'm a big fan of poster art-themed covers especially for nostalgic movies such as this one , and it would have been nice to. Joey Cramer's performance as David has an earnest quality, relaying his sense of bewilderment without relying heavily on sentimentality, and it's a yardstick by which the rest of the cast is measured. Strangely enough, nothing is the same as young David remembers it, as it turns out that eight years have passed since he left. Flight of the Navigator Blu-ray. This movie is a short and great film that fell into Disney's lap after failed funding. Font Size 16 The MovieThe astonishing success of Steven Spielberg's E.
Some are weird, some are cute, but they all make an impression, as does Alan Silvestri's music. He also does freelance graphic design projects, and also works in an art gallery. The robotic character, Max, is a lot of fun. After losing consciousness for a short period of time, he returns home by himself. The acting is more simplistic than it is over the top and the story thin, but enjoyable enough for families, but it lacks the big heart and intelligence of its forebear. Here's the basic plot: young David Freeman Joey Cramer, I-Man gets lost in the woods one summer night in 1978 while searching for his younger brother.