Explorers
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Movie Reviews of Explorers
Movie Review: More interesting than I remembered
Summary: 5 Stars
Okay, like most of the other reviewers, I really enjoyed this movie as a kid and was really excited to see it getting released as a DVD. I've talked about the movie on and off over the years but never met anyone else who remembered it, so I was very excited to finally meet someone who remembered the name.
I have to say, the plot of EXPLORERS was far more in-depth than I actually remembered. ...which was the three kids getting mistaken as aliens while inside the "bubble" they created and going into outer space.
I also have to add that both River Phoenix and Ethan Hawke are both geeky looking boys in this movie...as a pre-teenager, how could I have ever thought they were cute??
This is a light sci-fi that anyone should be able to enjoy. I wouldn't compare this movie to GREMLINS (that movie scared me to death as a kid), but maybe more along the lines of GALAXY QUEST with Tim Allen -- accept more scientific. Regardless, this movie is a classic!
Movie Review: A must see!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
The Amazon reviewer must have been on something when he reviewed "Explorers". It is nothing like "Contact", which is entirely humorless. I saw "Explorers" with my kids and all of us loved it; it's one of those films that both parents and kids can like (I had to watch SO MANY idiotic flicks with them, to watch this was heaven!). It is quite an intelligent film, and it makes some good, solid satirical points at the same time never losing its sense of fun. It is an absolutely delightful flick. If you have young ones, see it with them. I couldn't remember the title of this flick or who was in it, so I went to "e-opinions" looking at lists of best 10 kids films that others had sent in. The same old stuff. None mentioned this film.
I haven't seen this film in years, but still remember scenes from it. They just stay with you. It is one of those neglected films that are deserving of more of an audience. Toss Disney overboard! See "Explorers"!!!!
Movie Review: Still Good
Summary: 5 Stars
I haven't seen this in a very long time. I have to say, it still makes me laugh. Its effects still look pretty good today. The actors were all the right ones for the parts they played. It's a good romping movie. It's also, I think, everyone's dream when they are a kid. I mean, how many of us wished we could have done this? How many would have killed to do this? It's a good "family" movie as well. Yes, there is the scene where they sip from the beer, but it isn't like they are knocking back a six-pack. Most of it gets squirted around as if it were champagne anyway. It is still a very good movie even after all these years.Movie Review: Classic 1980's film
Summary: 5 Stars
1985 has brought into this world the best classics known to man. Gremlins, Gremlins II and Troll. Explorers is only one of many of those few classics. This really really really needs a sequel as it left us on a cliff hanger of questions. What happened to Neek and Wac? Why did the aliens pick humans? Why did they watch television? And why did the officer say he had the exact same dreams that the kids(Darren, Wolfgang and Ben)had? I really think this needs a sequel as it had the dream at the end saying a sequel was in the makings.Movie Review: Timeless
Summary: 5 Stars
The idea is that aliens make first contact by sending technical schematics to the sleeping, dreaming minds of boys. The boys, Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix, use the information, along with their computer, to build a home-made space ship from scrap. If you like the idea you'll love the movie. It's done with respect for science enthusiasts and sci-fi fans, and really captures the spirit, like some of Heinlein's books, Have Spacesuit - Will Travel, etc.