Starman, written by
Bruce Evans and Raynold Gideon
Starman is a charming, enjoyable science fiction film.
Given the date of the production- 1984-, the
special effects are not what we are used with in 2018.
Nevertheless, it is not the movement of various
ample space ships which fill the skies in Transformers and the like that
provides meaningfulness.
Jenny Hayden is a widow who
grieves for her husband.
One day, at the beginning of the film, in the
room next door, a sort of baby appears and he cries.
However, over the next seconds, the baby grows
into a man, or at least something that looks like one.
And the shape and form of this “creature” is exactly
that of the late husband of Jenny Hayden who is terrified.
This apparition takes her hostage and wants her
to drive to a certain meeting place where he has to be.
If at first, the woman tries hard to escape
this strange being that we soon understand is an alien, things change later.
On the road, as they have a dispute over her
driving the car, they produce an accident and this is an opportunity.
Jenny comes out of the car shouting that she
has been kidnapped, while the other driver takes a crow bar with him.
He is very determined to make the Starman stop
his wrongdoing and release his prisoner, or else…
Only the SuperBeing has extraterrestrial
powers:
He melts the crow bar and creates a sort of
explosion that sets fire to a few trees nearby, making the initially brave man
to run away.
The government, or some agencies within it are
chasing the Starman and one individual wants to help him.
The one in charge though is determined to annihilate
this dangerous force that comes from outer space.
Gradually, the dynamic between Jenny and the
Starman who looks exactly like her late husband changes.
They stop to eat at a restaurant near the road,
where the woman has the last attempt to escape from her…destiny.
This is where they meet a stupid red neck, who
has a deer on the front of his pickup truck and the dead animal attracts the
attention of Starman.
This is a moment of philosophy, of which there
are others, wherein the alien is thinking about humans and their violence.
While they sit and order, with the being from
out of space asking the usual comic questions, for he is unfamiliar with
expressions, even if he learns fast, with smoking, behavior, aggresivity and
more, the hero keeps looking at the dead deer.
Finally, the alien goes out at the pickup truck
and starts touching the corpse of the deer until it moves.
When the animal runs away, redeemed by the
Starman, the red neck gets angry and comes out.
He knocks the stranger out with his fist, but the
alien who copies the human actions flattens him in return.
However, the primitive, ruthless troglodyte has
other cave men with him and they are intent on beating Starman to a pulp.
Jenny interferes and this is the moment when
her former apprehension turns into a loving feeling.
They then have to run from the police and
during the ensuing car chase, the woman is shot and fatally wounded.
Nevertheless, Starman is the equivalent of
Superman and he takes the car into a fuel truck and through the consequent
massive fire, after which he comes out into inferno, with jenny in his arms,
like the Terminator.
He may have to travel back out into space, just
as they have now discovered they are in love with each other.
This may be the opportunity for this film to
avoid the eternal successful conclusion and opt for a more unconventional
finale, with surprises in store, a major gift for Jenny, a confrontation with
the Army and more.
Starman is an outstanding film, which is listed
on The New York Times’ Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made list:
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