I watched Starman for the first time almost a week ago and it’s still on my mind.

I’m a huge John Carpenter fan and had seen every other movie by him. Starman was last on my list. I watched In the Mouth of Madness and Village of the Damned also for the first time this year (both excellent). In the Mouth of Madness I also found myself thinking about a lot after watching.

Anyway. This movie... wow.

Karen Allen made me really empathise with Jenny. I’ve never seen a performance that instantly made me think “i don’t care who she was up against that year, this is the Oscar worthy performance of that year”. But holy cow, wow did she do a great job. The chemistry between Jenny and Starman is fantastic, one of the best on-screen romances I’ve seen in a very long time.

I generally don’t consider myself a big romance guy and of the ones I do like, they lean heavy into comedy (movies like Wedding Singer).

Is this the greatest Carpenter movie made? Honestly, it’s up there. This film was just another testament to the excellent talent of Carpenter to tell stories. I can’t recommend this enough.

Beautiful.

Submitted April 25, 2021 at 06:59AM by AA005555 https://ift.tt/2S3SlFF