Flight of the Navigator (1986)
Almost everyone knows the big Disney classics, no contest. Yet there were a slew of films (often direct to video) that may not be supreme masterpieces yet left a lasting legacy and imprint on those who saw them at a young age. Case and point 'Flight of the Navigator', which is in essence an okay throwaway adventure, but should you have seen this one as a child you will remember it fondly. It doesn't really hold up all that well years later, but it's... fine, I guess? David Freeman is a twelve-year-old kid in 1978 who wants to teach his dog how to catch a frisbee. The film even opens with dogs catching frisbees during the opening titles and it's really weird. When he has to go get his younger brother at night, he falls down a small ravine and when he wakes up, it turns out it's 1986. However David hasn't aged a day. At the same time, Nasa discovers a spaceship that rammed an electrical pylon. Coincidence? Me thinks not. David is being prodded and poked but...
