Enemy Mine

[SuperSlayer]

This is a classic Sci Fi movie from 1985. I think it's one the best Sci Fi movies ever made. Has anyone seen it?

Synopsis:A soldier from Earth crashlands on an alien world after sustaining battle damage. Eventually he encounters another survivor, but from the enemy species he was fighting; they band together to survive on an hostile alien world.

[Selgard]

Its been a long time, but yeah.. I remember it. Its a good flick too, with not bad special effects for its time either.

I need to look that one up actually, and see it again.

-S

[Dragon78]

Yeah I thought it was a good movie as well.

[Freehold DM]

it's one of my favorite movies.

[Dal Selpher]

This movie is fantastic. Anyone who likes or puts it in their "favorite movies" category has excellent taste in films. (therefore, all of you above me here are awesome)

I like Dennis Quaid in almost everything I've seen him in, but this is my favorite movie of his.

[John Kretzer]

Yeah I remember it. ?It was a very good movie that alot of people don't know is out there.

[Kryzbyn]

Awesome movie.
Was based off of a novella by Barry B. Longyear and apparently according to Wikipedia there were sequels (other books, not to the movie).

[VikingTopHat]

Great film. It really showed the best of what Sci Fi is capable of. My only beef is that when -spoiler- Dennis Quaide is finally rescued, they don't spend any time on his reintegration into human society. I didn't know if he was grateful to be rescued, skeptical of the cause he once fought for, revealed to finally speak to another human being, or anything else. You can infer some of his attitudes by the actions he makes later on, but I think they missed one of the most important character moments in the film. Particularly jarring as Enemy Mine is basically a character study.

[Aberzombie]

Indeed, a great film. I probably haven't seen the whole thing in 20 years or so. Lous Gossett Jr. was excellent in that movie.

[Grey Lensman]

Aberzombie wrote:

Indeed, a great film. I probably haven't seen the whole thing in 20 years or so. Lous Gossett Jr. was excellent in that movie

Lou Gossett Jr. is awesome in every movie he is in. The problem is that all to often the rest of the movie around him is crap. If he was as good as picking scripts as he is at acting he would probably be considered an all-time great.

I have to get Enemy Mine in my DVD collection sometime. Good film.

[Andrew Tuttle]

Grey Lensman wrote:

Lou Gossett Jr. is awesome in every movie he is in. The problem is that all to often the rest of the movie around him is crap. If he was as good as picking scripts as he is at acting he would probably be considered an all-time great.

Yeah, he's been in some pretty bad movies, but folks gotta' put food on the table.

An aside:

One of my favorite Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes is "Darmok," which stars Paul Winfield as the "alien captain."

Like Gossett Jr.'s work in Enemy Mine, Winfield did a great job in full-face makeup convincingly playing an actual "alien" ... a "person" that was very, very different from a human being.

Grey Lensman wrote:

I have to get Enemy Mine in my DVD collection sometime. Good film.

I hear you Mr. Lensman. It's been a while since I've seen it, but I do have a copy in my DVD pile, and imma' watch it sometime this week.

It's an exceptional movie.

-- Andy