The Last Starfighter/YMMV


 * Crowning Music of Awesome: The score composed by Craig Safan.
 * I Am Not Shazam: The spacecraft are called Gunstars. The Starfighters are the elite recruits manning their gunnery chairs.
 * Tear Jerker: The death of


 * Video Game Movies Suck: Averted hard, even though technically, it doesn't have a Real life video game equivalent. Considered one of the best video game movies ever.
 * Vindicated by Cable: HBO was the best thing to happen to the film.
 * Visual Effects of Awesome: ...for the time, anyway. As it says on the main page, the CGI effects were done with the equivalent of a smartphone's processor, and they look outdated, but the Death Blossom sequence still holds up.