It’s been 40 years since the release of 1984’s “The Last Starfighter,” so we finally give this visually groundbreaking film its due. Did we find the early CGI effects as charming as the plot of a small town kid becoming a galactic hero in the distant reaches of space?

"The Last Starfighter" (1984)

Steven Schapansky with Joe Rosensteel, Cicero Holmes, David J. Loehr and Erika Ensign