Gift for fan_eunice by cee-m (The Last Starfighter)

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Title of vid: Tonight You're Perfect
Recipient: fan_eunice
Vidder: cee-m
Fandom: The Last Starfighter (1984)
Music: Tonight You're Perfect by New Politics
Summary: Boy meets girl, boy wins video game, boy gets taken to another planet to save the universe from unspeakable evil, girl meets a beta unit which looks like boy and then explodes in a fire, boy comes back for girl... you know the normal stuff.
Content notes: No standardized notes apply
Signed length: 03:22
Signed URL:

Link to AO3.

Lyrics
Should I believe in the world momma
Should I give up and hide or should I stay and fight
Should I believe in the rules momma
Tell me if I should run or learn to shoot a gun
I don't know what to believe momma
Yeah I'm down on my knees I'm begging please
It's getting harder to see momma
Give me something to believe believe believe in

Tonight you're perfect
I wanna fall in love with stars in your eyes
Tonight you're perfect
I wanna fall in love but only for the night
Only for the night
I feel perfect too!

You won't believe what I've seen momma
There's a fire inside there's a storm on the rise
It's in the air that we breathe momma
Can I speak out my mind in these changing times?
Give me a reason to be momma
Cause I'm down on my knees I'm begging please
Help me back on my feet momma
Cause I need someone to believe believe believe in

Tonight you're perfect
I wanna fall in love with stars in your eyes
Tonight you're perfect
I wanna fall in love but only for the night
Only for the night
I feel perfect too!

Comments

[fan_eunice]

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW. That did not have nearly enough w's in it. Let me do that again. AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW. My heart is exploding right now and I don't have the words quite yet. I will be back later with a longer comment later, but I wanted you to know I am in love and say thank you, thank you, THANK YOU. And my mom (I am not with her right now but I will be showing it to her as soon as possible and letting you know her comments too). <3 <3 <3 <3

[cee_m]

So we got matched to each other AGAIN!!! We are MFEO, babe! This was so fun to make. I'm so glad you liked it!

[fan_eunice]

Clearly festivids is determined to have you vid my entire childhood. I AM VERY MUCH OKAY WITH THAT considering what awesome vids I keep getting. <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

[arduinna]

Aw! I haven't watched this movie in ages, and now it's clear to me I need to rectify that. So sweet and hopeful, even with the sad bit scattered in. <3

[cee_m]

It's a great one. Super fun.

[nakedbee]

My heart is filled with joy after watching this vid. Brilliant!

[cee_m]

Thanks. It was super fun to make. :)

:-D

[elke_tanzer]

Wheeee! Oh, this is so much fun...

Re: :-D

[cee_m]

It jumped in my face and said MAKE ME. Thanks so much! :)

[cupidsbow]

I love this movie, and this vid is such a perfect blast from the past. Thank you.

[cee_m]

YAY!! I'm so glad you liked it!

[thirdblindmouse]

Hee, I ship it! And the spinny part was pure glee.

[cee_m]

YAY!!! I'm psyched!

[lunabee34]

First you made me clap my hands and squeal and then I teared up.

Kudos, vidder.

[cee_m]

WOAH! Mission accomplished and then some. Thanks so much!

[credoimprobus]

Oh, man. I am IN LOVE with this vid. This movie was a huge early-life favourite for me, too (I might still have a nostalgia copy on used VHS lying around somewhere); such an awesome wish-fulfillment fantasy. <3

The song choice is AMAZING, and I love the way you structured the vid so much -- starting at the end and then working back to it for a nice bookend effect, the way you built and timed the different sections -- and that closing shot is sheer perfection. This is one of my absolute favourites from this year's Festivids crop, no lie. <33333

[cee_m]

Oh my god I'm all blushy! Thank you so much! This is just like the giggly glee inducing best! :) :) :) :)

[franzeska]

Adorable! I like the sense of wonder you evoked.

[cee_m]

Thank you so much. I remember feeling that way when I watched it as a kid. :)