# Movies you've seen recently (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [September 29, 2014, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906 "2014-09-29T21:53:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 9996
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2024, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906/9996 "2024-08-24T11:37:10Z")
Watched **Man From Earth** (2007), a tiny-budget film adapted from a screenplay by Jerome Bixby (author of several Star Trek TOS episodes and the short story “It’s a Good Life”). A few college teachers throw an impromptu good-bye party for a departing colleague who (perhaps jokingly) explains that he’s 14,000 yrs old and has to move before people realize he doesn’t age. Grade: A-. An intelligent treatment of an inherently interesting concept. It does have a “filmed stage play” feeling, and the acting isn’t strong (possibly the director’s fault). The film was discussed a bit in the [Forgotten Movies thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/406). I watched it on FreeVee but it’s also streaming on Amazon. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-1/699906)._