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Galaxy Quest

Galaxy Quest

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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A must see for Star Trek fans
Review: If you like Star Trek, AND you have a sense of humor, you'll like this movie. It really does show a lot of the classic parodies on the series, including the man in the red shirt. It's not as funny as Spaceballs, but still very good. The only problem I had was, it had a period of about 45 minutes, where it got too serious, and not as funny. Aside from that, it was very good.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: THIS MOVIE HAS IT ALL
Review: You'll cheer for the good guys and hiss at the bad guys. You'll laugh at the funny parts and cry during the sad parts. By the time you finish watching, you'll have a warm, fuzzy feeling all over. This is a movie that's definitely worth many repeated viewings.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Funny
Review: It wouldn't have been as funny to me had I not seen Star Trek. I liked the bad outerspace monster.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: This movie is funny but not corny.
Review: I liked this movie and I thought it would be lame humor or silly humor that would not make me laph. But I did laph a lot and it was not lame or silly well sometimes silly but never lame. I say this movie is a must see.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A DVD review
Review: A very good DVD production of the movie. The "Lost in Space" feature was interesting although short. The deleted scenes are very funny and I think a lot of them should have been retained in the first cut. The deleted scenes also help explain some of the incongruities, such as why Sigourney Weaver suddenly is showing a lot of cleavage toward the end of the film.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: 5 Stars is not enough.
Review: Finally, a fresh perspective on Science Fiction. Galaxy Quest delivers all the parody-type fun of Space Balls, but without the sexual puns. After The Phantom Menace, it's great to see actors who actually care about their roles, or in this case, two roles. Buy or at least Rent this movie. Perhaps a sequel will be made. Or a series! And the rubber monsters were a great touch. But weren't they on that Ninja Turtles Live action TV series? In any event, this is a movie for everyone, and you will not regret watching this movie. I give this movie 5 stars only because its the limit. But it deserves at least 8. A true tribute to Star Trek, and science fiction in general. Enough rambling from me, go now and see it!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Not bad at all, Star Trek cast & fan must see.
Review: I bought this DVD because of those cute gray aliens I saw on a commercial, I did not go to see the movies because I expected it to be just a laim comedy. Well, actually, it is not bad at all.

I am a devoted fan of Star Trek series. I found this film very entertaining and wicked-funny in a SciFi way. The plot of this movie made me think of the cast of Star Trek (original). Tim Allen act as a combination of himeself and William Shatner.

As for the DVD good sound and pictures. It's also included 8 scences that have been thrown away (because of the time limited, I guess), but they are all good. Give me a good laugh.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Stunning parody.
Review: Those are the best two words to describe Galaxy Quest. Another good phrase would be "one of the best movies Dreamworks has produced so far".

It's been a long time since I've seen a parody film hit its intended targets with such accuracy and finesse. The movie deals with the crew of the Protector, a spaceship that exists only in reruns of the strangely familiar early 80's ensemble SF TV show Galaxy Quest. Exiled to mall shows and science-fiction fan conventions, they live out their days signing autographs for fanatical, show-quoting groupies until they're propositioned by some rather distinctive "fans" for a very special mission...

What ensues is an incredibly fun skewering of the whole Star Trek experience, effortlessly bouncing from knowing parody to rollicking action to heartfelt emotion. And it's all headed by a top-flight cast led by Tim Allen as Jason Nesmith/Commander Peter Quincy Taggart. Aiding and abeting him is his flouncy blonde side-kick, played by...Sigourney Weaver! This brilliant casting coup alone should tip you off to the film-makers' attitude towards the subject matter. Also present is Alan Rickman in an incredible turn as the token alien cast member who longs to return to Shakespeare, Tony Shalhoub as the boggled engineer, and Daryl Mitchell as the cute kid who is now all grown up. But as good as the human cast is, they fade into the background whenever they interact with the true aliens of the picture, the Thermanians. Masking their true squidlike form in a human disquise, they lurch across the screen speaking in stretched and strangled accents with ever-present goofy grins on their faces.

It matters not if you're a bred-in-the-bone Trekkie or wouldn't know a Mark I phaser if it jumped up and stunned you...there is just so much to enjoy here. It probably does help if you're at least familiar with the source of the various in-jokes contained within, but Galaxy Quest is careful to surround its Trekian pokes with a surprisingly touching story of personal redemption.

Sure there are plot holes the size of black holes, and the motivations for the aliens' actions are as vaporous as a plasma cloud. But this is one of those movies that revels in its own wonderous creations so much that you really just don't give a damn about blasted logic. Hurry to the video store today, a video gem like this comes around about as often as Halley's Comet.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Galaxy Quest
Review: I always liked Star Trek and I really loved this movie. It's funny, good-hearted, and often quite touching. But I was surprised to see that my 7-year old son (who has never seen Trek and only saw the latest Star Wars) absolutely loves it too. He doesn't realize it's a spoof! So, I guess it works as a straight adventure as well. There are a few mildly suggestive jokes (and Sigourney Weaver's cleavage) but generally it's fine for kids even if they don't understand the levels of parody. My son watches it almost every day and enjoys it much more than Star Wars: Episode I.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Good movie with some flaws.
Review: "Galaxy Quest" starts off weak, but gains more and more momentum until by the end, you're actually interested in how it turns out. There are some very clever skewerings of "Star Trek" pretzel logic, and the aliens (especially their leader) are hilarious. I especially loved Tony Shalhoub as the almost comatose "engineer". But the biggest problem with this movie is that its lead is played by Tim Allen. This man, along with Ben Affleck, embodies the death of charisma. Horrible, absolutely horrible performance, all mugging and smirking. Give me Shatner any day -- at least his hamming is delivered with a wink. Still, "Galaxy Quest" is definitely worth checking out. You can't do worse than Tim Allen, but you can do a lot worse with a sci-fi flick (like "Battlefield Earth").


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