What no thoughts on this movie ? I get the impression a 2 star movie ?
Movie suggestions?
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I remember liking this but I have not seen it in decades.
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Oh how did I forget
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**I am going to talk freely about JJ Trek. This post will likeley contain spoilers for those who haven’t seen the travesty of cinema realeased in May of 2009.
Simply put, if you check your geeky baggage at the door when you see this movie, you will likely enjoy it very much and have a great time. That’s what a great movie really is to me.
And this is what angers me the most about the ‘gushers’ with regards to this film. That I didn’t like it because of some kind of baggage.
If you are unable to recognize or are willing to excuse the plot holes and contrivances beyond any sort of set-up more power too you. Good for you, I’m glad you enjoyed the movie.
But don’t make your willingness to accept lazy script writing, shallow characterization and shot for TV cinematography along with lots of overdone camera work to create faux action as some sort of high ground by calling my ability to think critically ‘geek baggage.’ I like me some big effects driven popcorn summer movies but filmmakers can’t abuse their ‘It’s a movie card.’ JJ and company did. That is not geek baggage.
This is the geek baggage– they didn’t take any of their knowledge of Trek from actually watching Trek. They took it all from watching Futarama, or Shatner parody himself or other parodies. If these guys had ‘re-imagined’ Casablanca instead of “You played it for her. You can play it for me. If she can stand it, I can stand it. Play it.” Rick would say, “Play it again, Sam.”
I’ve said my piece and am willing to agree to disagree from here on out.
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Galaxy Quest is a classic. Tim the toolman is funny in this one. Ripley (Sigorney Weaver) is also quite good as the “dumb blonde” role.
Phantasm series are dark and funny (in a macabre sort of way), I also enjoyed them when I was younger but have not seen in a long time.
New Star Trek was okay and different. I did enjoy it but found some of the filming a little too cluttered. It had its moments but really does not stack up against the original Kirk and Spock movies or even Pickard for that matter. In my opinion the character interaction was good but not at the level of the others. Also the original Trek films have a lot of humor, this one only a little.
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I’ve said my piece and am willing to agree to disagree from here on out.
Agreed. :-D Also, the “geeky baggage” bit wasn’t directed at you specifically, so I apologize if it came off that way, I mean it for all of us, myself especially included as we’re all pretty geeky imho :-P And the Casablanca metaphor was nice too.
I hope you Live Long and Proser Frimmel (see geeky)
And thanks IL!
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Really funny flick I caught this summer was “The Hangover.” It falls into a nice spot between “Bachelor Party” and “Very Bad Things.” Sort of what happens if you try to actually throw Rick Gassko’s bachelor party.
Has anyone mentioned “District 9?” The thing was made for like 30 million bucks, chump change these days. Really nice little flick.
I say take the 150 million spent on a Transformers 2 or JJ Trek and divide it 5 ways. Find 5 young hungry film-makers and give us a shot at getting 5 “District 9s.” If they all come up empty well we at least got 5 movies out of the 150 mil.
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Speaking of comedies, there is an older movie from 2001 that is actually quite hilarious that I would recommend called Tomcats. :-D
Also one from 1983 Private School. :-D
These are timeless comedies but not for kids.
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Really funny flick I caught this summer was “The Hangover.” It falls into a nice spot between “Bachelor Party” and “Very Bad Things.” Sort of what happens if you try to actually throw Rick Gassko’s bachelor party.
Has anyone mentioned “District 9?” The thing was made for like 30 million bucks, chump change these days. Really nice little flick.
I say take the 150 million spent on a Transformers 2 or JJ Trek and divide it 5 ways. Find 5 young hungry film-makers and give us a shot at getting 5 “District 9s.” If they all come up empty well we at least got 5 movies out of the 150 mil.
District 9 is on my radar. Have not watched it.
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District 9 comes out on DVD on Dec 22nd. Looks like it could be good.
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Was Gamer any good?
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Gamer looks interesting. DVD release date 01-19-10. I will check it out then.
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I just saw that Boondock Saints II is coming out! Sweet!
have you seen it yet?..I watched it…
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I just saw Katyn last night and it was really powerful. I highly recommend it but warn you to steel yourself first. It gives one a real appreciation that we are lucky enough to play with little plastic toys and pretend instead of living through times like those.
Its a Polish movie, so here’s some facts in case you aren’t familiar with it from Internet Movie Database:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0879843/ -
“Avatar” was wonderful. A bit predictable but a wonderful experience.
“Sherlock Holmes” I’m a bit split on. It had some things I really liked but a few things that were either missteps in an objective sense or maybe just not where I would have gone. I liked Downey and Law’s bantering and that they didn’t try to tell some sort of ‘origin’ story despite the very Holmes as superhero riff.
Terrific art direction/set design/cinematography though. I love it when they show England as damp and foggy and generally overcast gray. Also liked that London was dirty and crowded.
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@aequitas:
I just saw that Boondock Saints II is coming out! Sweet!
have you seen it yet?..I watched it…
Is it showing yet?
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