From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Rob wrote: <snip>
I absolutely loved Galaxy Quest. :)> LOL > Mystery Men is a favorite of mine. > FOTR is pretty good too!<G> > > xponent > Galaxy Quest Maru > robI love Mystery Men. I love Galaxy Quest. (I'm one of the people who voted for Galaxy Quest over The Matrix on the Hugo ballot that year, so it's partly my fault that Galaxy Quest won. :)
"Didn't you ever *WATCH* the show?!?"
"...and then it exploded"
"I see you managed to get your shirt off"
"I'm not even supposed to be here. I'm just "Crewman Number Six." I'm expendable! I'm the guy in the episode who dies to prove how serious the situation is! I've gotta get outta here!"
*lol*
Ugh, but this movie wasn't my favorite. Too predictable. If *I* can figure out how a movie is going to end in the first 15-20 minutes, it's WAY too predictable. However, I do own the DVD and must say that it does improve with multiple viewings.I also really liked Unbreakable, which I saw for the first time this weekend.
I can think of at least 5 better-made movies with Samuel L., in them that I'd rather watch. :)
I'm sure I'm not giving anything away that hasn't been said in a million reviews, but I'll throw in a S P O I L E R Alert just in case.(And I haven't seen Star Wars Ep. 2 yet. Wondering if I should make an effort to not see it for awhile longer.)
That said, IMO, If you go in with few expectations, you're better off -- less disappointment that way. It's not that it was a *bad* movie per se, but it could have been better if less attention had been paid to the incredible special effects and more towards fixing some of the weaker elements, (like Haydn Christiansen's lame acting, a couple of gaping plot holes and one particular storyline that should have been left on the cutting room floor.) Scenes that were reminiscent of *better* scenes in The Fifth Element and Gladiator also didn't help. The special effects were just breathtaking though. :)
Although what out-of-work Star Trek Voyager writer thought up the "Who's the man? Yo-da Man!" tagline currently running on the commercials for the DVD???
Awful!
:-)
Jon
"Once more into the breach, my friends, once more. We'll close the wall with our dead. In peace, nothing so becomes a man as modesty and humility, but when the blast of war blows in our ears, then imitate the action of the tiger, summon up the blood, disguise fair nature with rage and lend the eye a terrible aspect."
Costner / The Postman
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