Galaxy Quest left me in a splendid
mood with it's unexpected brilliance. But don't
believe my hype, this film might not fulfil
everyone's criteria of brilliance.
Galaxy Quest starts from such
an unpromising premise. A bunch of out-of-work
actors from a sci-fi series are inadvertently
recruited by real aliens (who are nice) to fight
a real war against baddie aliens. This they
are forced to undertake, extremely reluctantly
at first, but then with increasing urgency as
they find themselves in deadly peril. I'm no
raving Star-trek fan and I was only expecting
mild fun from this flick.
How shocking to find a masterpiece unveiling
majestically before my tired eyes. This was
as pleasantly unexpected as finding diamonds
down a coal mine. Now it might surprise you
that I would call a film which, loosely speaking,
is a Star Trek spoof, described as
a masterpiece
but
Galaxy Quest is one.
The acting was spot on, with Tim Allen as the
charismatic captain, Alan Rickman and Sigourney
Weaver as leading members of the crew are gob-smackingly
perfect and everyone else are beautifully sublime
too. Those aliens were unforgettable comic gems.
The script was superb, the comedy was bang on
and unforced. The whole flick was confident,
brimming with creativity and huge fun. When
I say fun, this wasn't the actors having fun
in that awful wink-to-the-camera kind of way.
On the contrary, the actors, skilled veterans
as they are, played it straight. The whole film
was technically excellent, creatively excellent
and, most importantly, relentlessly funny.
Much of the fun derived from the tone of the
film.
Galaxy Quest pokes fun at
sci-fi types but it does so with great affection
and without resorting to cynicism. It celebrates,
as well as sends up, sci-fi.
I love special effects. What a thrilling surprise
when the effects were utterly fantastic. They
were gratuitous at times and they backed up
the story at times. At all times they were divine.
Galaxy Quest is a special effects
treat, a feast, an inventive orgy of delights.
But don't expect
too much. You might
not like it so well.
None.
Galaxy Quest has an ending of
multi-levelled, note-perfect, geeky, sublime
satisfaction.
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