ChikPapa
Very disappointed :(
Derry Herrera
Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.
Ezmae Chang
This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.
invisibleunicornninja
This is a somewhat entertaining parody movie with some good performances. Its pretty funny and entertaining and I'd recommend it. It is a bit stupid though, but enjoyable.
Wuchak
RELEASED IN 1999 and directed by Dean Parisot, "Galaxy Quest" spoofs Star Trek & and its rabid fans with Tim Allen in the Captain Kirk-like role. Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Daryl Mitchell, Tony Shalhoub & Sam Rockwell appear as his teammates. Enrico Colantoni & Missi Pyle head a group of aliens who mistake the fictional Galaxy Quest TV show as "historical documents." As a Star Trek fan, I expected this to be better than it is, but it's good. It helps to be up on Star Trek lore, particularly the first two series and the movies. It's only occasionally laugh-out-loud funny, but it is pretty consistently amusing. The special effects for the various aliens are well done and hold up in a cartoony way, especially the reptilian antagonists.THE FILM RUNS 102 minutes and was shot in Goblin Valley State Park, Utah; Los Angeles, Culver City (studio) and Malibu, California. WRITERS: David Howard & Robert Gordon. ADDITIONAL CAST: Jason Long is on hand as a geeky fan who ends up assisting the Galaxy Quest crew.GRADE: B/B- (6.5/10)
ilikeimdb
This movie should be in the canon of movie classics, at least in the sci-fi genre. So many great character actors with an interesting (if rather derivative plot -- but it's a spoof with a twist, so that should be expected). Tim Allen nails the main character and so many others, Alan Rickman as others have mentioned, and Sigourney Weaver in a comical tone, deliver fine performances. It's worth watching multiple times as you're bound to have missed something along the way. Ultimately, it's a feel-good sci-fi without cursing (at least in the expurgated current version) and hardly any gore and a minimum of violence. The visual effects don't look wildly dated either. A great movie!
Rameshwar IN
Reviewed August 2010I was laughing out loud from start to end watching this. It is as good if not better than Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy. I am not sure how to be a critic for this movie, I'll do a simpler thing by writing a synopsis for it. All is executed well, if you like the concept there is no way you wouldn't enjoy it. It is the story of 4 lead characters who play the crew of NSEA Protector and one extra 'Crew No. 6' of an age old Trekkie kind of show 'Galaxy Quest'. An alien race watches this show and assumes them to be historical documentation and gets impressed. They build their entire ship, it's systems and their ship culture based on what they saw on the show and even names it Protector 2. This alien race encounters a trouble which they feel they can't solve, so they come to earth in search of Protector's commander to help them. It's better I introduce a bit about the crew Tim Allen as the Commander who steals the show and it is always about himself. Sigourney Weaver as the pretty blond and her role is to repeat what the Ship Computer says. Alan Rickman is somewhat like Spock or similar character, but always have the resentment that Tim Allen steals the lines and focus from him. The tone of this character feels similar to Marvin the Robot from Hitchhikers.. which is also voiced by Rickman. Tony Shalhoub as the Chief Tech of the ship who has not forgot the lines or scenes of the show. Sam Rockwell is an extra in one episode who gets to say 'Hey look some thing's up there' and get eaten by a monster. Now he is the presenter of the show but always regrets not being an active member. With these hilarious characters introduced, when the aliens approach Tim Allen, he assumes them to be organizers of some gig and says yes. Then starts the real deal where these lead actors has to do the real thing and Sam Rockwell just tags along. At the end when they have to surf through the ship to locate something, they get help from a bunch of geeks from Earth who are hardcore fans of the show who has all information as ships schematics, sequences, overrides etc. It is a silly satire but also has a solid and funny script of it's own. The performances are guaranteed by looking at it's terrific cast and the production values are excellent for a comedy as they go all out in terms of ships and aliens look as well as the visual effects. I strongly recommend watching this movie if you have not already in case you are a sci-fi or a comedy fan.
