Galaxy Quest (1999)
For four years, the courageous crew of the NSEA protector - "Commander Peter Quincy Taggart" (Tim Allen), "Lt. Tawny Madison (Sigourney Weaver) and "Dr.Lazarus" (Alan Rickman) - set off on a thrilling and often dangerous mission in space...and then their series was cancelled! Now, twenty years later, aliens under attack have mistaken the Galaxy Quest television transmissions for "historical documents" and beam up the crew of has-been actors to save the universe. With no script, no director and no clue, the actors must turn in the performances of their lives.
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Memorable, crazy movie
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It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.
It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties. It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.
I remember seeing this when it came out and recently revisiting it, not only is is still good, but I think it only got better with age; which is a rarity for any film. The cast is great and the characters or complimentary to one another. Plus it is by far Sigourney Weaver's hottest role!
You are the first people to see the lost Galaxy Quest feature length film, 102 minutes since it was originally aired in 1999! Huh? Yeah! Alright! And now for the moment you've all been waiting for, the intrepid crew of Galaxy Quest! Yeah! Yeah! Tim Allen! Huh? Yeah! Alright! Sigourney Weaver! Yeah! Yeah! Alan Rickman! Yeah! Sam Rockwell! Alright! Tony Shaulob! Yeah! Yeah! Daryl Mitchell! Huh? Enrico Colantoni! Yeah! Missi Pyle! Yeah! Alright! Justin Long! Yeah! Yeah! Galaxy Quest has a star-studded cast no matter where you look like a beautiful galaxy of stars! Yeah! Yeah! Huh? Alright!Alan Rickman is growing more and more manically depressed because of that stupid line, 'My grandpa's hunter, you shall be avenged!', and more and more hilarious. I'm really not sure what Sigourney Weaver's character does on the show but here are six paragraphs about her boobs and how they fit into her suit. Just kidding! I love Sigourney. She's so amazing. Here is one word about her boobs and how they fit into her suit, specially. This is a big movie for nerds and I'm a bigger nerd for Sigourney. I love Tim Allen, 'Never give up! Never surrender!', as much as he loves himself.Galaxy Quest is really funny but even moreso it's wonderfully delightful, and a really fantastic fun-for-the-family space adventure! I love Galaxy Quest. And you do too.
I will just fuc* the guys who rated this movie down to 7.3.2 decades after the 6 actors who played in a star trek like TV series, who never became successful later, keep doing comicon like appearances and make a living. They hate each other and hate the cheezy dialogues they have to repeat again and again.Then something really really crazy happens (I don't want to spoil your surprise), and they have a fantastic adventure.If nothing else, you can see this movie just to see Sigourney Weaver playing a comedy role. Somehow she is more interesting than Algelina Jolie and all the current young girls.Just go see it - YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED - at the very least.
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.