Quick and Dirty Movie Reviews
December 29th, 2009 — Action, Adventure, Mystery
Basic Plot: The game’s afoot, and Holmes is on the chase!
Outburst: Entertaining wit, engaging fights, and a clever Sherlock concept make this a fun movie. I had a few small quibbles with minor details, but overall was vastly pleased.
/DVD (3 of 3 stars) — It’s just a fun sort of movie. While not technically steampunk, I think fans of steampunk and/or Holmes will want to add this to their DVD collections as well.
June 21st, 2009 — Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
IMDB Star Trek
Basic Plot: Your basic Star Trek movie plot.
Outburst: As a born cynic, I could probably nitpik all day about trivial things (why does the Romulan ship look like something out of the Matrix; is all that Uhura ‘romantic interest’ nonsense necessary) but that would just be my fault-finding nature on overdrive. The movie certainly paid lip service to its fans (whether Trekker or Trekkie) in a humoristic series of lighthearted camps that didn’t pretend to be anything other than fan-pleasers… and yet I was still pleased by them, ridiculously so. Who would want a Trek movie where Kirk doesn’t tangle with a hot alien girl, get into fist-fights with alien baddies, and no one gets saved ‘unexpectedly’ just in the nick of time? Those aren’t even spoilers on my part; they are so much a part of the franchise.
And just as I was enormously pleased by the slightly campy, action-packed futuristic fun, so too will you be, even if you are only a moderate Trek fan. The latest edition of the popular series is a romp of a movie and certain to be a real crowd pleaser.
/DVD (3 of 3 stars) — A totally awesome movie you should definitely check out in theaters AND add to your Star Trek collection.