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I SAW STAR TREK
Star Trek in 2009 – a summer blockbuster for us all. Sorry it took me so long to let you know if this movie is good or not. I had to shlep my ass down to the Times Square theater and wade through the hooligans and savages to pay my $12.50. It’s the best theater in the area though – so it’s a trade off.
I had never seen a full episode of Star Trek or seen any previous Star Trek movies before seeing this film. As a Star Wars superfan, having the two worlds collide and being a fan of both just didn’t seem right. So I will be giving you a review from an unbiased point of view – a nerd point of view – but still unbiased.
Star Trek (2009) stars Chris Pine (left) as Captain James T. Kirk and Zachary Quinto as Spock. Directed by famed television mastermind J.J. Abrams (Lost, Alias), it becomes evident about 20 minutes into this quickly-moving blockbuster that Abrams is a specialist at keeping your attention, and cramming a lot of sensory information into a short amount of time -something he has been known to perfect in 43-minute episodes of Lost.
His background in television shows through on the big screen, which in some ways is both good and bad. It keeps the movie on track and fast-paced, but can also be extremely over-the-top and overdone in certain aspects.
This movie is riddled with lens flares and flashing lights, non-stop action and rarely stable camera work. It’s high on entertainment, but low on depth. By the end of the movie, I found myself not caring.
But Chris Pine’s acting and the dimension that he brought to the film took it to that next level. He was flawless, and made the movie watchable from an artistry standpoint.
All-in-all, you could have taken the Star Trek emblems off their jumpsuits and this movie could have been a better sequal to Starship Troopers. It currently sits at position #71 on the IMDB.com Top 250 movies list, which is pretty ridiculous.
High entertainment value? Yes. Worth your hard-earned money? Probably. 7/10
No commentsTOP 10 AWESOMELY CHEESY MOVIES OF THE 90s
10. Little Giants (1994)
One of the most nostalgic movies for someone of my age, this cheesy football movie starring Rick Moranis as the head coach of the “bad news Bears” of football – The Little Giants. I still quote this movie daily including the “Annexation of Puerto Rico” play perfectly executed at the end of the movie to beat dreaded rival, the Cowboys. Kick ass movie.
9. Deep Blue Sea (1999)
Samuel L. Jackson is the best worst actor in cinematic history. He’s amazing in a movie like Pulp Fiction then goes and makes a mockery of his acting skills in movies like Deep Blue Sea. This movie is completely laughable (in the bad way) but has a high entertainment value.
8. She’s All That (1999)
Highly cheesy and very unbelievable and ridiculous, but highly entertaining nonetheless. This is one of those you love it but hate admitting it type movies. You know you love it. Don’t deny it. Laney was totally hot before the transformation if I don’t say so myself.
7. Cliffhanger (1993)
Sylvester Stalone is a great action actor but always comes off cheesy to me for some reason. I think it has to do with his mouth – he and Drew Berry have weird mouths. Top 2 weirdest mouths of all time: Stallone and Berrymore. The opening scene of this movie (below) alone easily earns it a spot on this list.
6. Speed (1994)
It’s impossible to take Keanu Reeves seriously. He’s a joke of an actor – yet he can still make kick ass movies like Speed and The Matrix. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find the clip, but the scene of the bus jumping a 50 foot gap in an interstate off-ramp is ludicrous. Dennis Hopper is a badass, FYI.
5. Starship Troopers (1997)
One of the most awesomely bad and awesomely cheesy movies of all time. I think I saw this movie like 3 times in the theater because A) it had boobs and B) I was going through puberty. Lethal combination.
4. Dumb and Dumber (1994)
Almost every single line spoken in this movie is laugh out loud funny and noted in this clip. Everything is quotable from the opening scene with the Austrian chick to the closing scene with the bus of hot chicks. Grade A comedy but extremely cheesy.
3. Scream (1996)
If you didn’t see this movie in the 90s you were either Mormon or had extremely lame parents, or both. This is a staple of 90s American Pop Culture. I think myself and every kid I knew immediately went out and bought the Scream halloween costume after seeing this flick.
2. True Lies (1994)
One of the Gov’naz best and cheesiest movies – which isn’t saying a lot for Arnold – all of his movies are beyond cheesy. From Tom Arnold’s obnoxious presence, Jamie Lee Curtis’s crazy ass strip scene, and Arnold flying a damn HARRIER JET … this movie has it all. An action movie ontop of its game – in cheesiness and greatness.
1. Varsity Blues (1999)
I can’t tell you how much it hurts to admit to you people that I love this piece of shit movie. Everything about it is amazingly terrible – the acting, the writing, the directing, the montages, the characters. “I DON’T WANT YOUR LIFE” is one of the best lines spoken in American film history. When picking out a DVD on a Friday night, I’ll be damned if I let this one not make the cut when narrowing down which movie to watch.
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