Occasionally one still gets surprised at finding a movie that's almost perfect in its execution, script, casting, spirit; this for me is one of them. This is clearly modeled on the Star Trek phenomenon (how did they get away with that?!) but it's a terrifically warm story about a bunch of actors who take on the roles they play in an ancient TV program. The humor is terrific; Tim Allen is terrific (and I was no big fan before) as is Alan Rickman and all the cast; the casting is just superb. In the end it doesn't deride fans of this kind of SciFi genre, it both celebrates and validates them. The special effects are just great and the pacing is wonderful; it doesn't lag for a second. There's nothing more I can say about this movie except many, many, many, many thanks to the cast/crew/producers for making it and when's the sequel?. (I lied, there is something more I will say about this; I heard nothing special about the movie when it "did the rounds" and I didn't catch it in the theaters so I was completely surpised that there wasn't a bigger "buzz" about it when I first caught it on HBO - well, that's other peoples loss!).
Review of Galaxy Quest
