Comments on: Movie Review - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan http://afistfulofreviews.com/2009/04/16/star-trek-ii-the-wrath-of-khan/ We waste our money so you don't have to. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:01:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: Jones http://afistfulofreviews.com/2009/04/16/star-trek-ii-the-wrath-of-khan/#comment-664 Jones Fri, 17 Apr 2009 03:13:09 +0000 http://afistfulofreviews.com/2009/04/16/star-trek-ii-the-wrath-of-khan/#comment-664 4 fists. Seriously? Apparently 4 fists aren't what they once were... *sigh* 4 fists. Seriously?

Apparently 4 fists aren’t what they once were… *sigh*

]]> By: hossrex http://afistfulofreviews.com/2009/04/16/star-trek-ii-the-wrath-of-khan/#comment-665 hossrex Fri, 17 Apr 2009 04:12:56 +0000 http://afistfulofreviews.com/2009/04/16/star-trek-ii-the-wrath-of-khan/#comment-665 Psh! What does Jones know! I might have come down closer to the "plodding" side of the "plodding vs deliberate" dichotomy of the last movie, but this one is just fantastic. To be honest, the script is a bit weak (if you listen to the vocabulary, phrasing, and wording, it's more hackish than you'd probably think), but the fantastic acting by Shatner/Montalban, and direction by Nick Meyer (who also wrote it) totally hide the dialogue/structure problems. Other than that though, this is a really great movie. Almost easily the best overall (First Contact is so much fun), and certainly the best of the original stuff. Watch the next one with a big bowl of popcorn, a cold beer, and the proper goggles on. If you understand Star Trek 3's place in "the trilogy", it's a great movie. If you watch it looking at it by itself, I don't think you'll life the next movie. However Star Trek 4 is probably the most accessible of the entire franchise for people who aren't initiated into the cult. It's a great movie on it's own, and a fantastic bookend to the unofficial trilogy. Please do not watch Star Trek 5. Please. Just skip to the very well made Star Trek 6. Psh! What does Jones know!

I might have come down closer to the “plodding” side of the “plodding vs deliberate” dichotomy of the last movie, but this one is just fantastic.

To be honest, the script is a bit weak (if you listen to the vocabulary, phrasing, and wording, it’s more hackish than you’d probably think), but the fantastic acting by Shatner/Montalban, and direction by Nick Meyer (who also wrote it) totally hide the dialogue/structure problems.

Other than that though, this is a really great movie. Almost easily the best overall (First Contact is so much fun), and certainly the best of the original stuff.

Watch the next one with a big bowl of popcorn, a cold beer, and the proper goggles on. If you understand Star Trek 3’s place in “the trilogy”, it’s a great movie. If you watch it looking at it by itself, I don’t think you’ll life the next movie.

However Star Trek 4 is probably the most accessible of the entire franchise for people who aren’t initiated into the cult. It’s a great movie on it’s own, and a fantastic bookend to the unofficial trilogy.

Please do not watch Star Trek 5. Please. Just skip to the very well made Star Trek 6.

]]> By: Jones http://afistfulofreviews.com/2009/04/16/star-trek-ii-the-wrath-of-khan/#comment-668 Jones Wed, 22 Apr 2009 01:47:11 +0000 http://afistfulofreviews.com/2009/04/16/star-trek-ii-the-wrath-of-khan/#comment-668 Heresy I say! Comparing crap like Trek to anything in Larry of Arabia or Star Wars is sacrilege. I am considering watching this thing again just so I can judge for myself how delusional Dale has truly become. Heresy I say! Comparing crap like Trek to anything in Larry of Arabia or Star Wars is sacrilege.

I am considering watching this thing again just so I can judge for myself how delusional Dale has truly become.

]]> By: Ecks http://afistfulofreviews.com/2009/04/16/star-trek-ii-the-wrath-of-khan/#comment-704 Ecks Sun, 03 May 2009 18:10:52 +0000 http://afistfulofreviews.com/2009/04/16/star-trek-ii-the-wrath-of-khan/#comment-704 I must say, I know that this is supposed to be the best of the "Star Trek" films, but I've never been too enamored with it, and my re-watching of it last night only reassured me of that. "Kahn" shows a lot of promise early in, but the title character (not to mention the rest of the plot) fizzles, starting as a frightening madmen hellbent on revenge (the ear slug scene is a classic) and ending up a stereotypical supervillain-type. Kirk's whole "old age" thing that his ass is all bent out of shape about is likewise promising, what with those early scenes about what he did concerning the Kobayashi Maru and the scenes with his friends giving him antiques as gifts for his birthday, prompting McCoy's subsequent great line as he gestures to the collection of antiques: "Jim, I'm your doctor and I'm also your friend; get back your command! Get it back before you turn into part of this collection... Before you really DO grow old." After that, this plot thread loses interest. The film simply devolves into "blow him up before he blows you up," and it's just disinteresting to me. Question: Is the user rating a the top of each article/review meant to be the users' rating of the review/article itself, or of the film in question? If the latter, what about when there is no film in question, and it's just an article? I must say, I know that this is supposed to be the best of the “Star Trek” films, but I’ve never been too enamored with it, and my re-watching of it last night only reassured me of that. “Kahn” shows a lot of promise early in, but the title character (not to mention the rest of the plot) fizzles, starting as a frightening madmen hellbent on revenge (the ear slug scene is a classic) and ending up a stereotypical supervillain-type. Kirk’s whole “old age” thing that his ass is all bent out of shape about is likewise promising, what with those early scenes about what he did concerning the Kobayashi Maru and the scenes with his friends giving him antiques as gifts for his birthday, prompting McCoy’s subsequent great line as he gestures to the collection of antiques: “Jim, I’m your doctor and I’m also your friend; get back your command! Get it back before you turn into part of this collection… Before you really DO grow old.” After that, this plot thread loses interest. The film simply devolves into “blow him up before he blows you up,” and it’s just disinteresting to me.

Question: Is the user rating a the top of each article/review meant to be the users’ rating of the review/article itself, or of the film in question? If the latter, what about when there is no film in question, and it’s just an article?

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