Reviews

This might be funny to the kids who do not know the times that this is based on. Knowing the era vs the supposed humor about the era was too much of a clash to be funny.

I tried keeping a positive outlook for the movie, but for me, it went downhill when they insulted NASA. I could forgive the over done make up to make the really old actors look young. At least, they had a good makeup artist. The good points just could not make up for the downers. What really scared me was the comment about a little surprise in the box. I could not, did not, refused to go there. The adult jokes mixed in a kid's movie did not sit well with me. They were not done well. I am ashamed to admit, though, that I did laugh when the puppeteer was dragged out and shot. But that, too, lost its luster when you find out who got shot. I remember the days when children's movies were fun for the whole family, not torture for the adults. At least, the makeup artist did their job well.

The movie starts off great. It modernizes the story and gives a somewhat plausible storyline as to how and why they are going to go to the island. I was very impressed how they could take an old story and convert it to modern times. It was well done.... Until... they made it to the island. They decided to fly through and not over the fierce storm clouds. That was the first sign something was wrong. Now, whether or not helicopters could fly over the storm is a different concern, but it would at least be understandable. When they make it to the island and start dropping siezmic reading divices that are too similar to bombs, thats when the movie takes a dive. Kong appears and destroys a helicopter with the entire fleet seeing it. I can understand him getting the second one, but the rest, absolutely not. They are supposed to be after the Vietnam era and the pilots would have flown off to a safe distance as they attacked. They would not fly right up to kong to fire their weapons which gives him the chance to wipe out the entire force. Miraculously, people survive a helicopter falling out of the sky at that altitude only to be scooped up or stomped upon.

So, within 30 minutes a well written and wonderful concept declines to an absurd piece of work.

Ah, so why did I rate it so high? After this point it flip flops back and forth. I do not know why they did not go with Godzilla and instead went with an absurd large monster to go against Kong. But that fits with the flip flop it goes through during the rest of the movie. If you can over look the bad the movie is pretty good. It stays close enough to the King Kong story with new material to keep you engaged. I hope the writer(s) learned from this movie. The great parts are wonderful, so there is potential there. The ending too, is just as good as the start. It ends on a great note.

Well, we shall see. I am not surprised at the low rating the movie has at this time. If you cannot get over those bad parts, it could ruin the experience for you. For me, the good parts won.

OH whoa is me. Hollywood truly has contempt for its fans and yet for Guardians of the Galaxy it is not bad. They could have kept in character without showing their contempt for us. That is why I am not giving it a 10. I don't know who thought the opening song was good and how Chris Pratt's saying no during the song made up for the insult. As for a Christmas Special, it deserves a 1.

But for GOG, it fits in more than not for the characters misplaced on Earth. For that it does deserve a 10. So, what do I do? I am in a generous mood tonight so I will give it a 7. And that is truly generous since they have decided not to come out with a GOG 4. What are the creators thinking? They have a gold mine here and they just throw it away. I am tired of Hollywood's fickle dedication to the storyline and the fans. Enjoy the last GOG.

When I saw the preview that is what I thought. I hadn't seen a Godzilla movie in a while so I thought I'd give it a chance. It even had a main Asian character and people screaming and running down the street Yes, a Godzilla movie. And to think, for all those years, we thought it was nuclear radiation that created Godzilla. Now, in this movie, we found out it was not from radiation.

So where did they come from? I guess, you'll have to see for yourself.

Can you tell I enjoyed the movie? I am surprised the rating has been so low. It is a good story, with good characters, and good actors, so how could it fail?

So, how can we tell what is the truth? What is factual? What is real in this series? First, I knew of Computer Age. If you had any interest in computers, you had to read it. So there is some truth in this but some things I have a problem with. Remember when they said computers were new back then, they meant it was new. Only big corporations and government facilities had access to the mainframes. Back then it was a few monitors time sharing on a mainframe. When the guy said he was stuck in the last century, he was in the last century, literally. He makes it seem he should have had a computer on his desk. NO ONE had a computer on their desk. They had monitors that were tied to a mainframe that usually was at a different location. For modern day audiences that part right there is misleading. Few people would have a monitor at their desks. There are several sensational type comments made like this throughout the series that imply one thing based on today's standards that were not available back then. The example he gave of walking down the hall, office, whatever you would find out more information. You were not competent if you did not ask other people for their advice or knowledge on a topic. That was expected.

I love the phrases powerful, modern, etc. For back then it was, but they are ancient compared to today. You have to understand that powerful back then still missed a lot of information because you didn't have people tied into any kind of tracked information as they are today.

If you are savvy you can pick out several things that might be correct back in the 80's but can be taken wrong today. The viewer has to be aware of the technical differences between then and now. Now we have no privacy. Our computers, game consoles, TVs, cell phones, etc. Are all reporting on us and we are being monitored 24/7. Everything is known, while back then they knew very little about you.

So, modern day society will think they knew more than they knew back then. Considering they knew who is involved here they did have other options to find information on the person involved.

If you are aware of the differences between new and improved, modern, powerful software, etc., this is a very interesting presentation. When we have people dying and disappearing that are working or near so-called politicians, you have to wonder how much of this is valid. How much of this is all related?

There are many deaths that have not been answered to the publics satisfaction. Gen. George Patton, Kennedy, Jimmy Hoffa, Dorothy Kilgallen, and many more since then. What is going on? Many are related, but which ones?

The story is a great story with a very dark theme. It is a mix of the new flavor of Trek and the old. It is very true to the characters with minor deviations but acceptable. It is a very good story and the dark theme does work for STP with the previous build ups. The problem with this episode, it flies right in the face of the Borg episodes in season 2. The Borg have been changed into a more understanding species, if you can call borg a species. The borg in season 2 even asks for membership in Starfleet. This episode completely ignores what they set up earlier. The new people in star trek managers and writers have no problem returning to old plots and giving a contrary story. It is at least acceptable when they travel into a different timeline, but they do it too often.

Here they try to explain that this borg cube was left alone, separated, etc. It just did not compute. But, it did make for a very good story and did fall in line the Gene's Star Trek for the most part. Kudos for whatever management or writers that had he foresight not to mimic Discovery. Great Job All!

The first time I saw this I thought this part was the worst part of the show. I definitely do not like it. Their history should have prepared both of them for that moment. But, reality is women think exactly like Beverly. Men act like Jean Luc. Beverly chose not to work with him and made the decision for him and the ensuing argument is on. It is such a typical argument that you want to believe your favorite characters would be above. But would they? I would like to think so but we are left with this.

It also boarders on betrayal of ST's premise that we have outgrown our worst frailties. But did we, have we? There are many episodes where they fell victim to base desires and personality faults. But ST is always learning and hoping humans will be better. So, why are the plots are having people fight worse battles?

Ah, well, I am not going to think more about it. On second thought, this scene is a very dramatic scene and as much as it is unlikable, it also fits human interaction.

But, then later, the interaction between Will and Jean Luc... Remove yourself from the bridge, you just killed us all. This is where it irks me. Too many little scenes like this that go up against who they are. Who we know them to be. This is not some new crew or even a rusty crew. They are Star Fleet. They have better training than spaceship Captains, like Merrick.

So, if you have only read up to this point you see the imperfections of humans, of the writers, of the characters. Then if you continue on, you see how they thread this all together into the Star Trek we know. You see how they over come their weaknesses and not only draw on their strengths, they build strengths out of their weaknesses. They are a team, they are star trek, they are who they are. They are our heroes and they will not fail. This is more Trek than Trek. I am proud to be a Trekkie!!! Yes, Trekkie! I was not threatened or insulted by it.

This movie was a hit back then. It was on all the talk shows and had several interviews of the stars back then. It was also the talk around town. It was regarded as a James Bond Movie and still is despite the later generations not getting it. It is more as sign of the decline of the audience than the movie.

This movie only gets better in different ways. I love the comments of the younger generation not getting this movie at all and bashing it. They have no sense of reality except their own and the views warped with modern values. So to disclose the plot to those who understand the modern The first 10 minutes explain very clearly why this movie fits in with ALL the other James Bond movies. Then after clearing that difference between CR and them, it goes on with the story. It appears to change tracks by introducing the bad guys... uh, women, led by Smersh. In this next section it also shows the difference between the womanizing modern James Bonds with the original's more old fashioned valued James Bond, David Niven. The contrast with the very risque movie and a very conservative JB adds to the flavor of the movie.

This section puts the old fashioned JB against the new modern bad.. women, where they try to break his character, and fails. Instead he impresses the leader of the gals. Once they fail at thier attempt they take more extreme measures.

All the scenes either poke fun at or nod at other popular movies, most notably at the beginning, Born Free, with the lions. But you can find one or more of these in most every scene. Many of these statements are coming from the love, tolerance, and so called accepting generation of the time, the Hippies. The origin of the modern lack of understanding, no tolerance, and censoring generation of today. That is the best irony of this movie. It is rejected by the product of that generation.

So, after JB makes it to the office the movie continues on with the set up of the what goes on next which leads into Peter Sellers.

Yet, all the bashers here can't see the plot.

How can the modern anthem movies and multi plot movies be understood and this master piece goes right over so many peoples heads.

One last note, they introduce so many stars and guest stars in a very unique fashion allowing each to have their moment in the movie. Wonderful blending of scenes introducing different facets of the plot. Hopefully, if one takes the time to read this, one may start to understand the excellence of this movie.

I was really excited to be watching this movie at the beginning. It appeared to be a great movie of how a small guy got drafted by the CIA and made it big. It is not that type of movie.

I missed the part that this is based on a true life story. I will be reading up on this to see how true this is. I am left in the end feeling that our country ()&*&'s. No country, government, or person is perfect. But this movie buries the CIA and our government. It moves you to almost if not hate the country and our government. It does not use this story in a constructive way to change our government for the better. That is propaganda.

If it were going to make a positive statement, it would show any positive or possible positive outcomes. It would show who tried to do a good thing. It only dwelled on the bad. Considering it only bashes our country I have to give it a one star.

I find this series a bit disconcerting. How and why are children caught and forced to work in a mine? It seems they've taken adult conapts and applied it to children which i s not good. Then they cant make up their mind if these are children or teenagers. The writers must have been very confused when they drew up this concept.

They try to figure out this ship but don't apply any logical thought pattern other than children pressing any ole button. Doesn't that always lead to disaster in real life. Oh, this is fiction, not even science fiction, it leans more to fantasy fiction.

The writers at least held this together in episode 1 and 2, but they fell apart here in 3. It was just a notch above not good until they ended on a collision course with the star. I do believe in not talking down to kids. They will get it eventually and learn that much faster, but these writers don't know if they are talking as adults or children. One second they have rational thought, the next they've lost all sense of intelligence.

I hope they improve because enough of this show is intriguing and I find my self wanting to know more.

I saw the trailer and thought I just had to see this movie. It definitely has some great scenes in the movie, but it fell short of a cohesive ensemble. The gist of the movie is that a woman is looking for a doctor to cure here sister. Or course, no modern doctor can do this so she turns to an Egyptian doctor from thousands of years ago. Definitely not the Night at the Museum.

Although, that is the point of the movie I was left wondering at the end of the movie. Was this a comedy, drama, suspense? I suppose it was nonsense. I also cannot say it was a bad movie either. I found that to be odd when the movie ended. So, as much as it had promise I would not watch it again.