The Escapist Presents: MovieBob Reviews Star Trek

[MovieBob]

So what if he's a critic? Why does everybody make that spurious argument? If I don't like his review I have every right to come on here and say I don't like it just like he has every right to say he didn't like the movie.

My problem was that it's seemed like he was letting personal experiences of being beat up in high school affect his review.

Of course you can come on here and say you didn't like it, but people are coming here and attacking the man and his opinion under the guise of "disagreeing." People are going through the trouble of registering for the simple reason to insult him, because they feel he insulted them.

I don't know how you got that the entire thing was colored by whatever experiences he may or may not have had in high school. Personally, I think you're overemphasizing a humorous throwaway comment.

 

[coakroach]

Well this has been the first moviebob review I've watched, yuck
Your right but you come off as a angry nerd, not a funny angry nerd, just an angry nerd
It hurts to agree with your ramblings, I felt embarrassed for about half of it

 

[Nostalgia]

Ouch. I wouldn't feel welcome here after 4 pages of ad hominem. I wouldn't take it too personally, though. Most are seemingly pissed off Yahtzee fanboys, which pretty much invalidates their entire post.

I enjoyed the review.

That's really all I can say until I see the movie myself, which I won't do for another few weeks, after the kiddies have cleared out.

Three things I wanted to comment on. From the forums.

One) I'm utterly amazed by how personal some people take things. He doesn't give a favorable review to something you like, so you attack him? I even read a couple comments about punching him. Holy crap people, get a grip.

Two) To people complaining about the quality: It's too bad your free entertainment doesn't match up to what you'd like. It must be incredibly inconvenient to be strapped down and forced to watch, a là Clockwork Orange.

Three) About the people saying "what do you expect," "it's just a popcorn movie," "I just wanted some good special effects," and the like. No. No no no no NO. Do *Not* take that attitude. It may be easier to just settle like that, but the more you do, the more you're telling film makers and companies "I don't care, I'll still watch it" and they'll keep lowering and lowering the bar.

I think this sums it up nicely, and it's not getting enough attention.
I don't exactly have a stand-point to agree with what you said Moviebob, as my film interest is non-existent (would much prefer game over-thinker on here, but you don't meet the criteria of "incessant Nintendo hater and PC worshiper," so I don't think that would be wise), but unless someone has a decent argument or can simply state that they don't agree with you politely, it would be nice compared to the mass of useless flaming you're receiving.

Community was better than average when I got here, but it seems to go down overtime. Oh well.

 

[Eric the Orange]

Hmmmmm, seems alot of you need to learn what an opinion is. For one, opinions can't be wrong. You can disagree about an opinion, but no opinion is wrong. I'm seeing alot of bile here in the form of "OMG, he didin't like such and such, and is therefor a terrible person and should die of syphilis".

If you disagree, fine, but that dosen't make you right and him wrong.

 

[More Fun To Compute]

I've seen the movie now so I'll make a couple of comments.

The movie is quite watchable, good for what it is but only really gets great when Simon Pegg is on screen. As a Star Trek fan I can't get too angry about it as I'm used to Star Trek movies being bad. I don't even think that Wrath of Khan is that good. Star Trek is a TV show and this reboot is no TNG but fortunately it's also not an Enterprise that tried to shoe horn dark and gritty themes into the Trek universe. This movie doesn't completely miss the point even if it isn't really excellent.

 

[THE_ZAR]

@dogrum1:

> 'those damn jocks are ruining my life, them and their stupid self confidence, dashing good
> looks, and sweet cinnamony breath. I hate them cuz I'm such a socially awkward fuck and
> because they accomplished what i could accomplish if I'd stop living in my grandmothers
> basement continually watching star trek re-runs in the hopes capt krunch will beam me up one
> day. And now there giving those flies, I mean non-pimply-faced-dipshits, star trek! HOW could
> they do this to me!

Let's see. Apeman was smart and pressed reply-button after regis-uh-tration, now words must be typed on key-thingie. Now apeman must only find "relevant" stuff to say.

> WWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'

"Five exclamation marks, the sure sign of an insane mind." - Terry Pratchett.

Just another one of those 10 gazillion people out there apemen don't know squat about...

THE_ZAR.

 

[Markness]

That review sucked. Your taste in movies is terrible. Transformers wasnt that bad, at least it was entertaining, which is what a movie is meant to be. What the hell do you expect? Also you have an annoying, grating voice I'm sorry to say. Stop trying to be Yahtzee.

Wow, someone's a little emotional today. A review sucked because you didn't agree with it, that's completely logical. Don't judge it on its merits, instead just randomly trash the reviewer and his opinions.

I agree. I thought Transformers and Wolverine were good movies, and the amount of hate dished on then irked me, but I found this review to be surprising entertaining.

 

[Deacon Cole]

The most interesting thing noted in this review was the similarity the villain had with Khan from Star Trek II. They were both rag-tag groups bend on vengeance who'd gotten a hold of plot McGuffins of mass destruction. This is interesting because this is the second time a Star Trek movie has aped Wrath of Khan. The apparently did this with Star Trek: Nemesis. (Although I didn't see that one because the last Star Trek movie I saw was First Contact, and that movie was so terrible, I gave up on the franchise) It's just interesting to me that when they try to make a good Star Trek movie, they wind up copying Wrath of Khan in at least some way.

 

[Samurai Goomba]

That review sucked. Your taste in movies is terrible. Transformers wasnt that bad, at least it was entertaining, which is what a movie is meant to be. What the hell do you expect? Also you have an annoying, grating voice I'm sorry to say. Stop trying to be Yahtzee.

Wow, someone's a little emotional today. A review sucked because you didn't agree with it, that's completely logical. Don't judge it on its merits, instead just randomly trash the reviewer and his opinions.

I agree. I thought Transformers and Wolverine were good movies, and the amount of hate dished on then irked me, but I found this review to be surprising entertaining.

If you wish I can write out a point-by-point review detailing why Transformers is one of the worst movies I've ever seen in my life, and an excellent "how not to make movies" reference piece.

It is not a misunderstood or unjustly-ridiculed movie. It is crap. Glossy, explosions-everywhere hi-tech state-of-the-art-CGI crap. The explosions and generic movie cliche garbage just hide how truly abominable the movie is.

For one thing, it is WAY too long for the subject material covered. Most action-y summer blockbuster titles with no depth are about an hour and a half long. This is because only a really good shallow action piece can hold the audience's attention for longer. Transformers is NOT a good shallow action movie, and so it has no excuse for being as long as it is.

It also flits between cliches with the attention span of a gnat that just drank an extra-large espresso. One minute it's a crappy horror movie, the next they try to throw some crappy comedy at you with the annoying Jar Jar Minicon, the next minute it's getting all "Dawson's Creek" up in there (but still crap, mind you) with the moronic love story featuring a whiny nerd and an impossibly-hot chick that he somehow has a chance with (by virtue of him being the main character, I assume, because he's completely detestable from a personality viewpoint). Perhaps worst of all is the uberhaxor squad. They're not funny, they're not witty, they don't add ANYTHING to the show. Nothing would have been lost if the entire group were cut completely out of the movie.

I'm not a Transformers fan (though the PS2 game was awesome), but the Michael Bay Transformers movie is putrid all the way through. What isn't outright bad is cliched in the extreme, and the Transfomers themselves begin to feel like guest stars (albiet guest stars who help make parts of the movie not suck so much) before long. And this is just the tip of the iceberg-I could go on for hours about this movie. Transfomers is the Daikatana of movies, or maybe the Enter the Matrix of movies.

 

[Arkitext]

Just to reiterate what's been said before, your taste, as a reviewer sucks balls. Because this was a fantastic movie, and it really did the Star Trek franchise great justice.

You seem to be wearing rose-tinted glasses when you look back on the crap-storm that was Old Trek.

 

[Arkitext]

Also, please go see this movie before you form an opinion on it, to avoid being one of the shit-fed douchebags that the OP Reviewer mentioned at the start.

TRAILERS ARE NOT GOOD INDICATIONS OF MOVIES.

 

[Ixal]

The movie was Meh.

Lots of explosions, action, explosions, and a hot Uhura.
If you like such things (explosions) then you will also like this film as the explosions are very well done and it has very good CGI of spaceships shooting at each other.

Just don't try to think while watching it as the plot is weak and the characters are overdone and silly.
Like it was said before its a popcorn film. Go in, turn brain off, watch explosions, go out again. That it does very well, but nothing more than that.

 

[Neosage]

Well that was a waste of time, I am dissapointed in the escapist for choosing this guy.

 

[sanzo]

Just to reiterate what's been said before, your taste, as a reviewer sucks balls. Because this was a fantastic movie, and it really did the Star Trek franchise great justice.

You seem to be wearing rose-tinted glasses when you look back on the crap-storm that was Old Trek.

Yes, because anyone who thinks differently than you about a movie must be wrong. Opinions are for suckers.

Well that was a waste of time, I am dissapointed in the escapist for choosing this guy.

Yes, if they're going to sit you down and force you to watch something, it really should cater to your every whim.

It's not like they're giving you it for free or not bothering you about watching it. That'd be silly

 

[LazerLuger]

It's cool to see Bob's opinion, but I think more and more reviewers are attempting to be "edgy" and contrarian to popular belief in hopes of being the next Yahtzee. I haven't seen Star Trek yet, but I have hopes for it.

By the way, this perfectly explains why trekkies won't like the movie:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02LgdXVkXgM&feature=PlayList&p=2059FFBAD4A76EE0&index=0&playnext=1

 

[Megatheist]

Honestly I enjoyed the movie and even somewhat looked forward to seeing it. I understand the nerd rage going on and the clueless reaction to that rage of the outsiders who are all but new to Star Trek on the whole. Maybe because since the original X-Men movie my expectations have been lowered and then doctored to go even lower to the point of cautious optimism as with most things that are building off the fan bases of old as opposed to creating new and original material.

Well that was a waste of time, I am dissapointed in the escapist for choosing this guy.

Yes, if they're going to sit you down and force you to watch something, it really should cater to your every whim.

It's not like they're giving you it for free or not bothering you about watching it. That'd be silly

So you mean I'm the ONLY one being put through the Ludovico technique [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludovico_technique] here? Weird.

 

[Deacon Cole]

By the way, this perfectly explains why trekkies won't like the movie:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02LgdXVkXgM&feature=PlayList&p=2059FFBAD4A76EE0&index=0&playnext=1

It's just like I said. Nothing but utter comntempt.

Fuck those guys and fuck this movie.

 

[rickie-d]

To clarify my position from earlier:

It's not the points of MovieBob's "review" I particularly disagree with (hell, on some points, I agree completely). It's the presentation.

I'll have a more complete response to the video as a whole later, but in the meantime all I can really say is that he should take this shit more seriously. Be more in-depth, and stop going after the cheap, easy targets on the movies.

By the way, he's done what, four videos on this website? With cheap MSPaint / Windows Movie Maker effects? And obvious nerdrage? Focusing more on the actors and directors' previous works than the movie itself? MovieBob is not a movie critic. That implies professionalism. Which is one thing in particular that he does not have.

PS. I'm watching the Watchmen video, and once again we have MovieBob complaining about "all those fratboys". Nerdraaaaaaage.

 

[level250geek]

I might be able to take this review a bit more seriously had the critic not all but flat-out stated that Watchmen was in the same class as Citizen Kane and The Godfather.