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[QUOTE]Originally posted by The Mighty Monkey of Mim: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Jason Abbadon: [qb] It's a submarine movie, MIM. Watch it that way, forget all about the "art of film" crap and just enjoy it.[/qb][/QUOTE]Oh, I do. Don't make the mistake of thinking I don't. But I do cringe at people thinking this is [i]Star Trek[/i] at its best. Again, not that it isn't good, but it's not at all introspective science fiction. [QUOTE][b]ST:TMP has it's merity but it obviously a '70's movie half-heartedly [i]pretending[/i] to be set in the future (McCoy's horrible outfit with the open shirt and gold chains is cringeworthy at the MST3K level).[/b][/QUOTE]Just like TOS in the 60s and TNG in the 80s. Big freakin' deal. [QUOTE][b]The models and cinematography is amazing- just the plot and lacking acting (mostly on Decker and Iilea's parts) kills it.[/QUOTE][/b]Never found anything lacking about the plot (despite being very similar to "The Changeling" [TOS]) or acting. Part and parcel, one of an amazing number of Robert Wise masterpieces. It's cinematic, intelligent, thought-provoking, and exciting without resorting to space battles to hold it together. There is very little [i]Star Trek[/i] I have seen that I haven't enjoyed on one level or another, and TWOK is no exception. The characterizations are rich and the space battles are nifty, and just the fact that it was a direct follow-up to a great TOS episode is really cool. But there isn't anything cerebral or intellect-engaging about it. Good entertainment, not great cinema. -[b]MMoM[/b] :D [/QB][/QUOTE]
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