Turgid Insult to Star Wars and Cinema

Jesus, your ad hominems are stinking up the thread more than anything. Plays WoW? Can't think of a creative username? Seriously? If that's all you got, keep your lousy opinion to yourself. I don't want to hear it.

long version:
A great comedy movie? Don't kid yourself, I laughed maybe two or three times in the entirety of the movie, but overall it was *beep* awful. I cringed half the time and was only slightly entertained. If not for the Star Wars theme I would have turned it off within half hour. The dialogue had forced star wars quotables that were not at all improvised in a clever manner, but contrived with bad taste in humor. I couldn't stand how many opportunities were wasted with recycled, tired jokes that I've heard since elementary school. The characters were incredibly cliched, cardboard cut-outs. Not that I'm not expecting Shakespeare here but you'd think they'd have some sort of witty nod to geek/nerd culture, rather than, "oh we're all losers who live with our parents and never get laid", stereotypes. The whole Star Trek vs Star Wars thing has been irrelevant for almost two decades, and is largely not even recognized anymore. It seemed forced, like everything else in the film. The setting had an interesting premise and storyline a decent path, but all in all it was executed poorly. The actors were terrible as well, so that didn't help. Everything about the movie was so mediocre, bland and boring that I walked away without a single fond memory. As a diehard Star Wars fan, not even the pointless cameos could've save this movie. I love Han Solo as much as the next guy, but the "Nobody calls Han Solo a bitch!" joke was just so, *beep* lame.

tl;dr version:
I did like the part when they were tripping on peyote, that was clever with the whole nod to the SW intro, I had a good laugh. Other than that scene, it was whatever. I can't really say anything stood out all that much. It was a decent flick at best, and that's from a highly optimistic perspective. All in all, I didn't like it the least bit. It wasn't funny to me. Even if the film isn't meant to be all high quality (which was obvious), the joke content should make up for it at the very least. Didn't do it for me though. It was bland, corny, cliche and a waste of time.

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Some of us love the movie and think it was absolutely worth it.
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Ok, I can agree with you there. A stellar example of a turgid insult to cinema in general.

Priceless, Major!
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Ha ha- that is the funniest comment I've ever read on here! Genius

Um, what exactly are you trying to accomplish with the Kubrick remark? Implying that I worship him because I think this mess of a movie is bankrupt of cinematic value? C'mon, man. I hate trolls as much as the next person but I try to leave out the retard remarks when posting on these forums because I find it fun when a decent thread is drawn out and filled with a myriad of opinions. Granted, cursing profusely as I did in the OP, that I would be seen as a troll but I'd actually like to know what other people think of the movie. As you can probably tell, my angle approaching it was decidedly cynical as I can't stand (poorly made) cashgrabs like these.

Now, let's quit the off-topic nonsense and focus attention to the movie.

Also, I'm quite flattered you think of me as a film student when that couldn't be further from the truth (computer science student actually)! I just like to delve into movies a bit more and be able to have an opinion beyond "Oh, x movie was good/all right/sucked" like the majority of moviegoers.

Not substance, original entertainment, which this movie sorely lacked... I think the only people who really liked this film a lot are (drumroll) Star Wars fans! Big surprise, huh? It has nothing to do with the merit of the movie, just that it makes tons of references to Star Wars... so yeah, you're cinematically blind Star Wars fanatics. Take that home. Chew it.

I love this idiotic statement, "And you can do better?". Excuse me but as a computer scientist I don't think it's his JOB to direct movies. He's a moviegoer such as myself therefore his career doesn't entail directing or creating movies, or scriptwriting, or whathaveyou. With that being said, we don't need to be in the industry to understand when something sucks or if something isn't very good. When you go out to eat at a restaurant and don't like a particular dish or platter, you don't see the waiter/waitress respond by saying, "Oh, so you can do better? If it sucks so bad, then why don't you do it?".

See what I mean? It doesn't make any sense. It's not our job to make it better, but as paying customers it is our job to pass proper judgement and give a reasonable opinion.

Hahaha, this thread is hilarious for two reasons.

1. It's wrong.

2. The Big Bang Theory seems to play on the points mentioned to fantastic effect. It's certainly picked up a massive following so must be doing something right.