Star Wreck [DVD] [2005]: Amazon.co.uk: Samuli Torssonen, Atte Joutsen, Kari Väänänen, Jari Ahola, Timo Vuorensola: DVD

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Know exactly what you are buying then sit back and enjoy, 13 Jun 2009

By	J. Shepherd (Hampshire, UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If you want to buy another safe, predictable big budget blockbuster then fair enough, look elsewhere. If you are open minded and want to be inspired by this epic, 7 year labor of love by a dedicated team of Finnish amateur film makers then stick around! I have dabbled with a bit of CGI and put the odd holiday DVD together. If you have the slightest idea of the effort involved in getting anything on screen you will be blown away with what has been achieved. This film hasn't made it to a commercially available DVD without good reason. If you watch the film with goodwill and ride over the rough edges and moments that lack pace, you will see some completely original and laugh-out-loud sci-fi comedy moments and effects sequences of a scale and complexity that square up to their multi-million dollar rivals.

The negative reviews of this film appear to have been written by people with unrealistic expectations who didn't stop to understand what they were buying, not least that yes, this film was made in the Finnish language! What genuine film lover prefers to watch a dubbed version of a film anyway? I bought this film because I knew it would do things Hollywood never would, and I wasn't disappointed!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Who needs photon torpedoes when you have light balls!, 7 Jun 2009

By	Mr. J. Preston "jamesfed" (Reading, UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Just watch it and laugh! I'm a diehard Star Trek fan and this film has everything that makes Star Trek great! The storyline is a little weird at the beginning but everything falls into place at the end; oh and watching the International Space Station get blown up by 3 `Light balls/Photon Torpedos' is something more films should have!

One reviewer mentions how an incredible amount of bear must have been involved in the making of the film and they are right but not for the wrong reasons. The light hearted fun (and use of `Light beer' in the `Light balls') coupled with watching the film in a foreign language (with UK subtitles) makes for a crazy night in.

I can understand that for some viewers the unrefined humour wont appeal to them but for anyone who has seen at least one naked gun film (and liked it) should watch this to!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Start Trek parody on an indie budget, and a story of collaborative film-making, 10 May 2009

By	Anna Krokfors (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Making a Star Trek movie is not easy. One should be able to capture the spirit of Star Trek, have phaser-blazing action, romance, light-hearted fun, end-of-the-world scale drama, corrupted to the core villains, all in one story. Making a parody is not easy at all, one should take what made the original good and retain it, while with a keen eye pointing out all the little (or big) silly notions and mercilessly make fun of them - and yet the end result should remain watchable on its own.

Star Wreck manages all of the above, and as an indie movie, to boot. The special effects are completely state of the art and would do in any commercial movie of today. Every scene is lovingly crafted to as near perfection as the shoestring budget would allow. Where the homeknit quality does show, it feels mostly like homage to the cardboard and styrofoam props of ST:TOS and Babylon 5.

The criticism that could be fairly given is that the plot and the characterization suffer from a lack of a professional writer in the crew. Even then, the pacing of the movie is good, the jokes, while boyish, are on the spot, and all in all the movie leaves all the other sci-fi parodies out there completely in the dust. A definite mood-lifter for the viewer, and the story of how the movie was made is worth seeing in itself.

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5.0 out of 5 stars This is brilliant
This film is hysterical. I laughed the entire way through.

As a die hard scifi fan I thought this would be terrible. Read more

Published 2 months ago by Andrea Roberta Brown

5.0 out of 5 stars Funny and Nostalgic
Much much better than I expected. This is a brilliant parody of both Star Trek and Babylon 5. Fans of both shows will love it. Read more

Published 4 months ago by MalkyJ

1.0 out of 5 stars DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS
Having read all the hype about this film, and the back cover of the DVD, I too was convinced that as an avid Star Trek fan, this was definitely one to add to the collection. Read more

Published 4 months ago by Mr. J. Lorrimore

5.0 out of 5 stars Star Wreck - Captain's Log, Stardate - S1LL1
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When I first heard of Star Wreck I was not initially impressed by tales of a fan-made tribute. Read more

Published 5 months ago by Philip Wilson

1.0 out of 5 stars looks like a spoof of star trek but isn't
didn't realise all in swedish with english subtitles not as good as thought it would be expected a comedy spoof of star trek but it isn't def not recommend it

Published 5 months ago by mozzer

1.0 out of 5 stars dont buy it
You can see the single funny moment on youtube when the captain shouts at Fukov. You cant watch the "action" while reading the subtitles so unless you are Finnish I dont see what... Read more

Published 5 months ago by itsme

1.0 out of 5 stars End of term project?
Leaving aside the fact that this movie is in Finnish with subtitles; not noticed until actually in dvd player. Read more

Published 6 months ago by Mrs. Alison M. Bird

2.0 out of 5 stars Great effects, Not much else
I have been a Star Trek fan for a very long time, Love everything about it, including well made spoofs, unfortunatley this is not one of them. Read more

Published 6 months ago by E. Evlogidis

4.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly funny movie with astounding special effects
Star Wreck shows brilliantly how far low-budget indie filmmaking can go these days. Sure, my opinion might be biased since I'm a finn (like the makers of the movie), but Star... Read more

Published 7 months ago by Juha Kaunisto

4.0 out of 5 stars love this!
i saw bits of this on-line but i think this is the all singing all dancing version. very very funny - me and my trekkie mates love it.

Published 7 months ago by Gail

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