Worth Your Valuable Time

Galaxy Quest is one of those movies that, on the surface, looks absolutely retarded. The very idea of Tim Allen getting top-billing is reason enough, under normal circumstances, to give up on the idea of renting a movie all together and simply resigning yourself to a night of quiet drinking alone in your apartment with the lights off.

The thing is, Galaxy Quest is awesome. It's an unexpected bounty of awesome. It's like you stepped out into an intersection and you're not really paying attention to what's going on and all of a sudden BOOM, you're run down by a large delivery van molded entirely out of pure, white-hot awesome and instead of broken bones and a head injury, you're left with the best viewing experience you've had since the last time you watched your favorite movie with your best friends and you all hugged afterwards.

It's that good.

Galaxy Quest is smart, funny, well-acted, and genuinely moving. It's the kind of movie that makes you want to stand up in your living room and cheer (being careful not spill your drink, of course)! Seriously, rent it, Netflix it, steal it from someone you hate who doesn't deserve it; just get your hands on a copy of Galaxy Quest and settle in with a six-pack and some delicious snacks. You won't regret it.

I eagerly await your lovingly worded, tear-stained, thank-you notes.