Tamera Lomax

Words can’t express how this movie made me feel. It is so profound and so beautiful in every sense of the word. I read the book before I saw the film, and even though I cried reading the book, it was nothing compared to how much I wept watching the movie and seeing the characters I had read about come alive by the phenomenal acting of Meryl Streep and Clint Eastwood. Their love for each other was so pure and it broke my heart that they never ended up together. I understand why, but at the same time, I also don’t. This movie will have a lasting impact on me for the rest of my life as I think it epitomises the word ‘love’, and it really has left me questioning all which I thought I knew about the subject. “This kind of certainty comes but only once”.

Used to love this show, Chris O’ Donnell is so cute, but I was forced to stop watching because of the TERRIBLE score that plays the same music over and over and over

Wow, wow. I laughed, I cried. Top Gun Maverick outdid itself, Tom Cruise outdid himself. This movie honestly surpassed all expectations I had, it surpassed the hype and that’s saying something. This is certainly Tom’s greatest movie yet. Absolutely terrific storyline, action sequences, flying, script, music. I can’t fault a single thing about this film. Never before has a film like this been done. It was WELL worth the wait. What a beautiful love letter to aviation and cinema. This is my new favourite movie.

Not a bad original Star Trek film at all. I will always think of this one as the “political one”. I enjoyed it significantly more the second time round. The appearances of Chris Plummer and Iman were great. I think it finished off the era of the original crew very well, and I felt a little choked up at the end when Uhura got the message that the Enterprise must return to be decommissioned at once and Spock says “I believe if I was human, my response would be go to hell”. Then Kirk utters his famous “second star to the right, and straight on till morning” quote from Peter Pan. I felt overwhelmed by emotions because it is just so Kirk and sums him up perfectly- his desire to never stop seeking and exploring the unknown, right to the very end. Also a really lovely monologue in the end when he hands over to the Next Generation by saying “where no man- no one- has gone before”. Beautiful how the full cast signed their names before the end credits, what a way to wrap up 30 years of a legacy.

At first I thought the movie would be some endearing type similar to Pretty Women, where the poor girl falls in love with a rich and charming man. Was quite surprised when Cary’s character basically said he just wanted her for sex. From then onwards the film took a sexist turn with many overtly and quite unkind sexist jokes. I’m not one to cringe much over these sorts of things, but I cringed a lot. Doris’ character thinking she is not a real women if she doesn’t sleep with him, the men joking about hitting their partners if they refuse to sleep with them etc. I have watched many 50’s and 60’s movies and none were as sexist as this one, even for the time I wonder that surely people couldn’t have been happy when they saw this movie. Doris and Grant also seemed to have zero on screen chemistry, this film had a lot of potential but then fell flat.

Absolutely hilarious film, I was crying with laughter at many points. I’m a huge Cary Grant fan and him and Tony Curtis had great on screen chemistry and played off each other so well. I’m so glad I’ve been watching all of Cary’s movies or I never would’ve discovered this gem. Also, the stunts, wow! Back in the day when there were real explosions and no CGI. Truly impressive. This movie was not what I expected when I saw it was a submarine movie with Cary Grant but it was certainly what I needed.

Truly beautiful movie- Spielberg at his finest hour. I was moved to tears when Jim and the Japanese pilots saluted each other. His friendship with the Japanese boy was so touching. The score was wonderful too. This movie will put you through all the emotions and I cannot believe what people had to endure in WWII. A must see film for everyone at some point in their lives.

I for one truly appreciated this film. Perhaps the low rating is largely due to the people who cannot handle the controversial topic of questioning who God is and finding that he is merely what we perceive him to be and not some angry, vengeful omnipresence. It actually gets you truly thinking about the meaning of God, which I appreciate greatly. These are important questions that should be asked in life. I also perceived Sybok to be a typical cult leader who brainwashes his followers and gets them to blindly follow him without question. I thought Shatner was a great director and that the story he created in this film was truly original and so much of what the essence of Star Trek is all about- seeking the truth. I’m not sure why he gets judged so harshly all the time. The Jerry Goldsmith score wonderfully complimented the film- Jerry being my favourite of all the score composers to have worked on the franchise. It was especially beautiful and memorable when Kirk, Mccoy, Spock and Sybok landed on Sha Ka Ree. I also loved the camaraderie and sense of family among the 3 leading characters, the quote at the beginning of the film where Kirk said he knew he'd one day die alone, and then at the end of the film when Kirk said he thought he'd die on Sha Ka Ree and Spock said he couldn't because he was not alone was particularly moving. Kirks speech about how we need pain as it makes us who we are, and without it we would lose ourselves is one of my favourite quotes of all time by him. The pacing of the film was also good, I felt gripped the entire time which is always crucial when it comes to movies- when it is no longer gripping it becomes boring. The element of humour was welcome when it arose here and there (actually the film was quite humorous overall), since the main underlying theme of the film is rather serious. Also, what I thought was particularly clever was when Kirk said the quote "all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by" which he also quoted in the original series episode called 'The Ultimate Computer' in 1968. It so sums up who Kirk is. Overall a wonderful film, which is unfortunately mostly overlooked.