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JJ Abrams Star Trek starts with a bang and has a fun and fast paced and terrific looking style. About half the movie is learning about the crew, this was the best part for me, I liked everyone they cast especially Chekov. The story seemed a bit of an afterthought and the movie looses steam toward the end but overall a good effort which begs for a sequel.
a recommended 'popcorn' movie
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Phil
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My favorite was Bones. I thought he did a really good job.
The movie was good, but not great.
(3 out of 4 stars.)
The plot was thin, at best.
Why they decided to throw out the entire history of Star Trek is beyond me. (I suppose it was so they could have a fresh start, but why bother calling it Star Trek then, why not just start something new?)
I wouldn't say I loved absolutely everything about it (at least one too many fistfights, too rapid advancement for the cadet Kirk to captain etc) but I enjoyed it tremendously. I have a fondness for Trek, and this was a fun popcorn movie. Loved all the great references thrown in the margins - the tribble, Archer's beagle, a green girl from Orion - and despite its shiny new hardware, this ST covers familiar tropes from the original series. And the alternate timeline is a a brilliant and elegant solution for freshening ST without being straight jacketed into stale storytelling.
The cast was just purely wonderful. The new actors are all perfect for the roles, there wasn't one I didn't love, although Quinto's Spock and Pine's Kirk really take center stage. I was tickled to death to see one of my all time favorite character actors, Bruce Greenwood, as Christppher Pike - great move! Nimoy has one of the greatest faces in movies, a beautiful, lived in face of a real and genuine person - he lifts every scene he's in. Several of the FX were just gorgeous too, the $$s were up on the screen, wonderful to see.
And we got Spock sex - yeah!! JJ understands!
I was actually surprised at how good this movie is since I haven't been a big fan of Abram's films so far (in marked contrast to his TV work) but he did a good job on this one.
"too rapid advancement for the cadet Kirk to captain".
I had to chuckle to myself when Kirk sat on the shuttle to head off for training, and the next thing we see is the caption "Three years later...".
Now if only Ridley Scott had used this for 'Gladiator'; Crow is bought as a slave by Oliver Reed, then "three years Later...." he's a gladiator - much more time for fight scenes against other gladiators rather than trainees hitting each other with wooden swords.
Best Regards,
Chris redmond.
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I would like to see it again in IMAX.
-Wendell
Much more fun and great print & sound.
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I'll try not to write spoilers.
The best idea for a prequel. You must see it to imagine the new possibilities. Best idea out of Hollywood for years.
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Best idea I've seen in quite a while, a time travel event that pushes the universe into a different time line, conveniently removing the constraints of having to make everything eventually work out as the later in time movies/ TV shows indicates. Star Wars suffered this. No matter what happens in Episodes 1-3, you know how they will end up, taking some of the thrill away.
The move was great and surprising. I was surprised, nay, astounded by several events. So refreshing these days in vanilla Hollywood.
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Best Regards,
Chris redmond.
and had a grand fun time. Sure, there are big holes in the storyline, but definitely my most entertaining movie pick of the year so far. Imax image and sound was great and recommended.
Star Trek managed to put the "fun-factor" back into the brand. Although, I hoped Shatner-ese would have a quick cameo, perhaps while Kirk was under duress.
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Edits: 05/14/09
...for any similarities to "Starship Troopers" being like a recruitment film (ugh) - this Star Trek was a gas!Story was involving and well thought out, effects were superb, characters developed into our fave archtypes and, yeah, McCoy was PERFECT.
I liked what Chekov brought to the table as well - able to think like Spock and creatively like a human. Enjoyed all the trekkie detail that dovetailed with the original and four decades of latter Trek.
IMAX showed some jitter at times (noticed near very end), but the picture was beautiful to behold throughout!
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... but a marooned Scotty complaining about "food" rather than "drink"? Where's the pod?
... just my 2˘♪ moderate Mart ♫ ☺ Planar Asylum
where speakers are thin & music isn't
Is SARCASM. And quite funny. The author of the book, Heinlein, actually was quite liberal while the book is so far right it is fascist. Of course it was sarcastic. The movie does a nice job showing the absurdity of a fascist state with nice tongue in cheek humor. The two sequels seemed to be the work of high school students.
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Thanks for clarifying the book (I never read it) and movie versions.
I don't know, fascism never seems to bring a smile to my face, even if wrapped in XXX celluloid.
Maybe I've no humor left, even Chaplain's Monsieur Verdoux couldn't get my funny bone to quiver.
(Is anyone yet man enough to film Heinlein's "Stanger in a Strange Land"?)
I have become a bit of a video snob, having a blu ray setup and all. Sometimes my home theater is sharper than the movies, but not by a long shot with IMAX Star Trek. The picture was bright and sharp,the sound amazing. I try to catch all the new movies in IMAX.
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The IMAX presentation was outstanding-we sat about 2/3 of the way back rather than my preferred mid point, and it turned it to be perfect. We had a big group of friends and family see it together, and it was a real blast (a number of uniformed "trekkies" showed up).
Great film-J.J. Abrahms has really pulled off a pretty neat trick in making a Star Trek film hip enough that newbies will enjoy it (my 16 year old son absolutely loved it) and faithful enough to Roddenberry's vision that longtime fans will love it, too. Karl Urban's Leonard McCoy was my personal favorite-he absolutely nailed the role.
Took my ex's son along to the Manchester iMax but got ended up at the front of the cinema.
Let's just say I won't make the same mistake again - I got a bad neck having to look up for two hours, and also having to scan the screen from left to right trying to keep up with the action similar to watching the ball in a tennis match.
Still enjoyed the film however.
Best Regards,
Chris redmond.
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