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In Reply to: RE: STAR TREK posted by PhilJ on May 10, 2009 at 05:48:44
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.
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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.
... just my 2˘♪ moderate Mart ♫ ☺ Planar Asylum
where speakers are thin & music isn't
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.
We'll have to agree to disagree about global warming until the next global cooling scare comes along
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.
We'll have to agree to disagree about global warming until the next global cooling scare comes along
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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