Every freakin' time man....

[Yeoman Randi]

Chills still run up and down my spine at the transfer from the teaser to the opening credits.

Yes! I don't know if was because it has been so long since we had a Trek movie, or if it was the music with that title card...but i also got chills seeing it.

Anyway, it's when Pike is telling Kirk about how his father saved 800 lives. Watch his eyes. First he is all cocky, "are we done", and all that. The moment Pike says, "he saved over 800 lives", Chris's eyes completely stop moving, as if he is thinking, finally realizing what his father sacrificed his life for, and maybe, just maybe he needs to suck it up and do something with his own life. I missed this the first 6 times, but noticed it when people managed to load some clips on youtube.com for all of a day before they were pulled. One reason I think Chris fit the part so well.

I hadnt noticed that. I cant wait to see the movie again to see this now! What a great observation!!

An interesting thought just popped into my head...

I think that the Kelvin scene was the first time I've ever been brought to tears by ANY Star Trek movie. I'm more of a next-gen guy, and even the end of Nemesis left me straight-faced.
Anyone else in the same situation as I?

May i suggest you watch Wrath of Khan again now? See if the end doesnt do it to you this time, now that you've seen ST. And if you do, please let us know if you are effected differently this time.

I'm not the kind of person who is easily moved. Star Trek stands as one of the very few, if not only film phenomenon(s), capable of invoking strong emotional feelings in me. Seeing Spock Prime appear again in XI is, I would definitely agree, one of the most powerful moments in Trek history.

Very much so. I am so glad he was in it!!

If you want a movie sure to make you cry. Watch Children of Men.

So, I'm literally 14 minutes into ST on my laptop at the moment, and I burst into turns as George said "I love you, so much."

I agree. If he had just said, "i love you" it would have had less impact for me than the added "i love you so much". It made it even more heartbreaking for me.

Teriffic scenes that cause me to well up as well. As for Pike's speech to Jim in the bar, I much prefered the take used in the trailer. Greenwood's delivery was so much more dramatic when he tells Kirk, "I couldn't believe it when the bartender told me who you were." He's sounds angry and disgusted, barely able to withhold his emotions in the trailer but is laughing mildly (in frustration? Maybe) in the film. Same idea when he says, "...he saved 800 lives..." Greenwood is an excellent actor. For this, it's more of an editing issue. Pine was a better actor than I expected. He did a great job in scenes such as post fight discussion in the bar and the conversation with Spock Prime, especially post-mind meld. Did anyone else notice how Shatnerian he bacame in the final scene? His sauntering onto the Bridge, his clipped call out to "Bones!", the way he stood before sitting in the Captain's Chair, and the way he crossed his legs after sitting. Excellent.

YES! And like M said, it has been discussed, but i have to say YES! again! That "Bones" was soo very Shatnerian. I also agree with you regarding the delivery from the trailer vs the one they used. (i found the trailer's delivery of quite a few lines better than the ones they actually ended up using. I wonder why they chose NOT to use the trailer takes?)

 

[trevanian]

I watched the Kelvin sequence feeling like they were trying to punch sad feelings into the audience with a sledgehammer. Didn't work for me.

Same here (that's the only part I've seen thus far, online and, admittedly, in poor visual quality.)

If this is the best part of the movie (which is what people whose opinion I value say), I'm glad I skipped it in theaters.

 

[Mysterion]

..the scene where Spock-Prime appears, turns and goes
- the one when Pike says "Your father was captain of a starship for 12 minutes.. he saved 800 lives, including your mother's, and yours.. I dare you to do better." My eyes shake at that.

That line, and the way he delivers it, really sold me on Greenwood's performance as Pike. Gave him a real sense of gravitas, IMO.

 

[PKTrekGirl]

..the scene where Spock-Prime appears, turns and goes
- the one when Pike says "Your father was captain of a starship for 12 minutes.. he saved 800 lives, including your mother's, and yours.. I dare you to do better." My eyes shake at that.

That line, and the way he delivers it, really sold me on Greenwood's performance as Pike. Gave him a real sense of gravitas, IMO.

Agreed. Sort of put it in perspective, I thought.

 

[The Doctor]

I was really digging the courtroom/disciplinary scene between Kirk and Spock, pity it was cut short by the alert. Seeing the interplay between the two really highlighted just how sharp Kirk was, despite his outward swagger.

 

[Borgminister]

While it was of course played for maximum emotional effect, it worked for me, the Kelvin sequence, that is.

That and the "because I loved her" line were the two scenes in the movie that caused me to well up.

 

[iluthradanar]

I was really digging the courtroom/disciplinary scene between Kirk and Spock, pity it was cut short by the alert. Seeing the interplay between the two really highlighted just how sharp Kirk was, despite his outward swagger.

I had read that this scene was longer but it was cut down. I don't think it will be on the DVD, that longer scene. Too bad. It was fun to watch.