Anyone else not like the opening scene?

[Shatmandu]

I thought it was wonderful.

Joe, terrific

 

[77sevenseven]

I went to the cinema on opening day and I remember the very first scene where you hear the beeps and then the camers swings away from the hull off the USS Kelvin and you hear those transmissions to Starfleet. I knew then that this was gonna be good.
I gasped in shock when the woman got blasted into space and then musec faded to silence!
I was grasped with emotion as the situation became grim for the crew.

To me this was one of my all time openings to any star trek movie!

How anyone could not like such a powerful opening is beyond me!

I agree the execution in the movie as far as numerous scenes are concerned was top notch, but you also don't understand the complexities of human behavior if you say that it's 'beyond you' if anyone could not like 'such a powerful opening' and the fact that each individual react in their own way depending on the circumstances.
There are no universal rules.
There are established norms of society.
To simply condemn (or ridicule) everyone who don't react in the same way when someone dies (regardless of the type of situation/circumstances) is just playing it 'stupid' and not accepting people for who they are.

The scene was enjoyable yes, but it didn't invoke an emotional response from me.
Am I supposed to be condemned and burned on a stick for it?
Please.

In what way am i showing condemnation or anything else by giving my opinion that I can't understand why anone cannot like the opening? I was just giving my opinion. I can't understand it but who am I? I'm not suggesting that everyone should like it because I do, just that I can't believe that anyone deosn't. No offence was intended by my post and if anyone is offended then that is also "beyond me".

 

[indranee]

I think we all need to lighten up a bit on this board.

 

[Sector 7]

I went to the cinema on opening day and I remember the very first scene where you hear the beeps and then the camers swings away from the hull off the USS Kelvin and you hear those transmissions to Starfleet. I knew then that this was gonna be good.
I gasped in shock when the woman got blasted into space and then musec faded to silence!
I was grasped with emotion as the situation became grim for the crew.

To me this was one of my all time openings to any star trek movie!

How anyone could not like such a powerful opening is beyond me!

I agree the execution in the movie as far as numerous scenes are concerned was top notch, but you also don't understand the complexities of human behavior if you say that it's 'beyond you' if anyone could not like 'such a powerful opening' and the fact that each individual react in their own way depending on the circumstances.
There are no universal rules.
There are established norms of society.
To simply condemn (or ridicule) everyone who don't react in the same way when someone dies (regardless of the type of situation/circumstances) is just playing it 'stupid' and not accepting people for who they are.

The scene was enjoyable yes, but it didn't invoke an emotional response from me.
Am I supposed to be condemned and burned on a stick for it?
Please.

In what way am i showing condemnation or anything else by giving my opinion that I can't understand why anone cannot like the opening? I was just giving my opinion. I can't understand it but who am I? I'm not suggesting that everyone should like it because I do, just that I can't believe that anyone deosn't. No offence was intended by my post and if anyone is offended then that is also "beyond me".

You have as much right to your opinion as do they. People on here tend to take other's opinions as a personal affront. Don't let them get you down.

I think we all need to lighten up a bit on this board.

Yeah, what she said!

 

[belle paris]

Didn't like the beginning at all. Found it hokey that the moment they face a terrifying destruction is the moment that Kirk's wife is deep in labour. Then, instead of giving the woman meds to stall her labour until the shuttle reached a safe distance, they actually insist she deliver right at that moment. Meanwhile, Kirk has the ability to pilot an entire spaceship by himself while discussing baby names with his wife? Whatever....

 

[Hartzilla2007]

It is bad because of the character assassination of James Kirk's mom compared to Roddenberry's vision for her.

As I have explained elsewhere, Roddenberry wanted her to have no last name and be a "New Human" who had many sexual partners, the first of which was named only James. It was for this love instructor that she named a son she happened to have with a particularly good lay named Kirk. As a New Human, she certainly would not have been a Starfleet officer.

Now Abrams has ruined the character, turning her into a competent Starfleet officer and the loving wife of her husband, George Kirk, yet another Starfleet officer. They went even further as to give her a last name, which no good New Human would ever have.

Kirk's mom should be as Roddenberry envisioned: into free love and telepathically linked to her fellow New Humans.

Ewww. This would take the "everyman" aspect away from Kirk and turn him into some sort of "hippie/commune" love child. No thanks.

What the hell was Roddenberry smoking when he thought of this odd background story for Kirk's parents?

I have asked that same question, near as I can figure whatever he was smoking or snorting was some good s#@t.

 

[KimMH]

I don't hate the opening but it doesn't move the earth for me like it does for others. to each their own / ke sera sera / vive la difference / it is what it is / etc. . .

 

[Larraby]

It's an overstatement for me to say that I didn't like the opening scene, but I don't think it was anywhere near my favorite part of the movie. I thought the guy playing George Kirk was bad, and the dialogue as a whole felt clunky and awkward.
...

Personally, I thought it was the best part of the movie, filled with a combination of action, self sacrifice and emotion.

The rest of the movie had many questionable plot devices and all around bad science.

 

[Yeoman Randi]

First time i saw the film i didnt like that sequence. Thought it was hokey, but mostly i didnt like it because it didnt follow canon.

A few days later i spoke to my 24 year old son who had just come home from seeing the movie. He told me, among other things, that the opening sequence on the Kelvin brought a tear to his eye. This coming from a kid who would never call himself a trekkie and rarely cries at anything in 'real life'.

i thought to myself, "What did i miss?"

Went to see the film again a couple of days later, this time abandoning my expectations, allowing myself to relax and say "the hell with canon". This time i loved the Kelvin scenes and i DID cry at the sacrifice George made--PLUS this time i realized how much more dramatic and mythic this made the birth of James T Kirk. More fitting i think for the wonderful character that i love.

In all my hard headedness i almost missed a wonderful opportunity to really enjoy and appreciate the wonderful movie that JJ's Star Trek was. NOT perfect, but then again, i dont think ANY of the Star Trek movies have been perfect.

So, to answer the question, i LOVED the Kelvin scenes. And btw, the third time i saw the movie i reallly cried. Not just a tear, a CRY. And everytime i listen to the soundtrack, when that piece is played i get a big old gooby teardrop in each eye.

 

[SalvorHardin]

I think it was a fantastic, well shot, well acted emotional scene.
Certainly among Trek's finest moments.

 

[Borgminister]

Not just a tear, a CRY. And everytime i listen to the soundtrack, when that piece is played i get a big old gooby teardrop in each eye.

I will have to watch myself at the IMAX when I go, because I remember having to steel myself the last time; funny, even though you know it is coming, it is so well executed that ... you do well up.

Must... be... MANLY.

 

[Franklin]

I don't hate the opening but it doesn't move the earth for me like it does for others. to each their own / ke sera sera / vive la difference / it is what it is / etc. . .

That's where I fall. The TOS bridge sound effect at the very beginning was a very nice touch. The scene itself is non-stop no-holds-barred melodrama, to be sure. It's well shot and speaks well for the quality of what's to follow. But I'm sorry, it didn't grip me like it's apparently gripped so many others. It was sorta like, OK, you set the tone, now let's get on with it.
What really got me emotionally the second time I saw it was the Pine-Nimoy scenes. Then again, not everyone liked those scenes, either.

We Trek fans are something, aren't we? Even when we almost universally like the movie, we can still find ways to disagree over how good various parts of it are.

 

[Cakes488]

Well I personally agree that the opening sequence was NOT as emotional or gripping as numerous people seem to claim.
It evoked 0 emotional response from me.

It was entertaining sure, but hardly 'spectacular' ... although I'm also pleased that the movie is doing well on all sides overall.

Didn't like the beginning at all. Found it hokey that the moment they face a terrifying destruction is the moment that Kirk's wife is deep in labour. Then, instead of giving the woman meds to stall her labour until the shuttle reached a safe distance, they actually insist she deliver right at that moment. Meanwhile, Kirk has the ability to pilot an entire spaceship by himself while discussing baby names with his wife? Whatever....

Well am I glad to see I'm not the only curmudgeon around here . I was really feeling like I was the only one who felt/thought this. But I agree 100%.... a good portion of it was hokey and outright corny. I certainly did not care about these characters enough to be moved AT ALL. No quite the contrary, I was doing eye rolls when I saw the shuttle being forcefully propelled out of the Kelvin while simultaneously Kirk is being propelled from his mother's womb . I've said this before and here's my opportunity to say it again (tee hee) but maybe in the sequel we can see the Kirk conception scene and we can get to see a train go thru a tunnel....filmaking 101.

Not everything was bad about the opening scene...I like the Trek sounds of course, big big big smile on my face. I loved Robau...I think a little too much. The music was fantastic...I really liked George Kirk...he was a cutie and I think I would of liked this guy to play James Kirk instead...I know that's blasphemous talk to some of you LOL.

I can't believe that people were moved to tears by this scene, but we all have different "breaking points" I suppose...I mean I used to cry at Little house on the prarie almost every episode...I even bought the dvd's a few years ago to revisit my childhood and the damn things still made me cry...Please don't tell anyone!!!

But in the end I think the opening scene could of been much much more effective...but instead it was very rushed...just as much of the movie is. I really love Trek all the more when it takes it's time.....

 

[Omega_Glory]

I thought the timing of Kirk's birth and the encounter was a bit too convienent. But, I did like the crew of the Kelvin better than the Enterprise. They were a bit more grown up it seemed. The fast moving camera is kinda annoying at times, but overall it was good.

 

[xman]

It made me cry both times I watched it.
I loved it, personally.

Yeah me too. I got quite choked on all three viewings.
This was a tremendously well played scene IMO.

 

[Jeri]

Someone was telling me they arrived at the movie a few minutes late, and I thought that really put them at a disadvantage. Fans want to be on time for this.