Yes, but a least Shatner looked like a man.
Shatner WAS Kirk!
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O RLY? You wanna watch The Enemy Within some time soon? More eyeliner than Captain Jack Sparrow, baybee.Yes, but a least Shatner looked like a man.
TheLonelySquire
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He looks like he could carry his luggage to me. I'm not saying I like him better as Kirk, but I'd rather see Chris Pine lugging around Shatner's bags. Shatner will always be Kirk to me, but the movie had enough Kirk moments, and Chris Pine was a far better Kirk than I was expecting.
My secret is low expectations.
Just saw the movie today and if there are three words that sum up my experiencing this movie, it's those.
Pine owns that character now. he's taken the intellect, drunken swagger and bravado and stoic courage of James Tiberius Kirk and knocked it up several notches. This movie was like the atomic powered defibrillator that the franchise needed. And it was done with the utmost respect for what has come before. Before this movie, I wasn't sure if there was going to be a Star Trek in the near future. But after this, there will be another 40 years of Trek to enjoy! Live Long and Prosper!
I have to disagree with Pine being Kirk. Not saying he did a bad job but Shatner will forever be Kirk, just like Sean Connery will always be James Bond, no matter how many other actors, good or bad, portray the character.
Pine did a great job, but he doesn't own the character yet.
