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Magnificent. When that music started and the credits with the huge STAR TREK logo appeared, I felt shivers all up and down my spine. I breathed out loud "It's finally happening. This is it!"
Amazing.
J.
That awesome opening scene
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Magnificent. When that music started and the credits with the huge STAR TREK logo appeared, I felt shivers all up and down my spine. I breathed out loud "It's finally happening. This is it!"
Amazing.
J.
It was exceptional...watching the surviving shuttles fleeing the battlefield was heart-wrenching & forlorn.... 
Only thing I would change would be a steadier camera on the battle scenes....why cinematographers think they have to make you seasick during a battle scene is beyond me....
Only thing I would change would be a steadier camera on the battle scenes....why cinematographers think they have to make you seasick during a battle scene is beyond me....
The opening scene was absolutely brilliant, fantastic and awesome. It sucked you right into the movie like no movie has done for ages.
I liked the whole movie, but yes, the first 10 minutes was superb.
Yes, that's one thing about this film that, although relatively minor, is to me a huge enhancement - the feeling of scale from the bridge shots - the sound work I think was a factor in this -
I think i held my breath through the whole scene. I was amazed and a touch emotional. And the old sound effects and Winona's TOS communicator really brought it to the past. It was awesome. I only wish we could have seen more Kelvin and George Kirk
Agreed... I immediately was captivated by the first few seconds of the opening... which i could not believe, after seeing what utter shit and rubbish Cloverfield was... I could not believe JJ had actually gotten something right... that's right, JJ... the idea of the opening of a film is to HOOK your audience.
By the time the OPENING credits stopped in Cloverfield, I already knew I hated the movie more than any other I have ever seen in my life, and the rest of the 2 hours only added to my dismay. The opening sequence lasted WAAAAYYY too long, NONE of the characters made me care for them in any way at all, and the story ( if any) blew platypus ass.
That's why I was so shocked when I first saw the Kelvin and her crew... I could not believe that I was actually being drawn into the scene, and that I instantly cared about the characters.
JJ... USE what you have learned here... DON'T make another piece of stinking shit like Cloverfield... ever again! THIS is how you open a film!
Kirk hearing the first sounds of his son while he is about to ram an enemy vessel so the son, his mom and 800 others can escape nearly broke my heart.
I've seen many brilliant and moving death scenes, e.g. Boromir's death in LOTR but this one ranks way up there with the best.
It was the perfect opening.. the music, the mindblowing action and amidst this the heartwrenching destruction of a family.
I always thought Abrams was a good director in a way that he knows what he wants to achieve and then especially knows how to go about to make that happen but with this opening alone he knocked it out of the stadium.
What's even more amazing is that the rest of the movie can keep pace with it though on a different level but this opening will always be one of the best any movie ever had.
I've seen many brilliant and moving death scenes, e.g. Boromir's death in LOTR but this one ranks way up there with the best.
It was the perfect opening.. the music, the mindblowing action and amidst this the heartwrenching destruction of a family.
I always thought Abrams was a good director in a way that he knows what he wants to achieve and then especially knows how to go about to make that happen but with this opening alone he knocked it out of the stadium.
What's even more amazing is that the rest of the movie can keep pace with it though on a different level but this opening will always be one of the best any movie ever had.
Check out IMDB. George Kirk was played by Chris Hemsworth, an Australian, who appears to have been a semi-regular on one of our soapies.
Cheers
photon70
Sorry to bring up a week-long dormant thread, but I just came across it for the first time.
As much as I loved the movie, the opening was probably my favorite part; it was absolutely brilliant. As others have put it, the mind-blowing action, the drama, the heartbreak, the effects, the MUSIC, everything were nothing short of spectacular.
Absolutely agreed on all counts.
As much as I loved the movie, the opening was probably my favorite part; it was absolutely brilliant. As others have put it, the mind-blowing action, the drama, the heartbreak, the effects, the MUSIC, everything were nothing short of spectacular.
Absolutely riveting... emotional... I could've done without the metallic Star Trek logo, but the substance and execution were flawless.
I remember the opening sequence from Star Trek: First Contact, which had been my favorite up to now... also very inventive.
But not nearly as emotionally wrenching.
I remember the opening sequence from Star Trek: First Contact, which had been my favorite up to now... also very inventive.
But not nearly as emotionally wrenching.
I just want to say that Abrams was just a producer on Cloverfield. He didn't write it or direct it.
Its so fascinating seeing how some of these minds work..One of the best spaceship scenes ever, period.
One of the "purists" said on another thread that the first 10 minutes was enough to convince him this movie was terrible.!!!!
RAMA
One of the best spaceship scenes ever, period.
One of the "purists" said on another thread that the first 10 minutes was enough to convince him this movie was terrible.
RAMA
Wow. There really, truly, is no pleasing some of them. You could dig up a previously buried, unreleased, authentic episode of TOS from the first season, and they'd still hate it.
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