So I started a thread yesterday about how I just getting ready to watch the new movie- I ended it with how I'd let you all know my take on it when it was OVER... Not a play by play during the movie.
But with no explanation, with not a word, no private or public message, the mods closed my thread. Most people who responded seemed to think that I was texting during the movie- not that I was, but that was none of their business. I could have been sitting at the back where no one could see my screen. None-the-less, I don't use my phone during movies, and I don't Twitter, because there are already many many venues to get information to people such as here!
Seems that everyone else and their Porthos can start a thread on this but but I get mine closed because???
So let's try this again...
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Leading up to it, I found a sense of that excitement that I haven't felt since, ST:TUC. I had my reservations, based on the information provided leading up to the movie. Especially the contradictory statements from JJ where he initially stated it wasn't a re-boot, but then over the months eased us into the re-imagining concept... But the movie would, inevitably, make me decide if I liked it or not.
So let's get the bad out of the way, and I'm not going to nit pick over every little thing- just a few big one for me.
Engineering. It seems more people have reached a consensus that it sucked. It was dark and cluttered. Pipes and steam everywhere... It truly did look like a brewery with the lights turned down. Nothing futuristic about that.
The Bridge. Also too cluttered, and in this case, over lit. Way to bright. It was the other extreme of engineering.
Nero. Good God, this guy was boring and his acting was boring. He could talk in a normal voice, and yell. And when he screamed out Spocks name, I swear it was a quarter octave away from Stallone's "ADRIAAAAAAAN!"... ugh.
The off ship uniforms felt more like something out of Starship Troopers. Just a little bit. But the nutty way that everyone was promoted felt a whole LOT like Starship Troopers. That's not a good thing. I don't want Star Trek to feel like a B movie that was intentionally made like a B movie.
Some of the actors are less then memorable. Seldan looks okay, but was not that great, nor was Yelchin (or whatever his name is).
The sound track was very boring and belonged more to a super hero movie like Spiderman.
But, all these things are cosmetic and can be altered over the next few movies. Engineering can be cleaned up to look more futuristic and less like the brewery tour I went on. The bridge can be toned down. Seldana and Yelchin can learn to act.
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The Good.
The most important thing was that it felt like Star Trek! It was a fun movie that everyone truly could enjoy.
Pine did start to feel like Kirk. Quintos did a fabulous job as Spock. Vulcans were portrayed very well as Vulcans.
And while I had my reservations about the whole new time-line at first, it makes more sense then a prequel. A straight prequel could not have the one thing that's needed for a good movie: Suspense!
In this new time-line, anything could happen to our heros. They can even die. We just don't know now!
So- despite all my little nit-picks about the ship, some of the plot, and music, none of those matter because they can be cleaned up over the course of new movies. This was a good Trek flick that deserves it's place in the realm of Star Trek!
I'd rate it 8.5 out of 10 with my nit picks. Without those, I'd really have given it a 10!
But with no explanation, with not a word, no private or public message, the mods closed my thread. Most people who responded seemed to think that I was texting during the movie- not that I was, but that was none of their business. I could have been sitting at the back where no one could see my screen. None-the-less, I don't use my phone during movies, and I don't Twitter, because there are already many many venues to get information to people such as here!
Seems that everyone else and their Porthos can start a thread on this but but I get mine closed because???
So let's try this again...
----------------------------
Leading up to it, I found a sense of that excitement that I haven't felt since, ST:TUC. I had my reservations, based on the information provided leading up to the movie. Especially the contradictory statements from JJ where he initially stated it wasn't a re-boot, but then over the months eased us into the re-imagining concept... But the movie would, inevitably, make me decide if I liked it or not.
So let's get the bad out of the way, and I'm not going to nit pick over every little thing- just a few big one for me.
Engineering. It seems more people have reached a consensus that it sucked. It was dark and cluttered. Pipes and steam everywhere... It truly did look like a brewery with the lights turned down. Nothing futuristic about that.
The Bridge. Also too cluttered, and in this case, over lit. Way to bright. It was the other extreme of engineering.
Nero. Good God, this guy was boring and his acting was boring. He could talk in a normal voice, and yell. And when he screamed out Spocks name, I swear it was a quarter octave away from Stallone's "ADRIAAAAAAAN!"... ugh.
The off ship uniforms felt more like something out of Starship Troopers. Just a little bit. But the nutty way that everyone was promoted felt a whole LOT like Starship Troopers. That's not a good thing. I don't want Star Trek to feel like a B movie that was intentionally made like a B movie.
Some of the actors are less then memorable. Seldan looks okay, but was not that great, nor was Yelchin (or whatever his name is).
The sound track was very boring and belonged more to a super hero movie like Spiderman.
But, all these things are cosmetic and can be altered over the next few movies. Engineering can be cleaned up to look more futuristic and less like the brewery tour I went on. The bridge can be toned down. Seldana and Yelchin can learn to act.
---------------------
The Good.
The most important thing was that it felt like Star Trek! It was a fun movie that everyone truly could enjoy.
Pine did start to feel like Kirk. Quintos did a fabulous job as Spock. Vulcans were portrayed very well as Vulcans.
And while I had my reservations about the whole new time-line at first, it makes more sense then a prequel. A straight prequel could not have the one thing that's needed for a good movie: Suspense!
In this new time-line, anything could happen to our heros. They can even die. We just don't know now!
So- despite all my little nit-picks about the ship, some of the plot, and music, none of those matter because they can be cleaned up over the course of new movies. This was a good Trek flick that deserves it's place in the realm of Star Trek!
I'd rate it 8.5 out of 10 with my nit picks. Without those, I'd really have given it a 10!
