what didn't you like about the movie?
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I've mentioned it elsewhere, but it's only 2 things - at least from this first viewing
1) The typeface used in scenes when announcing locations (Vulcan, Iowa...etc) looked like the same cheesy 3D PowerPoint looking typeface used in JJ's TV show Fringe...works in Fringe, not so much here...IMPO
2) The engine room came off looking fake...c'mon a brewery...really...I wish it was a little more advanced and imaginative, keep it gritty but c'mon this is the supposed to be the future...damn near expected Laverene & Shirley to pop out somewhere riding a forklift singing....
1) The typeface used in scenes when announcing locations (Vulcan, Iowa...etc) looked like the same cheesy 3D PowerPoint looking typeface used in JJ's TV show Fringe...works in Fringe, not so much here...IMPO
2) The engine room came off looking fake...c'mon a brewery...really...I wish it was a little more advanced and imaginative, keep it gritty but c'mon this is the supposed to be the future...damn near expected Laverene & Shirley to pop out somewhere riding a forklift singing....
I didnt like the scene where Scotty materializes in the pipe heading toward the spinning blade thingies. It was good for a laugh when I busted out with my Galaxy Quest "this episode was badly written!"
Still, that's a minor, minor quibble in a movie that was just about 100% what I thought it needed to be.
Still, that's a minor, minor quibble in a movie that was just about 100% what I thought it needed to be.
Yeah I'm happy but it's a Trekkie's job to bitch.
I didn't like:
-Nero - far too generic and unmemorable of a villain (this is related to the problem of Romulans not really being written into this story as Romulans)
-Pegg - just not right as Scotty
-dumb little Star Wars buddy of Scotty's - completely frakkin misplaced
I'll give the Uhura/Spock romance some time to grow on me. I think they might be using it to make Uhura more central to the story and amp the emotional angst potential for Spock's character arc. As long as there's a good reason, I can go with it.
He's still plenty sexy to me!!!
Yes! Argh! There is way too much potential in all this for it to be relegated to a mere two hours every two years (every time I type that it gives me a pain!)
Also we need more McCoy.
They were trying to make Uhura central; she was the third one introduced. It was her car speeding up to the Iowa bar in the night; first we see the car, then her running in. Only Kirk and Spock had been introduced at that point.
And of course, there's the new poster, with the three of them on it.
And of course, there's the new poster, with the three of them on it.
- Bridge + engineering sets
- Spock + Uhura romance
- Spock just happening to dump Kirk next to realSpock instead of throwing him in the brig
- Stupid monster chase
- Scotty and his stupid comic relief buddy
- Nero is a pathetic excuse for a villain
- Kirk getting promoted from GROUNDED/SUSPENDED CADET to CAPTAIN in one go
- Chekov being better with the transporters than the people who are supposed to know everything about them
- Lens flares
- Camera men having grand mal seizures in every shot
- Stupid excuse to give Sulu a fencing scene
- Not enough McCoy
I can think of many more but these ones are the first that come to mind.
I wish Kirk had had a better defense prepared for the Academy hearing - in the movie it seems like he merely plans to bravado his way through, rather than making a serious argument against the unwinnable test.
Nero being nothing more than a plot device supplied with an unsatisfying hackneyed motivation.
The way the destruction of Vulcan was treated like it was just a planet in some souped-up video game.
Too many potentially interesting ideas thrown into a two hour film that most of them ultimately were not mined as well as they might have been had the writers focused on just one or two of them.
How the film left out a significant chunk of material about the events in 2387 and about Nero's backstory--choosing to relegate it to a four part prequel comic book series.
the gratuitous namedropping just for the sake of it rather than using names or characters to service the story.
The Uhura/Spock romance fell flat to me but isn't that usually the case for Trek romances barring one or two.
I liked seeing Nimoy return but I think his inclusion in the film could have been handled better and evoked more nostalgia than it did. I was actually surprised that it fell so flat.
Everyone was well cast with the exception of Pegg as Scotty.
The way the destruction of Vulcan was treated like it was just a planet in some souped-up video game.
Too many potentially interesting ideas thrown into a two hour film that most of them ultimately were not mined as well as they might have been had the writers focused on just one or two of them.
How the film left out a significant chunk of material about the events in 2387 and about Nero's backstory--choosing to relegate it to a four part prequel comic book series.
the gratuitous namedropping just for the sake of it rather than using names or characters to service the story.
The Uhura/Spock romance fell flat to me but isn't that usually the case for Trek romances barring one or two.
I liked seeing Nimoy return but I think his inclusion in the film could have been handled better and evoked more nostalgia than it did. I was actually surprised that it fell so flat.
Everyone was well cast with the exception of Pegg as Scotty.
Eh, I have a wife and two kids and the scene worked perfectly for me. I don't think it was cheesy at all; I think it came across as a realistic and sincere conversation between a husband and wife considering the circumstances.
I loved the movie and really have no complaints. If I had to state one thing I disliked it would be Scotty's sidekick. The character, I presume, was supposed to be a Starfleet peer, but instead came across as Scotty's pet.
^ That's the exact thing I thought - Even after three viewings of the movie, I wasn't sure whether or not he was supposed to be sentient. I kind of like the idea of Scotty having a sidekick/assistant, but if they're going to keep the character around they need to make him a character, not Scotty's Jem'Hadar Mini-Me.
it appears he was going to attack on the basis the test itself was a cheat.
really what spock said about kirk's father is off base since every one else survived.. something from we saw of the test in khan isnt allowed.
you dont even seem to be given the option of sacrificing your ship to save the passenger ship.
He spoke one syllable, a detail that I didn't remember until I paid particular attention to the character during my fourth or fifth viewing.
The fact that I left the theater after two viewings, feeling both Very Excited And Really Sad...
Excited that there's new Trek to enjoy and Sad that it's not really the Trek that I've loved for over Forty years and knowing it will probably Never Be THAT Trek Again...
Excited that there's new Trek to enjoy and Sad that it's not really the Trek that I've loved for over Forty years and knowing it will probably Never Be THAT Trek Again...
That was my only complaint. I love the movie, J.J., but get a tripod!
The story itself was so weak. The quick pace (no time to think, especially no time to think WTF), the need to introduce the characters, and the excellent characterizations allowed them to get a mulligan on the plot this time. This time.
But if they turn in such a shallow and barely thought out plot next time, then Abrams's Trek movies may suffer from an "even-numbered curse."
But if they turn in such a shallow and barely thought out plot next time, then Abrams's Trek movies may suffer from an "even-numbered curse."
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