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BG's Star Trek Review.

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Star Trek: the Next New Old generation!
Cause, it's you know, the older characters played by new people.

Anyway, over all it was very good. Pine played Kirk's arrogance a little over the top, ZQ played Spock very well, but i missed Nimoy's deep voice. Quinto's voice has a lilt in it that is a bit prissy.

Another person I know said Khan was in there. Where? I didn't see him or hear mention of him....

Uhura? Svelt sex kitten? Spock's GF? WTF is up with that? They didn't build to THAT at all, it was just ~poof!~ there.
The Saint said that the lead in to the time distortion wasn't working for him.
ST has done time travel before, numerous times. (has done/will do?)
Like Voltaire sings, it's the USS Make Shit Up.
It's actually a minor point that a black hole/singularity will rip you appart and Science fiction NEVER takes into account the time distortion that occurs toward a singularity, but hey, it's ST and they needed a device to make it possible to make new ST movies without trampling the purists.
ST life is now entirely in an alternate time line where they can deviate freely.

The only other major missing component was the "deal with aliens on their own terms" bit.

I liked the guy who played McCoy and Simon Pegg as Scotty. McCoy even had the nuances of Kelly's speech down.
Chekov and Sulu will need a bit of work.
And Where the Fuck was Nurse Chapel??!!

Most classic lines were delivered at good times when appropriate, as in nit stuffed in there just to get them in there.
Good action and i liked how the didn't limit the outside views of the Enterprise with standard, 2- dimensional plane shots.
They used diagnals, upside-down shots. It was a nice change.
the fight scenes were a little too chaotic, i couldn't keep up with who was where, in what position, doing what.

And, did it only take JTK a week to become Captain? It seemed like it.
Segway people, notify the audience when you are jumping ahead.
 
The Spock Uhura romance was suggested all the way through the film.

In the bar Uhura rejected Kirk because it was ovbious she was already with someone.

She didnt like her roomate bringing people back because she didnt want anyone to see her with Spock.

The bit where she was assigned to the farragut and Spock said he didnt put her on the enteprise because he didnt want people to assume it was favourtism, thats because he was banging her.
 
It was good.

Completely held my attention from start until finish, no slowdown, no boring takly bits (the few talky bits were good), no tehcnobabble that took me out of it (though I don't have a clue what "red matter" is). Yeah, it would have been nice to have a few quieter moments but they had a lot of characters to introduce and move into position so I guess we'll have to wait for the sequel for that.

CHARACTERS

Kirk: Chris Pine did a really good job. He was charismatic and likable even when he was being a bit jerklike. The lines which seemed like they could be cringeworthy from the trailer worked in the context of the movie ("buckle up" being to Bones at the end because he gets spacesick as established earlier and not just some random catchphrase.) Kirk becoming Captain at the end was a bit hard to believe even after he saved Earth. They could have held that back until the next movie. I hope there was at least a month or somethin between his promotion and taking the Enterprise out for the first time at the end. I guess one complaint is it was hard to imagine him bedding a bunch of alien women like Shatner's Kirk (yes there was the Orion but she was a slut anyway apparently) but he's still young.

Spock: Quinto was good. He did seem quite a bit different from the original series Spock. Maybe because he's embraced his human side earlier. He did a good job with the "Spock's emotional but not showing it" scenes like when he was staring at the transporter after his mum didn't make it.

Old Spock: Just seeing Nimoy was great and a bit emotional. And the voiceover at the end was perfect. He did look REALLY old though but I suppose Spock is really old even for a Vulcan. It would be cool if he's in the sequel in a knd of mentor role since Sarek wasn't up to much.

Bones: Karl Urban was perfect. Would have been cool if he'd had more to do and more stuff with Spock but there was one scene with him/Spock and Kirk where they had some pretty good discussion and banter going (or a couple of scenes I'm missing up.)

Uhura: There was a total lack of women in the film so I think they must have beefed her role up as she got quite a lot to do. I think Zoe did a great job and is obviously quite the hottie too so no complaints. Although I would have liked a bit more background on the Spock romance.

Scotty: Pegg did a good job with the accent. I liked the "get tae..." line to his little friend as it sounded authentic. I do think they tried to cram in a bit too much characterisation in too short a time with Scotty though. The "exciting!" bit felt out of place after the tense Kirk/Spock showdown and didn't even get much of a laugh. The "I'm giving her all she's got, cap'n!" was more appreciated. How did he suddenly end up as chief engineer when in the previous scene he'd been operating the transporters? Maybe I missed the chief engineer dying or something. Do you think he was shagging his little friend on Delta Five?

Sulu: Didn't really get enough lines or stand out. The sword fight was a good action sequence.

Chekov: Have to admit I found him annoying. Yes, Chekov was annoing in the original series but this is supposed to be an update so they should have toned down the accent a bit.

Amanda: She got like two lines! I liked Spock's reaction to her death but I expected more.

Sarek: I think he was the biggest disappointment and poorest casting. Didn't feel like Sarek at all. I did like the scene with him telling Spock why he married Amanda but that was just good writing.

Pike: Excellent! One of the best acted characters. Shame he ended up in the wheelchair but at least he can still talk.

Nero: Eric Bana was really good and conveyed quite well that Nero not only didn't give a fuck about anything anymore but that he was also quite mad. His reasons for wanting "revenge" (on the only person who tried to help him) didn't really make much sense but since I got that he was just playing him as someone who lost his mind it was okay. Would have been nice to see more of him.

EFFECTS: Great, obviously! The Enterprise looked great and I want a desktop of it in front of Saturn.

MUSIC: Was good but I was kind of expecting classic Trek music to kick in at times due to CONDITIONING. Like when they first saw the Enterprise I was hearing the TMP music in my head but it never came. The theme at the end was great though.

PLOT STUFF: A bit lacking and some bits were maybe hard to follow (where was the Fleet at the end? why was it just the Enterprise at Earth? I think I missed a line) but the whole mood of the movie was what made it and the characters and performances.

MINOR NIGGLES: The climatic battle could have been more of, well, a battle. The Enterprise didn't really "fight" the Narada though I suppose that makes sense since the Narada would have destroyed. The Jellyfish was cool so I suppose it was fair tha the Narada was defeated by another ship from the late 24th century.

The whole bit with the stolen car was well shot but pointless. They should have just skipped right to Pine's Kirk.

They stole the "there's always a bigger fish" moment from Phantom Menace (and probably any number of movies) and the ice monsters were a bit unnecessary. As was the bit with Scotty in the water pipes.

Would have liked more references to 24th century Trek. Like when Spock mind-meled was COULD have seen a quick flash of Picard or Data or the Enterprise-E or something (really quick). And the black Vulcan with him could have been Tuvok. Or something.

BUT ON THE WHOLE IT WAS PRETTY FUCKING GREAT and about as good a relaunch for Trek as could be hoped for. HURRY UP AND MAKE THE SEQUEL.
 
Really didn't like this version of Sarek. Mark Lenard's portrayal came across statesmanlike. More than Spock, Sarek as portrayed by Mark Lenard was the Vulcan. In this film, though, he just seems like a pompous douchebag. Maybe it's the accent or the way the lines are delivered. More than a little overdone.
 
K I FINALLY saw this, and I have to say id didn't suck as much as I thought. It wasn't great or anything, and it certainly didn't feel like TREK to me, but I suppose it's good for what it was.

Complaints:

Too much skydiving/sword fighting/running from monsters and Scotty in the water pipes: not enough plot.

Sarek lies about why he married Spock's mom? WTF? I thought vulcans can't lie?

SPOCK: too emotional and douchey. Also: kept expecting him to telekinetically cut open people's forehead and steal their powers. Spock and Uhura? No.

Red Matter: Just call it DUES EX MACHINA PLOT DEVICE JUICE and get it over with.

For that matter, why not go back in time to PREVENT ROMULOUS FROM BEING DESTROYED? Make just a little bit more sense...

The last 20 minutes or so, really.

What I liked:

Carl Urban as Bones, Pegg as Scotty, and MARK HARMON as Pike...they saved this movie for me.

In context of the other summer movies, I'd place it about even with Wolverine, and just ahead of GI JOE: leaving way behind District 9, Terminator, Transformers 2, Drag Me to Hell, and Inglorious Basterds. C+
 
whisky said:
The Spock Uhura romance was suggested all the way through the film.

In the bar Uhura rejected Kirk because it was ovbious she was already with someone.

She didnt like her roomate bringing people back because she didnt want anyone to see her with Spock.

The bit where she was assigned to the farragut and Spock said he didnt put her on the enteprise because he didnt want people to assume it was favourtism, thats because he was banging her.
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Actually, there was a fanon bit back in the '70s about a sub rosa thing between the two characters. One of the stories in that vein of fiction was even written by Nichelle Nichols, and there are IIRC a scene or two in TOS that hinted at it somewhere in the characters' history, but in a really subtle way.
 
I personally thoght that ZQ voice was too prissy for Spock.
But I did also keep expecting him to cut people's heads open.

Oh, I bought it with the digital copy.
I just watched it again.
 
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