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Star Trek movie was Teh Fail
I fully admit I am a cranky old trekkie so you've been warned...
I'm glad I saw it, but I am officially MEH on the whole thing. It was certainly a fine and enjoyable action movie, but it just didn't feel like Star Trek to me. The actors were all fine in their roles (especially the guys playing McCoy and Scotty)...but even with all its campiness, the original series was far more cerebral. Even Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, probably the most action-y of the TOS movies, was more thought-provoking than this was.
But maybe that's okay...maybe that's what people are looking for when they go to the movies these days. And it certainly seems that this movie takes place in a different universe than the old series, so none of the old series stuff is going to happen in this universe...but that makes me sad. It's sad to have a universe where Vulcan was destroyed and Kirk grew up without a father and Spock loses his mother so early. But that also keeps me from expecting too much from this series, because it's totally different now--a different Star Trek, not the one I loved so much. (I felt really weird when I saw Leonard Nimoy on the screen; it was like a doddering old man had wandered into the wrong movie. I was embarrassed for him. *iz ashamed*)
I did not think Chris Pine and Zach Quinto had very much chemistry, or maybe it was because they weren't in very many scenes together, or maybe they did have chemistry, just not the kind I was looking for. *snerk* And say what you will about William Shatner, he always had beautiful skin, and Chris Pine...doesn't (what, they don't have a cure for acne in the 23rd century? *cries*). And either he was too tall or Zach was too short, so they just didn't look right standing next to each other. I'm surprised that people are rediscovering K/S based on this movie, because it just wasn't there for me. Not at all.
Spock and Uhura did have some chemistry, but that so didn't happen in the original series so I'm going to ignore it. :P
In an article I read, the director or whoever said they didn't want this movie to end up being Galaxy Quest. The comparison is unfair, as Galaxy Quest was a loving send-up of Star Trek and its fans, not a serious action movie. But as campy as it was, it still felt more like the original series than this movie did. But considering the people who made this movie were not fans of the original (or even saw it, for that matter, right?), it's not surprising.
Cranky Trekkie out...
I'm glad I saw it, but I am officially MEH on the whole thing. It was certainly a fine and enjoyable action movie, but it just didn't feel like Star Trek to me. The actors were all fine in their roles (especially the guys playing McCoy and Scotty)...but even with all its campiness, the original series was far more cerebral. Even Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, probably the most action-y of the TOS movies, was more thought-provoking than this was.
But maybe that's okay...maybe that's what people are looking for when they go to the movies these days. And it certainly seems that this movie takes place in a different universe than the old series, so none of the old series stuff is going to happen in this universe...but that makes me sad. It's sad to have a universe where Vulcan was destroyed and Kirk grew up without a father and Spock loses his mother so early. But that also keeps me from expecting too much from this series, because it's totally different now--a different Star Trek, not the one I loved so much. (I felt really weird when I saw Leonard Nimoy on the screen; it was like a doddering old man had wandered into the wrong movie. I was embarrassed for him. *iz ashamed*)
I did not think Chris Pine and Zach Quinto had very much chemistry, or maybe it was because they weren't in very many scenes together, or maybe they did have chemistry, just not the kind I was looking for. *snerk* And say what you will about William Shatner, he always had beautiful skin, and Chris Pine...doesn't (what, they don't have a cure for acne in the 23rd century? *cries*). And either he was too tall or Zach was too short, so they just didn't look right standing next to each other. I'm surprised that people are rediscovering K/S based on this movie, because it just wasn't there for me. Not at all.
Spock and Uhura did have some chemistry, but that so didn't happen in the original series so I'm going to ignore it. :P
In an article I read, the director or whoever said they didn't want this movie to end up being Galaxy Quest. The comparison is unfair, as Galaxy Quest was a loving send-up of Star Trek and its fans, not a serious action movie. But as campy as it was, it still felt more like the original series than this movie did. But considering the people who made this movie were not fans of the original (or even saw it, for that matter, right?), it's not surprising.
Cranky Trekkie out...
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But you didn't answer the all-important question: is Jacob Kogan THE CUTEST THING YOU HAVE EVER SEEN OMG or what?
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I've met him a couple of times and he seemed sort of shy, but maybe he just had no interest in talking to anyone in my family (I don't particularly bond with other people's kids but my mother almost always does). If he were anyone, it wouldn't be so irritating.
Certain relatives of certain actors who shall remain nameless were not terribly impressed with Winona Ryder.
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I'm really enjoying reading the thoughts of people who did and did not like it; the reasons are varied and interesting almost across the board.
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I think you do like action movies more than I do, judging by the movies you've seen. I think action movies are liable to give me a headache, so that might be part of my dislike.
Other people disliked the Star Trek movie? I've been kind of avoiding reading about the movie, so I didn't realize I'm not alone!
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And yeah, I lurve action movies! And this was definitely an action movie, so. *nod*
Yep, other people disliked the Trek movie. Mostly (from what I've seen, which hasn't been much since I haven't really gone looking for a lot of reactions) the dislike stems from wishing the movie had been a prequel to the actual original series -- expecting that, and being really bummed that instead the movie went an ENTIRELY different direction** (or mangled the legend, depending on how angry the poster is) -- or being really pissed off that the movie had the gall to ship Spock with someone who was not Kirk. :P I've also read some responses where people liked some things but thought the movie was off its rocker in other respects. So, yeah, the fervent love is not universal by far!
** Which I do agree with to a point. They freaking BLEW UP VULCAN. WTF! That's...wrong. So wrong! I just. There is so much involving Vulcan that is integral to all of Star Trek in my mind, and I have trouble imagining that a Trek universe could be at all worthwhile without it. So that required a hell of a paradigm shift for me, but once I compartmentalized that I could be all spazzy 'YAY!' about the rest of the movie.
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I was pretty horrified by the destruction of Vulcan as well. What's going to happen when Spock goes through Pon Farr? Oh, maybe that's what Uhura is there for. :P
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jennifer-weiner/to-boldly-gobackwards_b_202233.html
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a different Star Trek, not the one I loved so much.
*nod* And this is the basis of why I've had no interest in this project. I can get on board most of the Trek franchises, but this is a retooling of the original, and I just... something in me is not allowing for this treatment to feel like an homage. *shrug*
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I just saw a handful of episodes from the original Trek and the first movie, but I spend the whole movie going "GTFO, you're not my Kirk. My Kirk has charisma, and even though he could be an asshole you could see why his crew was willing to follow him to hell and back. This guy, he's just an asshole."