I gotta be honest here: I was never really a Star Trek fan.
To wit: I've never watched any of the previous Star Trek movies, I've never really enjoyed the USS Enterprise adventures, I've never participated in the whole Kirk-Picard debate, and I've always thought that Star Wars was better.
But after watching the J.J. Abrams version of Star Trek, I'm ready to boldly go where I've never gone before.
This film is such a slick, and action-packed update that I think it's a good study for making sci-fi material into box-office gems. I think the movie has a great amount of exhilarating sequences, the right amount of humor, and, of course, space scenes that would make fanboys sigh. I also like how the film was able to integrate the 1960's look, from the clothes to the technology design (notice the ships' designs)
As far as the ensemble cast goes, I found Zachary Quinto's Spock much, much more interesting than Chris Pine's James T. Kirk. The rest were given ample attention, but the ones that stood out were McCoy (Karl Urban), Uhura (Zoe Saldana), Sulu (John Cho), and Scotty (Simon Pegg).
There's really not much to dislike about this version of Star Trek. If this latest version of the franchise is the new start of the film franchise, Star Trek will live long and prosper.
Rating: 5/5
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5 comments:
YESSS! Thanks for the review Regnard!
SOOo Great to know that my expectations aren't misplaced.
I'm really more excited now. Damn! SM City Lucena... Where the heck is our Star Trek?!
Nice review and what a nice movie indeed! What I really liked about the film is that the basic plot was the key in not affecting the original Star Trek material - this may have led to no negative rehashes from Trekkies!
@Lorgen
Just curious, so provinces here in the Philippines get movies at a later time? I did not know that! Hopefully Star Trek arrives there soon!
Hi guys!
Star Trek was a great ride. :)
@Reel:
Yeah, movies come a little later usually.
*sob* yes... only the "big" ones with worldwide premieres (e.g. Matrix: Revolutions, LOTR: The Return of the King, Superman Returns) get to be shown here as scheduled per country.
But I went to SM today: U.S.S. Enterprise has landed! (kanina lang talaga. Yesterday the SM customer service person didn't even have administrative advise on when they're showing it) ='p
[SPOILER] Why does everyone love this movie? I wanted to like it. I tried HARD to like it. It looked good, it sounded good, the characters and acting were good. The story was STUPID. I suspended disbelief as long as I possibly could, but please… Kirk gets beamed onto a random planet, chased by a pointless monster that should have caught him in 3 steps, falls into a cave… and happens to bump into… Spock...?!?!? Who then explains the convoluted and ridiculous plot to him?!?! And the bad guy was 2 dimensional and silly; “I’m going to travel back in time and make Spock watch his planet explode??? Really??? That was his plan??? The space scenes looked cool, but the bridge looked like a health spa. And the Enterprise has a water slide now??? A good start at reviving Star Trek. Go ahead and add all the action you want, change the rules, alter history… FINE; but next time could it make sense?
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