Ok, I have to admit as a somewhat Trekker, I was opposed to having another movie of star trek. As much as I’d love that JJ Abrams wanted to do it, I just didn’t think we needed another Star Trek movie. On top of all that he wanted to do a film with Kirk and the original cast. Let them die already! But that was before I actually saw the new movie. All I can say is one word:
Wow.
The special effects were awesome. Of course. There was only one problem I had with a lot of the action scenes, and it was that they were just a bit too fast, and confusing. You couldn’t see what was really going on and you had the idea, but not exactly what was going on. Perhaps this is the effect they wanted, who knows. Perhaps I am just getting old. That’s the only thing I have to say about the action.
As for the story, I think I might have to agree with George Martin that it’s a bit flimsy. (well he didn’t say that exactly, but I’m with him about the story) The continuity was rather non existant, but in a way, the writers explained this, which I put in the same league as Dallas and everything was just a dream scenario. (of course, the movie is not a dream. no spoilers here, but i’m just saying the story is so similar.)
The actors I thought were the only saving grace. I loved them. Love love loved them. I thought Karl Urban did a phenomenal job as Bones. I think even DeForest Kelley would say bravo to his performance. However, I recall what Meesh was saying of some of them, it almost seemed like they were making fun of the original actors. I can see that too, but luckily Chris Pine was pretty damn good as Kirk. I didn’t think he overacted or anything. I thought he did an excellent job. IMHO, I think Simon Pegg might have taken it too much with Scotty, but as Meesh pointed out, sometimes Scotty is a bit over the top. LOL So true. I just wanna say that Zachary Quinto was pretty damn awesome as Spock and it was oh so refreshing to see him as something that wasn’t Sylar. (Meesh even overheard a guy saying that after the movie too)
All in all, I think everyone will either love this movie or hate this movie. I think diehard Trek fans will discount this movie. But that’s just me. Meanwhile I highly recommend this movie. We did see it IMAX, which made it even better perhaps.
Ok, so today, we made plans to go watch Star Trek in IMAX. Unfortunately, we got there too late and the showing we went to go see was sold out. So instead, we bought tickets to go see it tomorrow at 1:10pm. There’s no way we’re having the sold out issue tomorrow.
So we decided to go see Wolverine tonight. Oh. My. God. I love it. No spoilers or anything, but please make sure if you haven’t seen it already to at least wait till the credits go away to the end. Pretty slick. I’m sure a lot of people were really annoyed at Gambit or perhaps they were angry at the inconsistencies with the comics. But let’s remember that this is a different multiverse of the Marvel universe and not everything is the same as the comics.
I loved it. I thought deadpool was awesome, totally love Ryan Reynolds, and the role was perfect for him. I also thought Liev Schrieber was AWESOME as Sabretooth. All in all, I thought it was a pretty damn good movie. You’ve gotta go see it.
Star Trek mini review to follow.
Last night, I heard some troubling news. Meesh told me that Ricardo Montalban had passed away. I was devastated. He will always be the host of Fantasy Island to me, and I loved every single episode! I will also always remember him for the role of Khan in Star Trek. There was nothing quite like Khan in the original series and then when he reprised his role in the second Star Trek movie I was ecstatic! Nothing fills me with energy inside as the scene with Kirk yelling “Khaaaaaan!”
He will be missed.
In more sad news, I heard from Insomnic that Patrick McGoohan, star of acclaimed show, “The Prisoner” also passed away. I will always love his work as Number 6 in that show. He really made the show work, and I loved it. This was a time when they really made good tv shows. He will be missed as well. Video after the bump.
And in more entertainment news, I’m looking forward to watching the show The Beast, which premieres tonight on A&E. I have to admit that I’m probably more excited to see that Patrick Swayze is doing some work. Even with his cancer, he is still moving on and working and well, it’s really an inspiration to me. I have to admit he does look a lot different than he has in the past, but he’s still one of my favorite actors and I’ll never waver as his fan. I still remember Road House.
Shatner on ‘Trek’: ‘You know, that’s rather good’ @ CNN.com Was it really all that great? I mean, isn’t Bill Shatner a little biased when he says that Star Trek the original series was good? ( Of course it was great. City on the Edge of Forever is still my all time favourite Star Trek episode.)
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