Saturday, May 9, 2009
The New Star Trek Movie
I am terribly stressed. I took my family to see the new Star Trek movie. It's good. It's REALLY good. From a pure movie making standpoint, it's better than any Star Wars movie ever made and then some. It's action-packed, smart, funny, full of great dialogue and the CGI is nearly seamless. It's visually stunning and the plot is easy-to-follow and actually interesting. It's obvious that there are going to be Star Trek purists, of which I am not, that are going to be upset by some of the continuity changes - canon gets pretty well tromped on in the movie, but I believe they will ultimately decide it was worth it. The producer and director, J.J. Abrams, is no Trekkie. As a matter of fact, he knew very little about Star Trek when he took on the project. And I believe this worked to his advantage. The movie doesn't cling to the cult-mystique of the original series like the previous offerings did, and even the one character from the TV serial in the movie is used brilliantly and not flaunted to the fanboys, but used as a plot device that is integral to the resolution of the movie's primary crisis. All-in-all, this is the single best re-boot I have ever seen, and that includes the Dark Knight. Mr. Lucas, please...find J.J. Abrams and let's try it again.
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I really have to agree with you, Milo. I've seen the movie and it not only saved the star trek franchise, but brought it back to life. Now, it may not be better than all of the star wars movies, but it's obviously better than most and about as good as the rest. I would really like to see the originals remade the same way star trek has. The very thought of seeing what they could do with it in this day and age, well, the possibilities are endless.
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