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swolt

May 07, 2009, 10:04:46 PM
(I can't find the other thread)

I will say two things for now:
It was a great sci-fi movie. Best I've seen in a long time.
It was not Star Trek.
A clever man commits no minor blunders.

Jessie

#1
May 07, 2009, 10:15:58 PM
That's pretty much exactly what I expected it to be.  And also why I want to see it.
we should have kept the quote pyramid up to rape Jessie in the face.

meredith

#2
May 07, 2009, 11:24:28 PM
i hear they went nuts with the lens flares

eo000

#3
May 08, 2009, 05:44:02 AM
Quote from: Jessie on May 07, 2009, 10:15:58 PM
That's pretty much exactly what I expected it to be.  And also why I want to see it.

Yeah. Me too.

Got my tickets for this evening.

swolt

#4
May 08, 2009, 09:20:15 AM
The lens flare was insane. So was the camerawork. Having the camera zoom all around at weird angles is ok during a battle scene, but not when people are just standing there talking. That was annoying.

More review and spoilers:
[spoiler]Kirk was not Kirk. I understand this was an "alternate timeline" and his past was different but it would have been fun if the actor had worked harder to be like Shatner.
Spock was fun to watch but didn't feel like Spock to me.
Mr. McCoy was awesome. They nailed it perfect. He was my favorite part of the whole movie.
Eric Bana is a terrible Romulan and not a believable bad guy. I was surprised at how flat he was.
Best line: "My ex-wife took the whole planet. All I got left is my bones."
The space battles were very un-Star Trek like but still very good. [/spoiler]

Like I said before overall the movie was awesome. I would see it again. However I went in with low expectations. My brother had high expectations and was very disappointed.
A clever man commits no minor blunders.

ReBurn

#5
May 08, 2009, 09:22:34 AM
I expect to see it at the IMAX next Tuesday at 4:10 pm.
11:42:24 [Gamplayerx] I keep getting knocked up.
11:42:28 [Gamplayerx] Er. OUT!

Jessie

#6
May 08, 2009, 09:55:27 PM
We loved it.

There were a LOT of lens flares.
we should have kept the quote pyramid up to rape Jessie in the face.

VikingJuice

#7
May 09, 2009, 04:14:11 PM
For a long time I thought this franchise couldn't be salvaged.  I'm happy to report, that is no longer the case!!  I'm not a Trekkie by any stretch of the imagination.  I have been and always will be a loyal Star Wars guy.  But this film was super enjoyable.  It raced with a bullet pace and had a reasonably sophisticated plot with [spoiler]time travel[/spoiler] being a plot element.

I thoroughly enjoyed the film and am happy to think about possible upcoming installments with the new crew and new style.  The kid playing Kirk is cool and Spock gets to have a personality which I wasn't expecting.  The guy cast as Bones is perfect and the guy cast as Scottie shocked me, but he works pretty well-also didn't know he could swing a Scottish accent until this.

Overall, very fun!!  Worth full ticket price and even worth standing in line with a faithful Trek crowd.

And the funny thing is, I started to tear up at the end.  Not because the film did anything emotional but to think that something that has long been a part of my childhood (I've seen every Trek film in the theater except #3-which was terrible anyway) is still alive and well and can continue to let me reconnect with something fun from my youth got me a little choked up.  This was the feeling I wanted to have after the SW prequels.  Funny that Trek would be able to grant that wish instead.

dazie

#8
May 10, 2009, 03:43:53 PM
Ursus teared up too evidently.

I wouldn't know, since he didn't go with ME.   >:(

I have yet to see it.
"Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?"
I think so, Brain, but how will we get the Spice Girls into the paella?

eo000

#9
May 10, 2009, 05:55:53 PM
We had a couple trekkers the showing we went to. Their kids wouldn't sit with them.

eo000

#10
May 10, 2009, 06:04:23 PM

dazie

#11
May 10, 2009, 08:15:35 PM
There was a Star Trek convention in the hotel where Ursus' parents stayed when he and I got married.  Quite surreal.
"Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?"
I think so, Brain, but how will we get the Spice Girls into the paella?

dots

#12
May 11, 2009, 09:28:18 PM
I loved it.

I have caught the geek from you all.  I want to see it again.

I was taken by the score and the hotties.
You're an asshole and I hate you.

ReBurn

#13
May 12, 2009, 09:35:26 AM
I will be seeing this movie at 4:10 pm today. I hope to enjoy it as much, or more, than others.
11:42:24 [Gamplayerx] I keep getting knocked up.
11:42:28 [Gamplayerx] Er. OUT!

swolt

#14
May 18, 2009, 07:24:57 AM
Quote from: ReBurn on May 12, 2009, 09:35:26 AM
I will be seeing this movie at 4:10 pm today. I hope to enjoy it as much, or more, than others.

well?
A clever man commits no minor blunders.

ReBurn

#15
May 19, 2009, 08:56:45 AM
I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. More than I have enjoyed a sci-fi flick in a long, long time. I think I'm going to see it again this weekend.
11:42:24 [Gamplayerx] I keep getting knocked up.
11:42:28 [Gamplayerx] Er. OUT!

swolt

#16
May 19, 2009, 10:18:54 AM
My wife has been insisting for the past two weeks that she is Spock's girlfriend. She finds this very funny.
A clever man commits no minor blunders.

Jessie

#17
May 19, 2009, 10:30:07 AM
Your wife is black?
we should have kept the quote pyramid up to rape Jessie in the face.

swolt

#18
May 19, 2009, 11:02:36 AM
Quote from: Jessie on May 19, 2009, 10:30:07 AM
Your wife is black?

No she just thinks Spock is hot.
A clever man commits no minor blunders.

Jessie

#19
May 19, 2009, 11:41:16 AM
Quote from: swolt on May 19, 2009, 11:02:36 AM
Quote from: Jessie on May 19, 2009, 10:30:07 AM
Your wife is black?

No she just thinks Spock is hot.

Spock isn't hot but Zachary Quinto is.  Yummy.
we should have kept the quote pyramid up to rape Jessie in the face.

Alice

#20
May 19, 2009, 12:13:23 PM
Quote from: Jessie on May 19, 2009, 11:41:16 AM
Spock isn't hot but Zachary Quinto is.  Yummy.

Gross, you're weird.

Jessie

#21
May 19, 2009, 12:53:08 PM
Shut up, you're weird!

we should have kept the quote pyramid up to rape Jessie in the face.

dots

#22
May 19, 2009, 02:58:58 PM
Quote from: Jessie on May 19, 2009, 12:53:08 PM
Shut up, you're weird!


I dunno.  He's OK, but I think the guys that played Kirk and McCoy were hotter.
You're an asshole and I hate you.

Jessie

#23
May 19, 2009, 03:16:17 PM
Kirk didn't do it for me at all.   
we should have kept the quote pyramid up to rape Jessie in the face.

Alice

#24
May 19, 2009, 04:18:27 PM
Quote from: Jessie on May 19, 2009, 12:53:08 PM
Shut up, you're weird!



No, you're weird!

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