While waiting for Mr. Plinkett to review it properly, I thought I'd talk a little about the new Star Trek movie.
1) Error in the Credits: it said it was directed by J.J. Abrams, but I think it was actually directed by Rodney the Action-Man.
2) All Height, No Depth: honestly, I can hardly imagine a movie being more emotionally shallow than this one. I can hear the pitch meeting:
Boss: "Okay, let's keep conversations to 90 seconds or less",
Flunky: "How much time do we have for explaining back-story?"
Boss: "I think 2 minutes, strechted over the entire movie, should do it."
Flunky: "Sounds like a plan."
On the other hand, I can hardly imagine a movie being more exciting than this one, it bowls you over with constant ACTION ACTION ACTION: and it's all really, really good.
3) The Big Reveal: it turns out that the bad guy is really a different guy. That revelation adds absolutely nothing to the progress of the movie. It has an impact on Star Trek fans, but for non-trek people, it just means they start calling him by a different name.
4) Sherlock kicks ass: the bad guy really is frightening when he busts people up, it was awesome.
5) Overall: as long as you aren't looking for deep thought, deep feeling, real character development, it really was super-beyond awesome. I'd have to say it was the second best Star Trek movie ever.
Anything else starts to wander into spoiler country.
Yeah, the dude kicking butt in itself kicked butt. And the big reveal was somewhat...lackluster.
ReplyDeleteBut the one thing I learned from this movie: Never, ever make Spock mad, or he will eff you up.