Ok, look, I will admit that I don't consider myself a "Trekki" or whatever, but I did enjoy the original Star Trek series as well as Star Trek; The Next Generation (tho, I'll admit, I probably never saw all the shows from either series). So, keep that in mind as you read this review. Also, if you haven't seen the film and you don't want to read anything about the storyline before seeing the film, stop reading this now.
So, I thought this film had a lot of great action. I also thought that most of the Actors did an outstanding job (tho, I wasn't all that thrilled with the Actor playing Kirk. He wasn't bad, just, um, ok...)
Now, having said all the positive things I can think of about this film, let’s get to the problems.
- The entire story is given to you in a “mind-meld” between Spock and Kirk. I didn’t like this. It took about five minutes and it told you everything you needed to know. I think this is, essentially, a parlor trick. Why not use the film to tell the story? Or, you could do one of those Star Wars thing and tell the story at the beginning of the film in written form. At any rate, I thought it was silly and just gave the producers an excuse to bring back the old Spock.
- What was up with the two wild animals on the planet Kirk was sent to? Here he finds himself on this planet where, for miles, you see virtually nothing but snow and ice. Out of the blue, bam, there’s a wild animal chasing him! What’s up with that? And, as if that’s not bad enough, bam, another, bigger animal eats the one chasing him and then starts chasing Kirk! The whole thing lasts about two minutes with Spock saving him. Where the hell did the animals come from???
- Back to the “mind-meld” thing. I think the whole movie is ruined by the story that Spock shares with Kirk. In this story, Spock is asked to save a planet from an exploding star that is on a collision course with the planet. Spock says he can save the planet and sets out to do so. After Spock sets out in his spaceship to shoot the exploding star with some material that will turn it into a black hole, the star suddenly hits the planet! What?? Can no one do math in the future? I mean, can’t you mathematically figure out the trajectory of the exploding star? Spock heads out on his spaceship to intersect the star and seems surprised when the thing hits the planet. This is Spock!!! He should have known before he took off in his little spaceship that he wouldn’t have time. I mean, what the f…??
- That, not being able to calculate the time to impact thing, really ticks me off, but there were a couple of nit-picky things I didn’t like as well. For instance, Captain Pike is too old in this film (if your point of reference is the Star Trek tv series, as it should be. And, what’s up with Pike ending up in a wheelchair?? I mean, obviously, Pike ends up in a wheelchair at some point, but not as a result of a bug getting in his head. How does a bug crawling around your brain cause you to be in a wheelchair?? Also, when Kirk tricks the system to overcome the the Kobayashi Maru, I couldn’t believe how lame it was. I mean, this should have been a big deal! It was treated like a fraternity prank. Lame..lame…lame. Finally, what was up with that miner’s ship? I’m not even going to complain about the fact that a miner was able to destroy an entire Klingon battalion, or that he was able to destroy an entire Federation battalion RIGHT AFTER he destroy’s the Klingon battalion, or how stupid the miner’s ship looks, my question is, what happened to the part of the ship that was in the black hole when Kirk shoots at the ship at the end of the movie. Does the part Kirk hit get destroyed and the part in the black hole ends up just fine? If so, is it now a half a ship? What the hell happens to a ship being fired on when part of the thing no longer exists in that current time?
All right, that’s it. There’s a few other, minor, annoyances, but I’m letting it go for now. This is the first time I’ve had my own blog, so this was pretty much a test. If this works, my future posts will be, mostly, political.
It's been a while since I saw the movie. I thought it was just ok too. My biggest complaints were:
ReplyDelete1) The actor who played Kirk really sucked. I found him believable in the beginning, then he went to unbelievalbe and back and forth throughout the movie.
2) Overload on the graphics! SO many movies do this these days. I mean, how many things can the average person keep track of on a movie screen?
3) The bad guys were overdone...very cliche, althought I realize it is Star Trek and the original show had some cheezy characters too. But, most of the time these movies are modernized for the times. Take for instance The Dark Knight or even the most recent James Bond movies.
I did like the part of Bones and how they introduced him and explained his name.
Great comments, I just had to repost this.
ReplyDeleteThe lamest part for me was how they introduced Jim Kirk but I thought the movie was cute and fun at times.
Here's hoping the sequel is some hard science-fiction.