Alright if you are a nerd and haven't seen this yet, then go! If you are a normal and haven't seen this yet, then go! Well, watch the Star Trek reboot then go see this!
The film opens with the
Enterprise crew up to some shenanigans on a class M planet. Then jumps to London
to see Doctor Who's Mickey "the idiot" dealing with a sick kid, meeting some
strange man, getting a cure for his daughter and then blowing himself up along
with a Star Fleet building. Throw this along with Kirk getting a quick demotion,
then promotion as this bad guy, kills a mess of Star Fleet
captains. Admiral Robocop wants this guy dead, so the Enterprise is sent
on an off the books mission to kill this creep-o. Then the fun and
games begin!
The film takes through a series of similar events
that fall into a huge bit of similarity. The action sequences are frantic, the
pacing is good, there seems to be a bit more dry humor, there are a lot of nods
to the series and the Shatner-verse, and the story is a nice bit
of new with just enough re-hash. It was a really good movie.
Now, this is still not my father's or even my Star
Trek, but is was never supposed to be. This is a young crew for a 21st century
audience. The old Star trek movies are really slow by the Hollywood standards of
today. The target audience is a much younger crowd and they like movement and
action. I don't disagree with this choice. I like having the crew actually doing
stuff besides a lone fist fight, talking and some standing. This is as much a
Star Trek movie as it is a summer action flick. The two are mixed very well. I
look forward to the third installment in this franchise as it is easily becoming
some of the best stuff in the Star Trek movie wheelhouse.
I stayed away from the Interweb, much like I did
for Iron Man 3, so I knew almost nothing about the events or characters of the
film. It made it so much more enjoyable. This is definitely something to continue
and I do recommend. It does make for a more enjoyable experience to not be sure
where they are going/doing.
A last bit of the goods and bads from the
film
The great stuff in the movie.........
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| Not my or my dad's Klingons, but still awesome! |
A hope that the next movie will be Klingon
heavy
Hey Dr. Carol Marcus
Breaking the Prime Directive-it always has to be
done at least once by every Star Fleet captain
KHAN!!
Having Khan as the bad guy, and figuring it out
before the reveal was great!
Bones, Kirk, Spock and Scotty are spot on great
actor choices
Harold/Kumar- Sulu gets a turn in the captain's
chair
Dreadnought class Star Ship
Kirk getting some tail (literal and
figurative)
The Beastie Boys are still popular in the 23th
century
The ship has an android on the bridge (or some
sort of alien robot guy)
Various quotes that we all know and
love
They didn't blow up the Enterprise....yet- another
must do by every Enterprise captain
TRIBBLE!
The real Spock
So much face punching and head
squishing
Cryo-tubes in photon torpedoes! Oh Admiral Robocop,
how you have fallen!
A single man Lobo/Cable-like fraka fraka cannon
used to shoot down Klingon planes
Lee Reherman, from the t.v. show Arena, has a
cameo
The bad stuff.....
Hey Dr. Carol Marcus- more for the fact of the doe
eye stare or look of confusion always on her face
Breaking the Prime Directive-it always has to be
done at least once by every Star Fleet captain
A tribble?
The real Spock- I though Nimoy quit that
gig
A demise that came too soon and would not
last
A plot point that was revealed way too
early
By the gods the Cumberbatch is ugly, but he makes
a good bad guy
The fact I remembered Lee Reherman from the t.v. show Arena
You can see the positives are way more numerous
than the negatives (and most of the negatives are petty), which places this well
into my good movies range. Having knocked out Iron Man 3 and Star Trek Into
Darkness, I am hoping for a continuing good summer of films. The June, July and
August films have a precedent to live up to.
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