I thought the release date for Star Trek<\/i> was Friday, May 8 but for some reason, it was playing at our local movie theatre on Thursday night. So off we went!<\/p>\n
The trailers shown before the movie totally got me excited for summer movies! I want to see…<\/p>\n
G.I. Joe: The Rise of the Cobra<\/i>. Channing Tatum. \ud83d\ude1b
\nTerminator Salvation<\/i>. CHRISTIAN BALE. *drool*
\nTransformers: Revenge of the Fallen<\/i>. No, not because of Shia LaBeouf. It’s all about Bumblebee! Oh, also Josh Duhamel.<\/p>\n
YAY FOR FUN SUMMER BLOCKBUSTERS WITH CUTE BOYS.<\/p>\n
Back to Star Trek<\/i>. Confession – I’m not a Trekkie. I might have seen 1 or 2 episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation<\/i> (I thought Wil Wheaton was cool) but I never saw the original series or any of the previous movies. So my thoughts on the new movie might be totally off the mark. Oh well. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
So I really, really liked it! I liked that it was accessible to non-fans like me. I’m sure there were lots of inside jokes and references but I never felt left out.<\/p>\n
Spoilers? Maybe.<\/p>\n
The cast was amazing. I absolutely LOVED Karl Urban as Bones. Chris Pine did a great job as Kirk too — he’s a cocky character but Pine managed to make him charming and likable. I’m a fan of Zachary Quinto’s so I naturally thought he was a great Spock. The weakest link was Zoe Saldana as Uhura but I’ve never really liked her acting. I always feel like she’s OVER-acting. The interaction between the whole cast felt natural and real — I particularly loved the friendships between Kirk\/Bones (one of my favorite scenes was when Bones injected Kirk with a virus to get him on board Enterprise and Kirk kept saying “STOP IT” — lol-arious) and Kirk\/Spock (they had a great push\/pull relationship).<\/p>\n
The movie started out strong with an amazing opening sequence. I only knew Kirk’s dad for a few minutes and my heart broke. After that, the movie took a while to get going again (although totally necessary to introduce the characters and their background) but once it did, the action was pretty much non-stop until the end. Like I said earlier, I know nothing about Star Trek<\/i> canon so I thought the twist of the alternate reality was interesting. I have no idea how hard core fans will react but I like that this movie (and any of its possible sequels) now exists in a different “universe” from all the previous ones.<\/p>\n
My only real complaint about the movie is that Nero is kinda boring and forgettable. THE VILLAIN of all characters. What a waste of Eric Bana!<\/p>\n
Regardless, I would totally watch this again. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I thought the release date for Star Trek was Friday, May 8 but for some reason, it was playing at our local movie theatre on Thursday night. So off we went! The trailers shown before the movie totally got me … Continue reading