MisterCairo
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Captain America: Civil War for movie night with the girls and our nephew.
A Mater Of Life And Death, also known as Stairway To Heaven (1946)
"Come, come, Mr. Scott. Young minds, fresh ideas. Be tolerant!" - Admiral James T. Kirk, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock"Star Trek: Into the Darkness"
- Was feeling meh about it for the first hour or so in a "been there, done this" way
- Picked up as Cumberbatch's (outstanding actor) version of Khan took off
- Still not a fan of the alternative reality behind the new movies, but it was interesting to see a new take on the Khan story
- Too much basic action movie / CGI / save-mankind cookie-cutter-ness for my taste
- Chris Pine studied Shatner and hasn't let that slip - he nails one after another of Shatner's mannerism
My one request for the next one is to tone down the battle scenes so they don't look like a video game a steroids - tactic and strategy are more interesting than seven million pyrotechnics seemingly exploding at once. This is an example where the limits of technology helped the old TV show be more thoughtful as they didn't have the capabilities or budget to make an extravaganza, so the battles where better paced and more chess-like not 4th of July fireworks gone wild.
- If I let the weight of all I want and expect of "Star Trek" go and just take these new movies for what they are - they're okay
Love that movie... enjoyed the "trial" especially... Good catch!A Mater Of Life And Death, also known as Stairway To Heaven (1946)
"Star Trek: Into the Darkness"
- Was feeling meh about it for the first hour or so in a "been there, done this" way
- Picked up as Cumberbatch's (outstanding actor) version of Khan took off
- Still not a fan of the alternative reality behind the new movies, but it was interesting to see a new take on the Khan story
- Too much basic action movie / CGI / save-mankind cookie-cutter-ness for my taste
- Chris Pine studied Shatner and hasn't let that slip - he nails one after another of Shatner's mannerism
My one request for the next one is to tone down the battle scenes so they don't look like a video game a steroids - tactic and strategy are more interesting than seven million pyrotechnics seemingly exploding at once. This is an example where the limits of technology helped the old TV show be more thoughtful as they didn't have the capabilities or budget to make an extravaganza, so the battles where better paced and more chess-like not 4th of July fireworks gone wild.
- If I let the weight of all I want and expect of "Star Trek" go and just take these new movies for what they are - they're okay
The third film is no better, it's still a CGI-vomit action movie masquerading as a Star Trek film. The only sense it which it seems a bit more like Trek is that it takes place in deep space (not fighting a terrorist on Earth, which is awfully non-Trek) and the actors are a bit more comfortable in their characters. But it's still way too dumbed-down for a proper Trek film, with endless exhausting video game-ish action.
Just to show how not excited I am about the "reboot" of the series, I didn't even realize they made third one - and your review is not encouraging me to check it out. I thought "Into the Darkness" was the most recent one - I am not and will never be cool or up on all this stuff.
"Star Trek: Into the Darkness"
- Was feeling meh about it for the first hour or so in a "been there, done this" way
- Picked up as Cumberbatch's (outstanding actor) version of Khan took off
- Still not a fan of the alternative reality behind the new movies, but it was interesting to see a new take on the Khan story
- Too much basic action movie / CGI / save-mankind cookie-cutter-ness for my taste
- Chris Pine studied Shatner and hasn't let that slip - he nails one after another of Shatner's mannerism
My one request for the next one is to tone down the battle scenes so they don't look like a video game a steroids - tactic and strategy are more interesting than seven million pyrotechnics seemingly exploding at once. This is an example where the limits of technology helped the old TV show be more thoughtful as they didn't have the capabilities or budget to make an extravaganza, so the battles where better paced and more chess-like not 4th of July fireworks gone wild.
- If I let the weight of all I want and expect of "Star Trek" go and just take these new movies for what they are - they're okay
As a lifelong Trekker back to 9/8/66, I keep up with what's going on. But I HATE the rebooted film series, which remove everything essential to Trek and leave a thin veneer of same-named characters in stupid action films. It's Trek for people who never liked Trek, don't respect science, think people get made captains for being in the right place/time rather than working their way up and earning it, and just want popcorn movies that pay lip service to the Trek franchise.
I'm sure Gene Roddenberry would be turning over in his grave... if his ashes hadn't been shot into space!
Yes. What the new film series is missing is that sense of "Let's see what's out there!" -- the feeling that the universe is not only stranger than we imagine (to quote the famous saying) but is stranger than we can imagine.As a lifelong Trekker back to 9/8/66, I keep up with what's going on. But I HATE the rebooted film series, which remove everything essential to Trek and leave a thin veneer of same-named characters in stupid action films. It's Trek for people who never liked Trek, don't respect science, think people get made captains for being in the right place/time rather than working their way up and earning it, and just want popcorn movies that pay lip service to the Trek franchise.
I'm sure Gene Roddenberry would be turning over in his grave... if his ashes hadn't been shot into space!
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Sports/romance and a waste of 1H/40M.