I saw this last night. I thought it was pretty good, but I don't know that I would seek it out to watch it again, much like how I felt with Trek '09.
The action was good, the characters mostly ran true, and I liked how it tried to be grounded in the early stages (shades of Skyfall there). I liked the Klingons as well. But parts of it felt a little flat and there was too much re-engineered (thanks Shag) plot points from other Star Trek. Introducing Carol Marcus felt really forced, for instance. I figured out the twist, but I have a history of doing that so no harm no foul on the creative team. To be honest I would have preferred Gary Mitchell but you can't win em all. Not a bad diversion for 2 hours, but I can see how Iron Man 3 easily outsold and outreviewed this movie. On Tuesday, June 4, 2013 5:17:01 AM UTC-5, Edward Crosby wrote: > > Well, my wife and nephew saw the movie with me and I would consider them > Star Trek newbies, even though they've seen all season of TNG, and they > liked the movie. Devon saw Wrath of Khan with me a few years back but he > didn't remember it that well. > I believe you are not the only one. I read a review on io9 that totally > trashed the movie. I realized that all the reworkings of this movie were > bits of previous stories but I had no problem with that because I knew the > continuity had been reworked since the first movie. I'm sure there are tons > of Star Trek fans who hated the movie and I may be in the minority. > > ---------------------------------------- > Have a Better One, > Edward Crosby > http://about.me/edwardcrosby > > > On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 11:07 PM, Shag <[email protected] > <javascript:>>wrote: > >> I saw the movie over Memorial Day. I was also thankfully caught by >> surprise by the plot twist. >> >> I'm still undecided whether I liked the overall movie or not. I really >> enjoyed the 2009 film, but this one was composed of so many re-engineered >> plots that I'm not sure how I feel. It felt like a Geoff Johns reworking >> of continuity to fit new ideas. This was Space Seed, Wrath of Khan, Search >> for Spock (with the ships crashing), Undiscovered Country (Bones operating >> on torpedoes), and other little tidbits. >> >> It was certainly fun and adventurous and had some great acting and a few >> brilliant moments, but I'm not sure I was wowed by the story. Here I sit a >> week after seeing it and I'm still undecided. I guess that should tell me >> that I'm not 100% in love with this movie. >> >> I would be really interested in hearing the opinion of a Star Trek >> newbie. Someone without 30+ years of continuity stuffed into his bald head >> (yes, I'm talking about me, not Ed). I wonder whether they would like this >> movie, totally missing all the references to previous media. >> >> >> Shag >> >> >> >> On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 7:11 AM, Cary Preston <[email protected]<javascript:> >> > wrote: >> >>> Lots of action, thin on plot. It felt like a highly produced tv episode. >>> I enjoyed it, but it was a popcorn flick. >>> >>> On Jun 3, 2013, at 5:35 AM, Edward Crosby <[email protected]<javascript:>> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Have we discussed the movie yet here? >>> I finally saw it this past weekend and really, really loved it. I >>> thought it was better than the first. It's rare that a sequel outshines the >>> first but they seemed to have done it with this movie...just like Wrath of >>> Khan. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> **SPOILERS** >>> >>> So, was I the only one that was surprised that Khan was the main >>> villain? Thank God that secret wasn't revealed to me before I saw it, that >>> was a really nice surprise. I also really liked how the roles were reversed >>> in this version of Kirk and Spock. However, as soon as Kirk died I totally >>> called it on how they revived him. >>> I think I'm going to watch it again in the theater. This is the movie >>> that totally revived my Star Trek fandom. As soon as I got home from the >>> movie I watched Space Seed and Wrath of Khan again. And, I even dug up the >>> old PC game Star Trek Bridge Commander. I'm even interested in trying our >>> Star Trek Online video game now, even though I refuse to pay a monthly fee, >>> if there is one. >>> >>> ---------------------------------------- >>> Have a Better One, >>> Edward Crosby >>> http://about.me/edwardcrosby >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "The Unique Geek" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> >>> . >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "The Unique Geek" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> >>> . >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "The Unique Geek" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> >> . >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. 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