Non-spoiler review of Star Trek
May. 17th, 2009 11:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mousmeOkay, let's get the obvious out of the way: it's fluff.
That being said, it's marvelous, shiny, space-age, exciting fluff! So much love for the new movie. I was really, really dubious about the so-called "reboot," but damn if it didn't totally exceed my expectations. The official in-character explanation for the reboot was a bit much, but I guess the film execs decided the target audience of science nerds and trekkies would be too stupid to understand it unless it was explained several times in very simple words.
The characters are true to form, but the new actors manage to do justice to the originals while not simply imitating them. I'm still not 100% sold on Spock, but he was good enough that by the end of the movie I wasn't expecting him to slice open people's heads anymore.
Oh so many happy shiny character moments! I love the doctor. Heck, I even love Kirk. Chekov and Scotty are adorable, and very much in character.
The climax was, umm, less climactic than I thought it would be. Still good, though.
Anyone who says this movie was made without any thought to the fans is either lying or delusional. There was so much fan service I was bouncing in my seat, right up until after the end credits.
Also, the movie made me laugh very very hard.
Very mild spoiler: apparently Reboot!Romulans have facial hair. Scruffy facial hair. It was jarring, as I always assumed Romulans didn't have any facial hair to speak of (they've always been so smooth-skinned I figured that they and Vulcans just didn't ever grow beards). Combine that with shaved heads instead of the usual bowl cut, and I found it really hard to think of them as Romulans.
Well worth seeing on the big screen, although if you're prone to migraines, vertigo or seizures, beware the big fight scenes in space. Egads. I came close to falling over a few times.
That being said, it's marvelous, shiny, space-age, exciting fluff! So much love for the new movie. I was really, really dubious about the so-called "reboot," but damn if it didn't totally exceed my expectations. The official in-character explanation for the reboot was a bit much, but I guess the film execs decided the target audience of science nerds and trekkies would be too stupid to understand it unless it was explained several times in very simple words.
The characters are true to form, but the new actors manage to do justice to the originals while not simply imitating them. I'm still not 100% sold on Spock, but he was good enough that by the end of the movie I wasn't expecting him to slice open people's heads anymore.
Oh so many happy shiny character moments! I love the doctor. Heck, I even love Kirk. Chekov and Scotty are adorable, and very much in character.
The climax was, umm, less climactic than I thought it would be. Still good, though.
Anyone who says this movie was made without any thought to the fans is either lying or delusional. There was so much fan service I was bouncing in my seat, right up until after the end credits.
Also, the movie made me laugh very very hard.
Very mild spoiler: apparently Reboot!Romulans have facial hair. Scruffy facial hair. It was jarring, as I always assumed Romulans didn't have any facial hair to speak of (they've always been so smooth-skinned I figured that they and Vulcans just didn't ever grow beards). Combine that with shaved heads instead of the usual bowl cut, and I found it really hard to think of them as Romulans.
Well worth seeing on the big screen, although if you're prone to migraines, vertigo or seizures, beware the big fight scenes in space. Egads. I came close to falling over a few times.
