There seems to be a widely held expectation that the new Star Trek franchise will go from good to awesome à la The Dark Knight.Is Star Trek a great movie? No. But it is a good one and a great set-up for a great Trek movie with the entire crew in place and now ready for a piece of the action. When the inevitable sequel is up and running, hopefully we can dispense with time travel, and instead embrace a little more philosophical subtext, metaphor, character development and a lot more going boldly. And with the great wordsmith Damon Lindelof (who's currently finishing off an amazing season of Lost) beaming onboard as a co-writer, I'm deeply optimistic that the best Trek film ever is yet to come. With J.J. Abrams in the captain's chair, the franchise finally has a capable steward at the helm - and hopefully it's full thrusters ahead. Make it go.
Mark Altman's Review
Mark Altman's Review
Via Trek Movie. Mostly positive, although he does seem to raise some legitimate criticisms.
"There was also a large horse in the room, taking up most of it."
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Tsukiyumi
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Re: Mark Altman's Review
The only thing missing was a flying kick.
Maybe they'll have one in the sequel.
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Re: Mark Altman's Review
Any spoilers in that review????
EDIT: Nevermind, I read it anyway.
EDIT: Nevermind, I read it anyway.
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Not really, no.
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Re: Mark Altman's Review
Another review: http://www.cinephobia.com/startrek09.htm
This is my film reviewer mate who took me to the media preview, so I am shamelessly plugging his site. He is a "serious" film reviewer but also a Trek-, Bond- and Star Wars-nerd, so there is plenty worth reading on his site. Also I can testify that he owns and built the Lego Millennium Falcon kit.
Mild spoilers only - nothing you wouldn't have read from all the other reviews.
This is my film reviewer mate who took me to the media preview, so I am shamelessly plugging his site. He is a "serious" film reviewer but also a Trek-, Bond- and Star Wars-nerd, so there is plenty worth reading on his site. Also I can testify that he owns and built the Lego Millennium Falcon kit.
Mild spoilers only - nothing you wouldn't have read from all the other reviews.