hey guys! i was able to catch an advanced screening of this last night, and it was great! it was so refreshing to watch a sci-fi movie that was just...fun. no silly politics and gray areas. just good fighting evil in spaaaaaace. with an emphasis on the characters rather than special effects (although the effects were fantastic). i wish abrams directed the star wars prequels now.
trek fans are going to love this. there are so many nods to the original series and movies. lots of easter eggs. what's great is abrams didn't really change much at all. all of the themes and designs and silly accents- even their outfits are left intact. they were just enhanced for today's audience- and it works really well. i thought this was going be more of a reboot, but it honestly felt more like a giant hug to the original series. it's like everything that was great about it without the ham. all it needed was to be taken seriously, and everyone involved did a great job of that.
my only nitpicks weren't necessarily with the movie itself but with the design of a film like this. like all prequels (which this sorta is and not i guess- to be a bit cryptic for those who don't know anything about the plot), you never feel that the characters are in any real sense of danger, because, well, you know they are important to later films. and with such a large ensemble cast, you don't really get to spend a lot of time with some of the more minor characters. although honestly, i was never tired of seeing kirk and spock on screen. pine and quinto did an excellent job of making those charters their own. and i suppose that's what we have sequels for too. lastly- i would have liked to see more backstory and motivation behind the films villain, nero, although again- it wasn't HIS story- it was kirk and spock's.
i also have to say that i loved michael giacchino's score. it's similar to how he scored speed racer with integrating little snippets of the show's theme into his own cues, saving the more familiar overtones for the moments that really call for it. he didn't overdo it, which was awesome. he's definitely become one of my favorite composers over these past few years (his next film is Up!).
so yeah- i highly recommend this. don't go in expecting to be challenged or amazed. just go in expecting to be entertained and having a really fun time. i think i might even go see it again on friday, just to see it with an opening night audience.
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Okay, so it wasn't just me and my interpretation of the trailer. Seriously, with Star Trek's ancient background, I think that this will be a good thing for it then, because even if it is Star Trek 90210, it will at least get a younger crowd interested in it, and might start watching it from the beginning again and then appreciate Star Trek without the 90210 aspect of the film, which I think will be a good thing. The [rhetorical] question then is, what will they do to follow this up?
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