Star Trek - starring Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto ... I'll start off by saying, that's 2 hours of my life I'll never get back ... after a lifetime of vowing not to watch any incarnation of Star Trek, I was contractually obligated to do so this time around ... I was told that this particular incarnation was intended to appease the non-Trekkies ... well, mission not accomplished ... let's get this over with ...
1) as far as the actual background behind the story, I was already somewhat familiar, because the names Captain Kirk and Spock are as iconic as Luke Skywalker and Han Solo ... anyway, so this movie deals with the origins of Kirk and Spock and how they got to serving on the Enterprise ... ***yawn*** ... I will give this film some credit, because unlike the original show and The Next Generation this was a lot easier to follow/understand ... but portraying Kirk as an irresponsible young man, destined to become Captain, is not really an original concept ... so thumbs down to that ...
2) the only Hollywood face I recognized in this movie was the captain of the Enterprise who precedes Kirk (the villain from Double Jeopardy) ... sad ... already struggling to keep my attention, this movie couldn't even do one thing right by putting in some "eye candy" ... Spock's girl was nasty ... yeah and that really makes sense, a guy with no emotion having a girlfriend, pshhhh ...
3) didn't really care for the special effects, like the battle between the Romulans and the Enterprise in the beginning of the movie, or the destruction of planet Vulcan ... maybe 3D could've done it some justice ...
4) now being a fan of the time travel concept ... the inclusion of this element should've intrigued me ... but unfortunately it didn't ... because in every movie that includes time travel, it serves a purpose ... thinking about this movie in hindsight, the time travel served no purpose at all ... as the older Spock explained, Kirk and Spock were already great friends in the alternate timeline ... so the purpose of this time-travel was what? my guess ... so Kirk and Spock could learn to become friends ... ughhhhh SMH ...
5) which ties into my final point about the ending ... so the moral of the story was what? ... to paraphrase what older Spock said, something along the lines of for Kirk and Spock to learn what they can accomplish if they work together SMH ... completely cheesy in my opinion ... which capped off a complete waste of my time ...
worst movie of all-time? ... close, but not quite Lost in Translation or House of the Flying Daggers ... what saved it was that the plot was basic and easy to follow, considering it was Star Trek ... score 0.1/5
~J-Smooth~
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And I'm the hater?
At least I gave my movie a chance. You know less about Star Trek than I could've ever imagined.
We need to do this again though. Come up with another movie.
another movie?
hey anytime ... you know where I'm at ... plus, I've got the perfect movie for you to watch ...
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