Went to the cinema with a good friend t'other day to go and see one of them new fangled filmographs, a conceptual movie called "Star Trek". Treks across the grand universe? Pah. Impossible.
Anyways, away from being a fag, the review. I went along with mixed views as to what to expect. I wanted to see the film, and having religiously watched every series EXCEPT the first i felt i was in a perfect place to not worry about continuity errors too much but to have a good overview of the point of the concept. I was about right.
The film was... Good. I don't know really, it was just... good. This being a review, i know i'm going to have to extrapolate from the point, but that is my honest, hand on hearts thought about the film. Wouldn't buy it, but i guess if someone said they had it on them i certainly wouldn't complain, and in film terms that pretty average for me.
I was expecting big scenes of uber-action, and they were there, but they never drew me in. I never felt part of the action, its not that it was impossible to feel part because it's in the future or whatever but the directing just seemed somewhat out of sync... I had no sense of tension, no heart racing, no nothing. It was just something happening, something kinda cool but nothing to right home about or want to run out and pre-order it.
The writing was good, and it was a really quite good story if a little confusing. I think if i would've felt more part of the movie i would have bothered a little harder to keep up with it, it's not like it's Fight Club complicated or even Deja Vu complicated, but i wasn't all that interested. It was good for the set pieces, and Simon Pegg was as funny as ever (perfect role for him) but other than that it just didn't stand out as a movie, especially with all the awesome films expected this summer. Terminator Salvation and Bruno in the same summer, fuck yeah.
As a score, i would give it... 6/10. It's not a bad film, far from it, but it's no better than average. Two last points; The whole "new reality" thing, stroke of genius. Keeps the nerds at bay as much as it's possible to, nice one them. Second thing; I did watch a fair amount of the original series, albeit not in order and sporadically over the years, but Spock and Uhara? The fuck? Alternate reality maybe, alternate BRAIN no. Didn't really change the film up or make it any better or worse, but it just seemed :OOC: to me.
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