JJ Abram’s Star Trek
I realize all of you are lovin’ on this movie, but honestly, I think you’re kidding yourselves.
It’s like when Transformers hit. I was so amazed it didn’t outright suck that my brain did it’s best to think it was awesome. Further analysis revealed much to the contrary there, and taught me a lesson about such things.
So. This movie? Didn’t suck, certainly, but was it any good?
Hmmm…
No, not really.
The story was acceptable, though nothing to crow about. Characterization was weak, despite, or possibly because, of the intense treatment it got in the beginning. Time travel is still one of the laziest fucking things in the world.
The sets were mostly good, what we got to see of them anyway, but really nothing special there either. Most of it was like a grimy DS-9.
Casting was mostly really quite good, but that’s hardly all there is to a movie.
Eric Bana can’t act. Just flat out can’t. True, I’ve only seen him in two things that I recall, so maybe I’m wrong, but based on the evidence at hand I’m saying the man cannot act. So, in a way, it’s a blessing that we spend no time with him whatsoever. If the movie had an interesting villain with some presence it would have been much stronger. Perhaps it did, but wisely died on the cutting room floor once they saw what Bana could do.
I’d ask you (meaning movie people) to stop embarassing us with in jokes, but that’s impossible. This was second best, avoiding any screen staring wah-wah moments.
The absolute worst thing, the thing that drags this movie down further than any one single element, is the way it was shot. Seriously, they put this on IMAX? Fucking why? Like 75% of the fucking movie is portrait shots with swoopy/jittery bits leading to more portraits. The rest is in fucking shaky-cam because apparently you can’t get work unless you pretend to not understand how to hold a camera fucking steady.
Overall, worth seeing. No point seeing it on an IMAX screen, unless they have some freaky alternate footage for you. Not worth ever watching again though.