The Unknown Cullen
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Just finished watching this...a few thoughts.
Overall I liked it. I was not bowled over by it, but it was pretty good.
It is a reboot of the franchise, and despite the inclusion of Nimoy the reast of the cast are all new.
Of them, I particularly liked Zachary Quinto's Spock...he has the advantage of looking very much like him, but having shown his capacity for repressed intentity as Sylar on Heroes, he seems to fit the role like a glove.
Chris Pine's Kirk I was not sure of at first, but as the movie progressed I warmed to him, and by the end of the movie he seemed to have captured the spirit of the character.
Much has been made of Karl Urban's Bones, and it is a very good performance, and he does capture those signature inflections and mannerisms...but he seemed to be the only one of the cast that seemed to be doing an actual impersonation of the character to me, which detracted somewhat.
Anton Yelchin's Chekov was intensely annoying...primarily because the accent was just far too pronounced and cartoonish.
Uhura just didn't seem to register at all, and Simon Pegg's Scotty - well, to be honest he came into the film very late, and it was only in the final scenes in the engine room that he seemed to display the familar characteristcs of the character, so there is still hop (in the inevitable follow-up, of course).
Bruce Greenwood lent a degree of gravitas to the role of Pike, though Eric Bana's romulan villain seemed somewhat innefective and not very menacing.
Effects were very good, lots of space battles, and the general pace of the movie is pretty fast.
One distraction for me was J J Abrams penchant for lens flare, seemed overused and quite distracting - could have done without that.
Essentially, this was the Kirk-Spock story, the formation of their relationship. It's practically a love story...and thankfully the scenes between Kirk and Spock do crackle with intensity and wit. At times Spock seems to exhibit more emotion than it seems nescessary for the character,
Picture is very good, though the lack of a DTS track seems odd. Sound is good, but not outstanding - for a film of this nature you really need those surrounRAB to be very active, and though there is a fair amount of activity, it could have been better.
Extras are excellent...every aspect of the production is covered, rest assured...production, effects, casting, gag reel, music, sound, design, script etc. Comentaries as well, natch.
Overall I liked it. I was not bowled over by it, but it was pretty good.
It is a reboot of the franchise, and despite the inclusion of Nimoy the reast of the cast are all new.
Of them, I particularly liked Zachary Quinto's Spock...he has the advantage of looking very much like him, but having shown his capacity for repressed intentity as Sylar on Heroes, he seems to fit the role like a glove.
Chris Pine's Kirk I was not sure of at first, but as the movie progressed I warmed to him, and by the end of the movie he seemed to have captured the spirit of the character.
Much has been made of Karl Urban's Bones, and it is a very good performance, and he does capture those signature inflections and mannerisms...but he seemed to be the only one of the cast that seemed to be doing an actual impersonation of the character to me, which detracted somewhat.
Anton Yelchin's Chekov was intensely annoying...primarily because the accent was just far too pronounced and cartoonish.
Uhura just didn't seem to register at all, and Simon Pegg's Scotty - well, to be honest he came into the film very late, and it was only in the final scenes in the engine room that he seemed to display the familar characteristcs of the character, so there is still hop (in the inevitable follow-up, of course).
Bruce Greenwood lent a degree of gravitas to the role of Pike, though Eric Bana's romulan villain seemed somewhat innefective and not very menacing.
Effects were very good, lots of space battles, and the general pace of the movie is pretty fast.
One distraction for me was J J Abrams penchant for lens flare, seemed overused and quite distracting - could have done without that.
Essentially, this was the Kirk-Spock story, the formation of their relationship. It's practically a love story...and thankfully the scenes between Kirk and Spock do crackle with intensity and wit. At times Spock seems to exhibit more emotion than it seems nescessary for the character,
Picture is very good, though the lack of a DTS track seems odd. Sound is good, but not outstanding - for a film of this nature you really need those surrounRAB to be very active, and though there is a fair amount of activity, it could have been better.
Extras are excellent...every aspect of the production is covered, rest assured...production, effects, casting, gag reel, music, sound, design, script etc. Comentaries as well, natch.
space battles, adventure and a decent reset. 
