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[roxybisquaint]

Did everyone go see Star Trek this weekend? I'm not a big Star Trek fan, never have been. But since I grew up watching reruns of the original series, I was kind of excited about the new movie. So tonight we went to see it and I loved it. Really loved it. It's not often that a movie is better than I expect, but Star Trek was.

I thought Kirk was a little over-the-top annoying, and early on I was worried this was going to be Top Gun in space. But they moved past that set-up pretty well. Spock was all kinds of awesome. And little Chekov was way adorable (he's in fact making me actually want to see T4 — maybe that guy as Kyle will counteract my anticipated dislike of Christian Bale as John Connor).

The theater was packed and everyone seemed to have a great time. We had three generations of people in our group and we all had a blast. Oh and at the end, the theater erupted into applause. Cool. I don't remember the last time that happened at a movie. So go see it if you haven't all ready. Star Trek is a rockin' good time.

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[roxybisquaint.livejournal.com]

You never know with nostalgia movies. Usually they sucketh, but this had such a perfect balance of feeling familiar while feeling totally new that it worked really well. I've yet to hear a single negative review from anyone I know who's seen it.

I haven't heard applause at the end of a movie in a long time.

So, what don't you like about Christian Bale playing John Connor?

Well, there's the Dark Knight voice he's using for John Connor, for one thing. But mostly I'm just not a Christian Bale fan. I find him a little too you think I'm intense now, wait til the next scene. I think Batman Begins is the only thing I've ever liked him in.

[the-narration.livejournal.com]

Fair enough. I've thought Bale was badass since Equilibrium in 2002 (although that was more about his effective execution of fight choreography than his acting), which is why I didn't mind that he got cast as Batman, but YMMV.