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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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[sarawr.livejournal.com]

You know, I wasn't going to see it because (warning: blasphemy ahead) I am not a big fan of J.J. Abrams's body of work. Twitter has been filled with glowing, if short, reviews since yesterday, though, and now this? Damn. Now I have two movies to be bitter about not seeing. :P

[roxybisquaint.livejournal.com]

WHAT?!!!!
Heh. You don't have to love JJ Abrams to love this movie. In fact one of my friends who hates Lost and Fringe has already been to Star Trek twice. There's no twisty weirdness or meandering plotlines. It's got great character set-up and then straight-forward story telling. Very well done :)

[sarawr.livejournal.com]

That's good to know. I don't mind twisty weirdness or meandering plotlines, but something about Abrams's methods just... generally doesn't grab me. Alias bored me, Lost irritated me, etc.

I would totally go see Star Trek on the recommendation of Twitter + you, though, except that payday doesn't come until after it'll likely be gone from my town's theater. I missed out on Wolverine, too, which still kind of makes me cry. Apparently it's the summer for great movies I'd kill to see and never will. :P

[the-narration.livejournal.com]

Hey, I'm with you. Abrams is totally overrated. I bailed on Alias before it finished, gave up on Lost after two seasons and didn't bother with Fringe. I got sick of how blatantly he clearly hasn't planned ahead at all and is just making it up as he goes, which is so very much not what you should do when mysteries and revelations are the key to your series.

For a movie, which is short enough for him not to get bored and wander off with it half done, he's probably okay. Especially since it's someone else's script.

(From what I hear, you're not missing much by not seeing Wolverine.)

[sarawr.livejournal.com]

That is exactly my problem with Abrams -- that, and his characters are generally a bit too Serious and Awesomely Capable of Anything for my taste. Ironically, I adore Joss Whedon, even though he has the same kind of whoops-I-forgot-to-plan issues (probably because he has much more finely drawn and funny characters).

I didn't miss much by not seeing Wolverine... except Hugh Jackman in a lot of muscle shirts. Well, and the end of my ridiculous and random X-Men obsession (I'm usually a staunch DC girl). :(