Star Trek (J.J. Abrams - 2009)

[AlbertV]

Well, I have to admit, I'm not much of a Trekkie, but I'm curious to see the upcoming J.J. Abrams film that looks like it will be both a prequel and a reinvention. It looks to have an exciting cast.

Chris Pine as Capt. Kirk
Zach Quinto as Spock
Zoe Saldana as Uhura
John Cho as Sulu
Simon Pegg as Scotty
Karl Urban as Bones
Anton Yelchin as Dr. Chekov

Plus Leonard Nimoy is coming back as an elder Spock and I was shocked to learn that Tyler Perry is appearing as a commander of the Space Academy where the crew trains.

It's going to be quite interesting.

[Sifu]

It's going to be quite interesting.

Let's hope that's not all it is! :confused:

[Sifu]

NEW pictures for the upcoming Star Trek film! :eek:

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/star_trek_11/pictures/slideshow/

[massa_yoda]

Imdb lists Christopher Pike as one of the characters in the new film.

[massa_yoda]

Just saw the theatrical trailer for the new Star Trek film today when i saw Quantum of Solace. It looks fantastic! I just got way more excited about this movie. Anyone else see this yet? Oh and QoS was also awesome!

[shaolindogpaw]

I haven't seen any real previews yet, but wow... i haven't been this excited about a movie release since LOTR.

[Mark Pollard]

Here's a sneak peak at the new trailer for those who have not seen it in theaters yet.

http://io9.com/5088091/first-glimpse-of-the-star-trek-trailer

[kungfusamurai]

I wanna be excited about this film, but when I see photos of the cast together, I can't help but think this is going to be another teen-oriented flick like The Transformers or any other teeny bopper horror, comedy or whatever film. Why would a group of young people be given control of a starship? You'd assume that the captain and a few of the other members would look and be at least 40 years old.

I hope they offer some kind of rational explanation for the young age of the crew.

KFS

[Way of the Dragon]

I think this film is going to suck

[massa_yoda]

bah, i trust J.J. Abrams. I think he proved he could make a good film with MI:3. As for the age of the crew, i am guessing it will have something to do with a war with the Romulans and they are rushing to build ships and crews to fight, but that is just a wild guess. It is a prequel to TOS, so the age thing didn't bother me. They are supposed to look younger than the original actors.

[Markgway]

M:I3 was the weakest of the trilogy.

I'm not a Star Trek fan though some of the films were decent.

I saw a picture of the two stars on a mag cover and I laughed.

That's not a good sign.

[massa_yoda]

Really? Worse than John Woo's brainless M:I 2? That movie was the most unlike the original Mission: Impossible TV show, while the third movie at least gave me some moments of nostalgia, especially with its throwback music. The only one to capture the spirit of the original was the first movie, but the third was close. IMO

[Markgway]

Really? Worse than John Woo's brainless M:I 2? That movie was the most unlike the original Mission: Impossible TV show

I was entertained by M:I2 and thought it had some great action and stunts. Not the best story I grant you. I've never seen the TV show so didn't care about the lack of faithfulness.

The only one to capture the spirit of the original was the first movie, but the third was close. IMO

I liked the first one also. DePalma made a sleek, cool spy thriller. The 3rd one just felt disappointing. No director's stamp on the material.

[The Running Man]

Really? Worse than John Woo's brainless M:I 2?

Although MI 2 was the least like an MI film, as it's mostly Ethan Hunt at it alone, it's the best film of the three. To call it brainless is really inaccurate. It has many of Woo's narrative trademarks and is one of the very few films I can tolerate Tom Cruise in. The action scenes are also fantastic. But I would love to see a possible director's cut someday.

Part 3 was just okay. It felt like a big budget version of one of Abrams TV Shows and I don't mean that in a good way. At least it really achieved the whole teamwork aspect very well.

[massa_yoda]

okay, i'll take back the brainless comment, but what you said about the teamwork aspect in 3 is why i liked it better and thought it was closer to the source material. The whole Vatican scene was a perfect example of why i liked the movie, other than Tom Cruise's horrendous line, "Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall."

[Mark Pollard]

Please stay on topic. Make a new thread if you want to debate MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE movies.

[massa_yoda]

Please stay on topic. Make a new thread if you want to debate MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE movies.

Okay here is the all important transition: Star Trek has the same writing team as Mission: Impossible 3. So the goodness or badness of M:I 3 isn't completely pointless. But from now on it's all about Star Trek!

[Markgway]

Please stay on topic. Make a new thread if you want to debate MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE movies.

Lol... we've upset the resident Trekkie. XD

[Mark Pollard]

This resident Trekkie has a link to a better version of the trailer to share.

http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/startrek/

To be honest, I used to be a major fan of the OS and TNG when I was in high school. That ended when they came crashing into each other in STAR TREK: GENERATIONS. This movie looks to bring back some of the fun of the original series. Hopefully some of the writing and screen chemistry between characters will be there too but that remains to be seen.

[kungfusamurai]

I wish they could have just gone on to do Voyager or Enterprise (Scott Bakula) movies. Those characters were really well done, and I would have been happy to see more of them. They should have stopped the TNG films with First Contact.

Oh well. I guess we'll just see how this new film turns out. I think Spock looks a little too much like the caricature that Mad TV did years ago, but that's just me.

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[Raul4510]

I'm really looking forward to this movie. Good or bad it will probably relaunch Star Trek for the better.

[massa_yoda]

So...What are people thinking about that new trailer that played before Watchmen? I still say this will be the movie event of the summer. Anyone else with me?

It's important to note too that Nimoy is really on board with this film, saying it is a "great film with a great director." This guy doesn't compliment just anything. Remember, he refused to come back for ST:Generations because he thought Spock's lines could have been said by anyone (he was right). This is also a person who directed two films and helped encourage the re-write of Khan, which saved the franchise. So, When Spock says it's gonna be a good film, i believe him. Just thought i'd throw something out there...

[massa_yoda]

so far 100% on rottentomatoes.com 14 out of 14 reviews positive.

[JazzandZen]

This movie is going to be great.

A person does not need to be a "Trekkie" to enjoy it. If it's a good movie, then go enjoy it.
The number thing that matters in this case is if it stays true to the essence and heart of what Star Trek is.

[JazzandZen]

Okay, I just saw this Jazzy flick last night!!

It was off the hook! Even if you're not a fan I'd suggest checking it out. This is a perfect example of a director respecting the fans and the source material while bringing something FRESH to the franchise.

[Mark Pollard]

I just got back from watching STAR TREK. I'd give it a score of 8/10. Great cast with spot-on performances. Excellent special effects. Lots of action-packed combat of all varieties; hand-to-hand fighting, phaser battles, ship battles, creature battles. All it was missing was foam rocks. Very fan-friendly in terms of references and respect for the franchise while moving in a fresh direction as suggested by the previous post.

I was disappointed by the overly hectic editing, especially during fight scenes, the over-used time travel gimmick and the villain. Seriously, the Romulan is an ore miner using a mining vessel to threaten the entire Federation with annihilation while the majority of Starfleet, apart from the Enterprise, is unavailable as usual.

Fun popcorn movie though.

[KUNG FU BOB]

Thanks for the mini-review Mark. My son hasn't seen a single Star Trek film, so I'm thinking of dragging him to see this.

[daisho2004]

I just got back from seeing this movie and I really enjoyed it, I won't say I'm a huge Trekkie but I grew up watching the series and seen most of the movies. So all in all I really enjoyed this rebirth of this francese. I thought all the characters were spot on! And seeing Leonard Nimoy reprise his role was really cool as well.

[DarkWarrior]

I saw it and the only thing I want to say is "Will JJ Abams get around to correcting the timeline or will we get films that equals Lost in storylines?"
It all came to light during the cave scene with Older Spock & Kirk.

[I Like Elaine]

I'll keep this brief and just say the movie is great. I'm a huge fan of the original series, and this was very much rooted in it (in spirit), but wasn't afraid to move forward and forge new ground.

[KyFi]

Saw it yesterday, and really loved it. I'm a moderate Trek fan--more so of the original series and first couple of movies rather than the post Next Generation stuff. I thought this was a greatly needed injection of FUN into the franchise. A pretty standard Trek story, but I thought it was very well-cast, with a lot of great performances and a sense of enthusiasm in the direction that I don't think has been in Star Trek for quite a while.

[inframan]

Not a trekkie myself but I enjoyed the movie. It was great considering the quality of most hollywood remakes althought this isn't a remake. Its kind of an alternate reality/prequal thing.

[HyperDrive]

I'm glad I saw this in the theater as it was fun time. My thoughts were screaming paradox at that one part though.

[inframan]

I was just thinking, not only did Kirk spend a fair amount of time getting punched in the face durring this flick, he ended up haning over a ledge at least 4 times. He must have realy strong fingers.

[kungfusamurai]

I saw it today and enjoyed it a lot. It's miles better than the Next Generation films that were being churned out during the last decade. I think they've really come up with a great concept to reboot the franchise.

A couple of nagging things (Spoilers, possibly): I was expecting sexual content and gratuitous violence based on the rating, but it was pretty tame. Nothing sexual, mostly just a lot of interracial kissing, if that was the issue for the censors?

Also, I didn't like the way they killed the bad guy. I thought with all that red matter floating around, the ship was going to explode on itself or you'd see the romulan crew getting crushed, but you didn't see any of that. In fact, the Enterprise still had to shoot the ship to kill them. It didn't make sense. Was Spock the first person to ever use the red matter to black hole a star? Didn't the Vulcan's foresee that it would cause the rift in space? And what did the Romulans do for 25 years while they waited for Spock to show up so they could take revenge? Why waste all that time to kill someone when they could have just gone to Romulus and warned them about the future apocalypse?

LOL!

If you ignore the inconsistencies, it's still a fun movie!

KFS

[gorhama]

Finally got to see this yesterday. I took a long lunch at work and treated myself to a great film.

I had a blast watching this. The actors were all great, story was good, effects were of course awesome!!

I also like how they managed to get the main characters catch phrases from the show in the movie and not make it corny.

Next up Terminator Salvation!!