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morganbj -> RE: New Star Trek movie (6/12/2009 6:19:12 PM)
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I thought the movie was pretty good, but not perfect by any means. They tried to faithfully show how the characters got together for the TV series, but there were very implausible story line elements. To me the most eggregious was making a cadet first officer of the E. Somehow, this just doesn't seem logical, especially given the situation in the story when it happened. Then immediately commissioning him as a starship captain? Sure seems like the beaurocracy would make him serve a few years before that happened. I would think he would have to be a communications specialist, propulsion engineer, head of security, or something before being promoted to first officer. Instead, he goes straight to the head of the line. Sorry, don't buy it, even though he's supposed to be the greatest thing since sliced bread. (Once you see the movie, this will probably make more sense.)
The characters were relatively true to form and looked remakably like the original cast, well, as much as could be expected. My wife, who's NEVER seen much of the original series now wants to see all the episodes, corny as they will seem to be now. Let's face it, cardboard controls and plywood walls don't compare to what is done today, and the old external shots are just plain cheesy.
Some of the visual effects in the movie were quite stunning due to the increase in computer graphics over the years. The outside shots of the space ships all looked as if they were real, with very few detectable flaws.
To me, the biggest downside was the gratuitous violence/action. Obviously there had to be some, indeed, perhaps even quite a lot, but it was almost never ending once the action sequences got started. Don't get me wrong, I like that sort of thing, but it could have been toned down a little with more character development substituted.
But, I think it was certainly worth the money and would probably be fine for all those except the die hard trekkies who will find many, many errors and odd juxtapostions with the timeframes, characters, etc. So, if you can get to a cheap matinee, I'd go for it.
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