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Alright, I'll go ahead and be 'the guy who didn't like the Star Trek movie,' because, well, I didn't. To be fair, I have a total tin ear when it comes to summer blockbusters and the format may well be wasted on me. But this just seems like another in an ENDLESS line of super-slick CGI entertainments with cookie-cutter stories, generic pretty faces, an utter improbability of storyline and occurrence that is just flabbergasting, enough orchestra hits that the whole movie sounds like a stampeding elephant (DUN...DUN-DUN-DUN...DUN!), an outright denial/refutation of the 'science' part of science fiction, etc. I was amazed that Spielberg didn't executive produce this thing because it REEKS of him in every way.
The things that I liked about the original TV Star Trek were its bizarre visual sense and production values, the unhinged performances of nearly every actor (especially Kirk), the inherent contradiction between their mission and their methods, and the hamfisted attempts at dealing with big issues (but at least they attempted). None of that is in this new movie. The look is bland. The performances are dull shadows. The story dealt with nothing except the history of Star Trek itself.
It certainly wasn't the worst of its kind -- I think Independence Day is still tops in that category -- but it was of its type.
The things that I liked about the original TV Star Trek were its bizarre visual sense and production values, the unhinged performances of nearly every actor (especially Kirk), the inherent contradiction between their mission and their methods, and the hamfisted attempts at dealing with big issues (but at least they attempted). None of that is in this new movie. The look is bland. The performances are dull shadows. The story dealt with nothing except the history of Star Trek itself.
It certainly wasn't the worst of its kind -- I think Independence Day is still tops in that category -- but it was of its type.