I originally posted this so I could link it to my facebook page, but I realized that I really should post it here. Mostly so I can stop writing book-long replies on everyone else's reviews of the film
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Interestingly, I enjoyed the actor who played McCoy the most. He felt like Bones and made a true effort to become Deforest Kelley. I appreciated it. I didn't realize he was Eomer.
I just flat couldn't emphathise with Kirk. He felt just too much like the cocky "Shermanator" character from the "American Pie" movies. I know that is what Kirk was supposed to be before he calmed down a bit after years of being Captain. But his smug attitude just kind of made me want to kick him in the nards.
Without a doubt, he was the best new cast member and the shining star of the new film
Absolutely. However mixed I am on the movie as a whole, I loved Quinto/Spock - both the character arc (easily the strongest in the film) and Quinto's performance. He's not Nimoy - who could be? - but I don't believe many people out there could have done better. And I didn't think of Sylar once, which was refreshing. ;) Spock is my favorite TOS character, so I'm doubly glad the new take didn't disappoint me.
I was impressed with Urban/Bones too (probably my second favorite of the new cast), though like you there were a couple of points where I thought perhaps he was trying too hard.
I thought Pine did fine as Kirk - he has enough of the mannerisms without trying to completely ape Shatner. But I didn't feel like the character went through much growth, had much of an arc, especially compared to Spock, so I wasn't invested in him.
I completely understand feeling mixed about the new film. I'm still struggling a little myself, because something something about liking the new version just feels disloyal.
I still haven't seen even one episode of Heroes, so I didn't have the whole "seeing Quinto as another character" problem. I really do need to get and watch season one of that series... Maybe over the summer I'll find some time. :)
I'd almost say do yourself a favor and stop after season 1: S1 is cracky fun with a reasonably solid arc. But after that, the show (IMO) just becomes more and more sloppy and uneven, and Sylar's presence just becomes more and more irritating/ridiculous.
I had that same kind of formative relationship with the original series. It "set" the way my world works in lots of ways. (When I was a little girl I wanted to grow up to be Uhura. I was crushed to learn that little blonde headed blue eyed white girls seldom grow up to be beautiful black women.)
LOL! I just remember having issues with the idea that Nimoy was really human... and that vulcans did not, nor would they ever, exist. I still have problems with that one. :)
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I didn't realize he was Eomer.
I just flat couldn't emphathise with Kirk. He felt just too much like the cocky "Shermanator" character from the "American Pie" movies. I know that is what Kirk was supposed to be before he calmed down a bit after years of being Captain. But his smug attitude just kind of made me want to kick him in the nards.
Spock was good.
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Absolutely. However mixed I am on the movie as a whole, I loved Quinto/Spock - both the character arc (easily the strongest in the film) and Quinto's performance. He's not Nimoy - who could be? - but I don't believe many people out there could have done better. And I didn't think of Sylar once, which was refreshing. ;) Spock is my favorite TOS character, so I'm doubly glad the new take didn't disappoint me.
I was impressed with Urban/Bones too (probably my second favorite of the new cast), though like you there were a couple of points where I thought perhaps he was trying too hard.
I thought Pine did fine as Kirk - he has enough of the mannerisms without trying to completely ape Shatner. But I didn't feel like the character went through much growth, had much of an arc, especially compared to Spock, so I wasn't invested in him.
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I still haven't seen even one episode of Heroes, so I didn't have the whole "seeing Quinto as another character" problem. I really do need to get and watch season one of that series... Maybe over the summer I'll find some time. :)
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Ditto all the gushing. :-)
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