star trek (mark spoilers)

i just got back from watching this film so lets discuss how cool it was.

the cast was simply amazing and chris rine made an exelent jamses t kirk.

the whole romulan conflict was so planned out that i was wide eyed on the screen thw whole time. filled with tons of comedy relief from the beloved charecters. (SPOILER)and even leonard nimoy returned as spock, to relay vital information to his past self.

i give this movie a 9.5/10 cause there could have been more to opening scene other than that i loved it.

Completely smurfing awesome, in my opinion.

A fantastic revival of a once-great story, and a superb opportunity for compelling new stories in future. Excellent performances, good pacing, creative directing, emotional depth - this film's got it all.

Rebooting Trek was a risky venture, and had the potential to south in a big way, but I believe it's been nailed perfectly. It's great that we now have the potential for new stories and new surprises - (SPOILER)Spock/Uhura, anyone? - within the already-familiar universe and characters.

Nice I gotta see this soon.

I've never seen a Star Trek movie (or the tv series for that matter) in my life and i was blown away by the film's awesomeness!

Cant wait for the sequel!

It was genius and awesome and everyone should see it.

This movie kicked ass. Perfect revamp of Star Trek. It will probably be my favorite movie of the year, unless something else knocks my socks off.

The plot was crazy ridiculous. I mean just, like completely silly. But still, I thought the film was pretty good.

The action was great, and I thought all the characters were really endearing. I think there was particularly something special with the actor who played Kirk. I think he's a relative newcomer? I've never seen or heard of him before, but man, he just was oozing charisma. He was fantastic to watch. And it was a ton funnier than I had anticipated too.

I've never seen a single episode of Star Trek but I still really enjoyed the movie. I think it was crazy ambitious of Abrams to try and show us how each character crossed paths with Kirk and how everyone eventually made their way onto the enterprise. That meant that there was going to be no existing relationships at the start of the film, and every connection, relationship, backstory, etc, had to somehow be introduced in a way that made sense and was also entertaining. And I think (aside from a few minor nitpicks) Abrams actually succeeded. So huge props to him for that.

But the whole plot with the, "grrr!! I kill everybody! I kill you and you and YOU And this planet and that planet!" and the guy who was supposed to be the villain was just so laughable. Especially in the intro (which was kinda heartbreaking btw) when Eric Bana just lunges at that one guy. Was that supposed to be badass? Cause it just came across as funny to me. And every time he was all, SPOOOCK! *shakes fist* it was soo campy.

But maybe that was the point. I was thoroughly amused.

Yeah I think it was supposed to be somewhat campy. The Romulans are supposed to be all grrr like that I think.

(SPOILER)neros all pissed cuz spock(nimoy) had a chance to save romulus but didn't and nero sees this as an ultimate betrayal and as we see he gets pretty damn pissy

Someone needs to learn what a spoiler tag is. ~Shlup

it was a response to miriel and del.....

I jizzed in my pants, fo' sho'.

I used to watch The Next Generation with my grandma when I was a kid, but never watched the original series ever.

That said, I loved this movie. I had a total half-chub through the whole thing. Tons of sexy manness running around my screen. I enjoyed the plot, and the campy throw-backs. Casting was perfect from my non-Treker perspective. Loved the amount and quality of the lulz.

One thing I noticed was that this movie never stops... going. There's like maybe five minutes of calm in the whole damn thing, and the rest of the time people are running or yelling or turning their head really quickly or gasping or... stuff. Edge of my seat much? I guess so. It would have been nice to chill and have more exposition, but it was also nice the way it was. Balances out.

And the way they worked it so that the series is cannon and the movies can be canon was brilliant. Brilliant, dammit!

I can't decide which performance I liked best. I really can't. Bones maybe? I was surprised at feeling Spock-fangirlery coming on. An unexpected twist!

This was my first Star Trek or War that I've ever seen.

I was watching it and I think I understood what was going on but I wouldn't be surprised if I got it all wrong. :)

I very much enjoyed it, and have not seen any previous star trek besides the many television parodies.

(SPOILER)I found the begining where the kid was wearing something that looked suspiciously like martin mcfly's jacket and was just about to hit 88 miles per hour driving into a gorge to be very humourous.

Movie was freaking awesome. I've seen it twice already and will likely see it again before it leaves theaters.

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Originally Posted by Del Murder

Yeah I think it was supposed to be somewhat campy. The Romulans are supposed to be all grrr like that I think.

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This is correct. Nero was exactly as Romulans are supposed to be.

I thought it was good (loud noises, lazzers, etc) but there were some parts I wish I could have cut out completely, mostly the emotional ones that had people going b'awwww

(SPOILER)Nero sounded like a little brat to me, he seemed reasonably passable until the line "I want him dead nooooww"

I've been a life long Trekkie and I remember growing up watching reruns of the original series (I wasn't around when the original series was new). This movie was fantastic. It was great to see the original crew back in action again even with different actors playing them.

For those of us familiar with the original series, there was lots of things in there for us to pick up on. For example: (SPOILER)Sulu and his fencing, and Captain Pike being the first Captain of the Enterprise with Spoke as his first officer.

This is also the only Star Trek movie that my youngest sister liked.

Totally bitchin' movie. First Star Trek anything I had ever seen. I've since watched the first 9 movies (still have Nemesis to watch) and have the complete Original Series waiting for me when I get done with that.

welcome to the trekki universe my friend

Funny thing is I never took Star Trek seriously because it always looked ridiculous and campy with low production values. My wife got me into it several years back and now I'm pretty hardcore and have watched back through all of the series and movies.

Coming from the perspective of someone who notices when the eff up details of stuff like this, I've gotta say the movie was incredible. I can see why it would be awesome to non-Trek fans, but for him to be able to capture that as well as appeal to the old fans... that's skill. I was amazed.

Some fans like to nit-pick about the casting, but I personally thought it was great over all. Things that were inherent to the original characters were brought out very strongly. Most of the actors looked the parts very well, 'cept Scotty a little and the fact that Chekov doesn't look anything like the original... like as far away from it as possible. However, I could overlook that because the guy who played him nailed Chekov as a character so well.

I also think the alternate timeline thing is a great and creative way to bring new story and make it plausible for a change in the canon. Anything that happened after (SPOILER)Nero showed up at the very beginning and polluted the timeline could be written off as a result of that.

If I were going to pick one thing that didn't quite hold true to the original it would be that Sarek just didn't seem ashamed enough of Spock. I mean... all through TOS and notably in the films... Sarek was all but disgusted with Spock and never so emotional or human about him. Not that he's very emotional in this movie, but more than he should be.

I also thought the (SPOILER)Uhura and Spock thing was a little odd. Sure it doesn't necessarily fly in the face of any canon, but it's a little odd. The moment in the turbolift right after (SPOILER)Spock's mother died could have been an immensely touching moment, but both my wife and I were far too distracted by the awkwardness of her (SPOILER)kissing him. Perhaps that moment would've been better if they'd set up their (SPOILER)relationship a little better. The only hint at it prior to that was when ships were being assigned and the issue of potential favoritism came up. Too subtle to suddenly have (SPOILER)her making out with him, and mildly inappropriate how passionate it seemed considering his friggin' mom just died.

I liked it a lot, my only problem was that some of the subplots seemed a little undercooked. The aforementioned Spock/Uhura relationship sticking out most in my mind, it really came out of left field for me. There were others that I can't seem to remember cause I saw it a week ago.

But otherwise a very entertaining film.

awesome movie. I don't really like the new Spock actor, but that may just be because Leonard Nimoy is/was so awesome as Spock. The new Bones McCoy is spot on, and Simon Pegg is sublime as Scotty.

I've only watched a few episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation with Patrick Stewart, and that was many years ago now, so I don't really remember much. However, I've always been interested in getting more into Star Trek, mostly because it's had such a big impact on pop culture, and now this badass movie has been released - AND it's been directed by JJ Ambrams, so I'm excited about watching it at some point!

I thought the opening was amazing, going straight into battle and having you leaning half way off your seat with the drama! The music, acting and special effects were all amazing. I've already seen it twice now and want to see it again. I'll give it a 9.8/10 to leave improvement somewhere... I haven't found it yet.

Not enough Picard.

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Not enough Picard.

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^ Win lol
Still loved the movie though. Wouldn't mind seeing it a couple more times. Too bad I can't justify 9 bucks a showing

So far, I've 'justified' four trips to the movies for this one :D

Also, aside from the obvious photoshopping, that last pic of Patrick Stewart is real. It's a few years old now, but that's his actual buffness there.

In all seriousness, I really enjoyed Star Trek. I actually appreciate that they kept parts of it somewhat campy and the movie didn't take itself super seriously. Probably one of the more "fun" movies I've seen in a while. Still not enough Picard, though. So, for your enjoyment, more Picard:

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Originally Posted by eestlinc

awesome movie. I don't really like the new Spock actor, but that may just be because Leonard Nimoy is/was so awesome as Spock. The new Bones McCoy is spot on, and Simon Pegg is sublime as Scotty.

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zach quinto plays syler on heros and gains powers by cutting open peoples head and playing with they're brains. puts a whole new spin on the vulcan mindmeld.....

its been suggested that chekovs too smart now but i like the kid

(SPOILER)Karl Urban was the best part of the movie. And Kobayashi Maru was pretty fun, but not as cool as I expected.