So, I managed to catch this movie today. The play by play is on twitter. But, overall, it was an entertaining movie. Some gripes:
1) I know JJ Abrams likes lens flares (see also Fringe) but for fuck’s sake, can you STOP getting them into your films?!? There was a scene where the lens fucking flare actually obscured the scene! Hello? We’re here to see the multi-million dollar movie you put on, not some amorphous blue-white supernova. Maybe this is just a cheap and simple way to do the Mystery Box thing without having to actually figure one out?
2) I won’t go into detail to avoid spoiling the movie for people but let’s just say what happened to BSG is happening to ST now. Maybe it’s okay but I swear if Bones turns out to be the Messiah or something, I’m going to hunt down JJ and make him watch COPS reruns for hours, eyes taped open.
3) Good work on all the little easter eggs and tie-ins to the original series…one thing though, if you’re gonna avoid the “classic” Star Trek theme over the titles could you at least make it good? “STAR TREK” comes up and all you get is a nebulous ball of noise…with someone banging on the bass drum (or rather hitting the bass key on their frigging keyboard). Sure you threw it on the credits but, uh, that’s when the movie’s over and you’re leaving the theater…People remember themes…Someone in the theater before the movie recognized the Back to the fucking Future theme of all things. Bang, bang…bang…bang…will not be remembered.
Okay, gripes over. Yes, it’s a good movie, go see it and pay their production budget off so they can make another one before all the actors die of old age.
done.
p.s. this says it all: