Movie Talk (New Films, Old Films... doesn't matter) (70 Viewers)

[radekas]

Well Star Trek was never a series with huge budget (neither the tv shows nor the movies). Therefore they had a specific feel which is lost when suddenly their budget is 200mln and they can do whatever they want without thinking twice. I'm not a hardcore trekkie who would kill Abrams though.

I am a hardcore Star Wars nerd though and in 2015 I may kill him .

Btw, the first 10 minutes of this ST movie felt 100% like Star Wars to me. The whole sequence on the wild planet and the volcano.

 

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[pitbull]

You really didn't think it was good? I loved it, and it has a great score on rotten tomatoes... Oh well...

I'm a fan of Rooney Mara and Jude Law, also I study economics, so naturally I was kinda excited when I went to see the movie, maybe just expected too much. Or the focus on psychological problems, if there's one thing I can't stand, it's people blaming everything on their psychological or neural problems..

Spoiler

... but at least the movie kinda supported my viewpoint there.

all in all it wasn't such a bad movie, but I didn't find it very entertaining or useful.

 

[Lilith]

Star Trek was good and was better than IM3 (which I liked, too). But it didn't feel like Star Trek, it felt more like a kick ass space action movie with a Star Trek theme. IDK if that makes any sense, but that's the feeling I got.

Quinto & Cumberbatch were awesome.

Star Trek ID was so bad it almost made me walk out the theatre! That was not Star Trek, that was some abomination that wishes it was Star Trek. Abrams got my hopes up so high with the 2009 version only to complete deflate it with ID. Having said that, I will still go see every Trek movie there is.

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Btw, the first 10 minutes of this ST movie felt 100% like Star Wars to me. The whole sequence on the wild planet and the volcano.

Breaking the prime directive and the initiating first contact was an awesome start. It was a very Star Trek move, but I can see the similarities with Star Wars too. It reminded me of the Felucia scene a little. The movie completely flat lined after that though.

 

[Nzoric]

Risa, I missed you geeking out

 

[Vinny Del Pogba]

I'm a fan of Rooney Mara and Jude Law, also I study economics, so naturally I was kinda excited when I went to see the movie, maybe just expected too much. Or the focus on psychological problems, if there's one thing I can't stand, it's people blaming everything on their psychological or neural problems..

Spoiler

... but at least the movie kinda supported my viewpoint there.

all in all it wasn't such a bad movie, but I didn't find it very entertaining or useful.

Rooney Mara likes gettin nekkid.

I liked that it seemed like it was going to be one kind of movie, then turned into something else.

 

[radekas]

Breaking the prime directive and the initiating first contact was an awesome start. It was a very Star Trek move, but I can see the similarities with Star Wars too. It reminded me of the Felucia scene a little. The movie completely flat lined after that though.

This scene just "felt" like Star Wars. The main hero being chased by colourful aliens speaking weird language on a colourful planet. His friend joining him, some weapons flying by, some dodging. Finally a jump into the ocean.

It just felt like something George Lucas would do, especially in the Prequels Saga.

 

[Lilith]

Risa, I missed you geeking out

Yay! Sure beats the weird/confused look I get in real life every time I try to talk to anyone about this stuff.

 

[Hængebøffer]

Abrahams did a good job not making some remake which will ruin everything.

 

[Lilith]

Abrahams did a good job not making some remake which will ruin everything.

Is that why he basically remade Wrath of Kahn, going where man has gone before?! He ruined everything.

 

[Osman]

He didn't ruin anything with new Star Trek, he took a dead franchise and made it fun. Yes his Khan should have been given more dialogue to show what a menacing sociopath he is, but also skipped a lot of the lame camp of original Khan, plus physically showed in his version that Khan IS a super human, he absolutely fucked shit up, while original Khan talked big game but rarely showed it.

 

[GordoDeCentral]

agree with you Oz, but i like the fire in our resident female trekkie

 

[ALC]

He didn't ruin anything with new Star Trek, he took a dead franchise and made it fun. Yes his Khan should have been given more dialogue to show what a menacing sociopath he is, but also skipped a lot of the lame camp of original Khan, plus physically showed in his version that Khan IS a super human, he absolutely fucked shit up, while original Khan talked big game but rarely showed it.

I agree, the movie was banging. Risa's just being a nerd about it.

 

[Osman]

I defenitely understand prefering the original stuff as a fan, thats what you are used to and they had its unique episodic sci fi storytelling tone, while these last two movies are pretty strictly nonstop action oriented entertainment. Could use focusing a bit more focus on developing characters/story, but all in essentially they hit the jackpot in actually making a good and FUN remake, especially with the cast, Quinto especially, but all in the cast ensemble chemistry is good, and so far had two excellent actors as the main villains. Hopefully 3rd movie will feature Khan again, with him resurrecting his whole race of super humans. They got wrecked by one guy (even if he is by far the best), I wonder how the heck they would be able to face dozens and dozens of them.


Or have next movie be more about the Klingons, instead of just having a cameo like this time (another thing thats well remade, Klingons were towering super warriors).

 

[radekas]

One thing I know for sure.

William Shatner > this new guy

Anyway, I have just watched Warm Bodies. The movie is quite lulz and I will now watch the Walking Dead from a different perspective . The ending was forced and too hollywoodish though. I kept thinking how it would end if it was Game of Thrones lol. All of those living people would have been eaten and the zombies would die of starvation later.

http://www.geekbinge.com/2013/06/06...in-star-wars-episode-viishatter-the-universe/

would the universe collapse?

 

[ALC]

I defenitely understand prefering the original stuff as a fan, thats what you are used to and they had its unique episodic sci fi storytelling tone, while these last two movies are pretty strictly nonstop action oriented entertainment. Could use focusing a bit more focus on developing characters/story, but all in essentially they hit the jackpot in actually making a good and FUN remake, especially with the cast, Quinto especially, but all in the cast ensemble chemistry is good, and so far had two excellent actors as the main villains. Hopefully 3rd movie will feature Khan again, with him resurrecting his whole race of super humans. They got wrecked by one guy (even if he is by far the best), I wonder how the heck they would be able to face dozens and dozens of them.


Or have next movie be more about the Klingons, instead of just having a cameo like this time (another thing thats well remade, Klingons were towering super warriors).

I just wanna see more of Alice Eve in the new one. Hopefully the whole movie's just about her. In that sexy underwear she was wearing. And Klingons too. "Star Trek: Invasion of the Klingons"

 

[Osman]

Lol true that, Captain Kirk needs to hit that in the next one.

And Radekas, Shatner is a hilarious cult legend indeed hehe.

 

[Kate]

I just wanna see more of Alice Eve in the new one. Hopefully the whole movie's just about her. In that sexy underwear she was wearing. And Klingons too. "Star Trek: Invasion of the Klingons"

You troll.

 

[Vinny Del Pogba]

Is that why he basically remade Wrath of Kahn, going where man has gone before?! He ruined everything.

It wasn't a remake of Wrath of Kahn. 'Into Darkness' is supposed to take place ten years before Kahn appears first in the original series and well before the events of 'Wrath.' FWIW.

edit: it's a Kahn prequel.

 

[Osman]

She's given ze ok for ze invasion.

 

[Vinny Del Pogba]

She's given ze ok for ze invasion.

Just checked her nudes... breasts sag too much, would only bang 20 times.