ZOMG STAR TREK SO AWESOME LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE.

Ahem. I do have some bones to pick (Bones, nrgh), but on the whole? LOOOOOOOVE. Also, I can see the debt to a) Firefly and b) Star Wars. I was getting a mad Empire vibe in a few scenes. Awesome casting all the way through. (Again, nrgh, Bones.)

The audience was Displeased at the GG Bridge getting attacked. Again.

Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go watch Firefly, Star Wars, and whichever Trek movies I have in the house. And then everything with Karl Urban.

We got the Land of the Lost trailer TWICE. I made a strategic decision to go out to the bathroom when it started again (the theatre was running through some of the preshow stuff twice because of technical difficulties) so I was spared some of the pain.

If the trailer is this bad, how awful must the entire movie be? I mean, one assumes they cherry-picked the best moments for the trailer... right?

If the trailer is this bad, how awful must the entire movie be? I mean, one assumes they cherry-picked the best moments for the trailer... right?

One does assume. One also feels that way about the "GI Joe" trailer, and may or may not have started singing "America, Fuck Yeah!" when it came on.

Also, we got a trailer for Land of the Lost. My deepest condolences to fans of the series.

No shit. I have seen the trailer twice now (before Wolverine as well) and it does not get better on second viewing. I like the actress from "Pushing Daisies", so I feel very sorry for her.

Also? I thought the GI Joe trailer also made the movie look like shit on a cracker. Worse than Wolverine. And worse than Transformers 2.

One also feels that way about the "GI Joe" trailer, and may or may not have started singing "America, Fuck Yeah!" when it came on.

My friend and I were discussing trailers - which looks like it would suck more: G. I. Joe, or Transformers II?

I'd say Joe would suck more as Transformers effects looked just a tad bit better. But it look like Joe could be more unintentionally funny....

G.I. Joe trailer looked simply awful, whereas, as much as I hated Transformers, the trailer for the sequel looked kinda cool. So did the trailer for the first one. So I know that I'll be baraged by CGI that, while pretty and pretty badass, will leave me dizzy and confused as to what I just saw.

My quibbles with Star Trek are the same quibbles I have with all of JJA's work - if you look at the plot too hard it will crumble into a sad little disconnected pile of individually awesome dust particles.

But he puts things together so slickly that honestly, I almost never really mind. (Lost being the big exception, which lost me in S2.) And what all his best work is REALLY about is strangers becoming family. Which he did SO WELL here with the Enterprise crew that I just want to jump up and down and clap my hands making squeeeeeeeee! noises.

And the soundtrack could have used more TOS callbacks.

(But seriously, back to the plot - was Nero really just hovering outside that wormhole for 25 YEARS waiting for Spock's ship to come through? How did they not all die of boredom? Or come up with a better plan? How were they getting food? Who was touching up their tats?)

the soundtrack could have used more TOS callbacks.

wrod. I actually found the music for the opening credits to be subpar. Actually, the title grated, as it was so wide and partly in shadow that for a few moments is looked like I was about to watch a movie called "Tar Tre".

The music during Daddy Kirk's death and Jim's birth was simply stunning. Reminded me of Lost's soundtrack.

And that would be because it's the same guy! Michael Giacchino.

Saw Star Trek on digital screen. Oh, Captain, my Captain.

My quibbles with Star Trek are the same quibbles I have with all of JJA's work - if you look at the plot too hard it will crumble into a sad little disconnected pile of individually awesome dust particles

It's true. If Frank Capra made the movie, this is what it would look like. Which is A-OK with me. It couldn't have been more of a love letter to fans and I got to go on the first date. Whee!! I am writing it's name on my notebook surrounded by pink sparkly hearts. ::sigh::

My quibble with Trek is that in retrospect, I feel that there wasn't enough "showing" of Kirk and Spock becoming friends and far too much anvilicious "telling", and that as fun as it was, and boy howdy was it fun (lots of laughter in my theatre), again in retrospect if feels gimicky. You know, Gimli cracking wise in LotR and gags that failed to serve plot or character. Too much on the spoof side of things (as opposed to paying homage or continuity).

Went and watched Doom again for a Karl Urban fix. Also watched the mess that was Max Payne, so it was a funny comparison of "hero is dying, takes the drug that has been EVIL EVIL EVIL in order to fight on". Doom was so much more awesome. I'm not even a gamer, and when the first-person pov came into play, I still got geeked out.

Also, Rosamund Pike is divinely gorgeous and needs to be in more movies.