Dude, even when his eyes are closed, they are pretty.
Kaylee: You're nice, too. Mal: No, I'm not. I'm a mean old man.
'Serenity'
Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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Juliebird - May 09, 2009 5:32:35 pm PDT #1253 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
juliana - May 09, 2009 5:51:03 pm PDT #1254 of 30000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
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.
I have a much higher tolerance for that in 2-hour chunks, because I usually don't feel the need to look at the plot in a movie the way I do for a TV series (Leverage being my exception, because the casting is so excellent and the show is so fun).
I feel that there wasn't enough "showing"
I think the casting went a long way here.
Jessica, your last whitefonted question - I know!!
Juliebird - May 09, 2009 5:55:48 pm PDT #1255 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
I think the casting went a long way here.
I don't know that I take your full meaning
juliana - May 09, 2009 6:22:42 pm PDT #1256 of 30000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
I don't know that I take your full meaning
Sorry, just that the actors managed to do a lot with subtext - an expression, a gesture, and I bought it. I will have to watch more closely the next time I see it. (Must see it soon!)
Jars - May 10, 2009 12:21:29 am PDT #1257 of 30000
Star Trek!
Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
That's pretty much all I've got.
Theodosia - May 10, 2009 1:53:37 am PDT #1258 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I thought the Bones-Kirk friendship felt more 'earned' because we were free to sketch in a history between them at the academy.
tommyrot - May 10, 2009 4:05:48 am PDT #1259 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I figured Bones and Kirk became good friends because they both like booze.
(I'm only being a little sarcastic.)
eta: I agree with this EW review: [link]
Spoilery. But I think I can quote this:
Abrams revives the slightly tongue-in-cheek reverence that even those of us who aren't Trekkies still feel for Kirk, Spock, and their human/Vulcan, emotion/logic cornball yin-yang. The '60s series had its brain-warping concepts, plus all those ''special'' effects (that tacky tilt-a-cam whenever the Enterprise got hit). It was tin-pot Isaac Asimov, yet the 40-year-old cosmic joke of Star Trek is that the delectable, overemphatic ham passion of William Shatner (those staccato pauses!), counterpoised with the poker-faced minimalist charm of Leonard Nimoy, created a kind of map of the spirit for geeks everywhere. Abrams follows that map to pop bliss.
Juliebird - May 10, 2009 7:23:11 am PDT #1260 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
I only really remember the movies, so maybe that's where I get lost on what ST "should" feel like. But in the end, it doesn't matter, because I enjoyed the hell out of it and hope that there are more to come!
I forgot to note how gorgeous the cityscapes and other CGI is in this movie. Vulcan freaking blew my mind, what with the stalac-(looking it up)-tite architecture, and the atmospheric distortions and lighting was so incredibly real. This CGI snob had her socks knocked off.
Scrappy - May 10, 2009 8:21:32 am PDT #1261 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I loved the movie! Got back too late last night to squee. I am totally onboard with the Karl Urban love and was hella impressed with Zach Quinto. Loved all the casting, really. And the script. And the CGI. And everything.
Jessica - May 10, 2009 9:21:39 am PDT #1262 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
the actors managed to do a lot with subtext - an expression, a gesture
swoon
Yes. The acting was really top notch all around.
I'm seeing it again on Thursday in IMAX with people from work. Squee squee squee bounce bounce bounce!
(Dear Zachary Quinto, pls marry me. Kthxbye.)