Star Trek First Impressions (SPOILERS IN THREAD)

Don't get me wrong, there is a lot of action to go around and sometimes it is so intense that it is hard to follow.

But it doesn't really hop from action scene to action scene like dark knight did leaving the audiene in a non stop thrill ride....it just feels more methotical to me somehow.

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As a whole, I like this better than Khan.

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Bold statement my friend. I guess I have to see this in a theater.

I like Khan as much as the next guy, but I think Spock dying made the impact of the movie so strong. That was of course mutilated by Search For.

Once again, Khan still wins for emotional impact, but I laughed way more in Trek and the action sequences were of the charts.

I am not saying everyone will like Trek better than Khan, but I did.

My main beef was the accent. Hopefully in the next movie they dial it down a little bit or maybe don't give chekov so many lines.

It had its entertaining parts... but overall it was just dumb. It was super campy, the plot was weak, nimoy mailed in his performance, they didn't develop the antagonist's character, a lot of the plot elements didn't make sense or were not consistent throughout the movie... ugh... too much to type. It was just shallow and campy, like something written by a 13 year old.

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but overall it was just dumb. It was super campy, the plot was weak

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Amazing how a dumb and campy movie is getting positive reviews from across the nation. Must be commonplace for a dumb campy movie to get close to universe praise.

The movie has quite a few flaws, but there are few to no things it does that are outright bad, making it as solid of a popcorn flick as we've seen in decades, outside of The Dark Knight. That's why it is getting tons of positive praise.

All I have to say is it was quite apparent the audience as a whole loved it. Plenty of clapping, laughing and cheering at the end.

Still 95% at rottentomatoes.

I hope Chris Pine does not get the Green Lantern gig because that could slow down production of the next Trek Film.

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The first hour seemed like an adrenaline rush. I was on the edge of my seat through many of the action sequences.

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You see, that kinda goes with showing too much because of the trailer. The opening scene really didn't do much for me because I already knew he was doing to die in a self sacrificing way. And then they didn't even find a creative way of doing it. Then because when the hearing was disrupted by he distress call to Vulcan, I knew it was doing to be blown up. Maybe that is why it seemed a little slow for me, I had to keep waiting for it to get to something major that I didn't already know.

That said, having thought about it, I got 2 questions;

So when did Romulan planet blow up? Spock was still alive so it couldn't have been that far in the future, and yet Nemesis involved their planet.

What was the connection with the Klingons...why was there an attack before both major events (where Kirk's dad died and when they blew up Vulcan).

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Spock was still alive so it couldn't have been that far in the future, and yet Nemesis involved their planet.

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Well first, everything has changed. They say that once they realize Nero is from the future. "Alternate reality, destinies changed, etc etc"

But for the record, Romulus blows up after Nemesis.