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Star Trek with no spoilers whatsoever
May. 8th, 2009 01:38 pm( Some background meta on movies. )The point of all the pontificating under that cut is this: when a movie comes along that is so transparently a vehicle for making lots of money and yet you watch it and you don't care--nay, you are pleased at the idea of it making money, and even gasp! sequels!--that is a very special movie indeed.
Star Trek was that movie, folks. I was lucky enough to see it yesterday, and I was absolutely floored. Not since Iron Man has a movie caught me so completely and pleasantly by surprise. Perhaps more so than Iron Man given that my expectations for it were high and were met, whereas Star Trek looked like a freeway pile-up from its trailers and turned out wonderful.
There's plenty I can say about individual aspects of the movie that I liked or disliked, but to say anything other than I enjoyed it would be to spoil it for those who haven't gone. Suffice to say my marketing spider-sense was totally bamboozled; I forgot about how this film was supposed to be a starter for a franchise and just went along for the ride. It was a great ride.
Perhaps it helps that I'm not a Trekkie/Trekker. Your mileage, depending on your Trek-love, may vary. Overall? This was the best way I could think of them doing this reboot, and it was made with such respect and gratitude to the source material and the fans, which I consider the most important part. Because the Trekkies/Trekkers rescued the world of Star Trek from oblivion more than once, and really, you guys deserve the standing ovation. So I hope that this is what the new movie feels like to you. I hope it feels like JJ Abrams and Co. going, "We love you. We love what you love." Because that's the impression I got.
Part of what makes the comparison to Iron Man so apt for me--apart from the fact that I left both it and Star Trek with my face sore from smiling--is that sense of reverence for the source material. Even though I know this movie was given the go-ahead because someone thought it would make money, in the end, the people who made it preserved and respected the source material at heart even as they made it their own. That's movie magic.
So, if you've not already made plans, make some. I'm probably going to end up seeing it again this weekend with my mother for Mother's Day (if my sister doesn't get her to the theater today). It's totally worth it. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that the only other movies that look like they will be even half as good this summer are Up and, maybe, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. We'll see what the rest of the summer brings us.
Star Trek was that movie, folks. I was lucky enough to see it yesterday, and I was absolutely floored. Not since Iron Man has a movie caught me so completely and pleasantly by surprise. Perhaps more so than Iron Man given that my expectations for it were high and were met, whereas Star Trek looked like a freeway pile-up from its trailers and turned out wonderful.
There's plenty I can say about individual aspects of the movie that I liked or disliked, but to say anything other than I enjoyed it would be to spoil it for those who haven't gone. Suffice to say my marketing spider-sense was totally bamboozled; I forgot about how this film was supposed to be a starter for a franchise and just went along for the ride. It was a great ride.
Perhaps it helps that I'm not a Trekkie/Trekker. Your mileage, depending on your Trek-love, may vary. Overall? This was the best way I could think of them doing this reboot, and it was made with such respect and gratitude to the source material and the fans, which I consider the most important part. Because the Trekkies/Trekkers rescued the world of Star Trek from oblivion more than once, and really, you guys deserve the standing ovation. So I hope that this is what the new movie feels like to you. I hope it feels like JJ Abrams and Co. going, "We love you. We love what you love." Because that's the impression I got.
Part of what makes the comparison to Iron Man so apt for me--apart from the fact that I left both it and Star Trek with my face sore from smiling--is that sense of reverence for the source material. Even though I know this movie was given the go-ahead because someone thought it would make money, in the end, the people who made it preserved and respected the source material at heart even as they made it their own. That's movie magic.
So, if you've not already made plans, make some. I'm probably going to end up seeing it again this weekend with my mother for Mother's Day (if my sister doesn't get her to the theater today). It's totally worth it. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that the only other movies that look like they will be even half as good this summer are Up and, maybe, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. We'll see what the rest of the summer brings us.
