| Review : |
From the start, I enjoyed the film overall, and managed to go almost 2 months avoiding knowing what happens to the point where I could see it (you won't believe how busy I've been and I'm quite a trek-addict). A lot has been said in the other reviews so I won't go on too long. I left the movie not really knowing what to think, but the destruction of Vulcan really scarred the remainder of the movie, because I needed time to digest the fact that we had just hit the reboot button. Some say maybe it needed doing, but I really don't think it did even though I know that's just an opinion. Regardless, like many people I was expecting an "undo" button to be pressed at some point by the end of the film, and was actually a bit disappointed when it didn't happen, this marred my experience because Trek is all about the continuity. There was plenty of scope in the already-changed lives of the new crew for a reinvigoration without shattering the entire futures-past of the franchise..... the bottom line is, how can a film that erases the events of Amok Time get the all-thumbs up? Otherwise, I think I agree with just about every other reviewer, Karl Urban was SUPREME as McCoy. Just perfect in every way. Apart from him and Pegg as Scotty, the performances were all new, rather than homages to the original cast... noteably this may be because the original actors of those two particular crewmen are dead, and as such, their new portrayal was taken with reverence, rather than renewal. And I think that's a bit of a shame in a way, one because it diminishes the otherwise solid performances of the other cast members, but two because it would simply have been better that way. |
