Star Trek 7 - what did I think?
Star Trek
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The story chronicles the early days of James T. Kirk and his fellow USS Enterprise crew members during their time at Starfleet Academy.
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So what did I think?
It was going to be long.
Apparently. And I had expectations. It has been a few years since the last "next
gen" ST movie and they were beginning to disappoint. The attempts at "prequels"
for Star Wars completely failed in my mind. Science Fiction turned
pulpy-emotive-finicky messes. So I was in a questionable mood even before it
started.
I watched it, quietly in my seat,
pop-corn, diet-coke in hand at the VMaxx cinema Innaloo. Did this make a
difference? Probably not to me, realistically, I could have stayed home and
watched this on my own TV and had much the same experience. To be honest, I
believe it was the soundtrack. It left me unsatisfied with the levels of
tension, suspense and excitement I was expecting. "There's meant to be a big
KABOOOOM!".
The cast had familiarity. But not
from mainstream film. More from various television productions. And Aussie Eric
Bana was unconvincing as a rogue Romulan.
I won't describe the story, go see
it for yourself. It wasn't spoiled by "romance" as I suspected it would be, a
little confused perhaps, but if nothing else, this has left it wide open for a
'prequel-sequel'. That is one of my primary annoyances. I came to see a complete
film, not the start of another serial.
We shall wait and see.
Sylvestor
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