Huh! That slip of the tongue (keyboard?) says it all! :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "ravenadal" <ravena...@yahoo.com> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, May 25, 2009 12:54:22 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Black Geekdom gives Star TREK Five Fists
My bad! That should be Star TREK. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , "ravenadal" <ravena...@...> wrote: > > http://blackgeekdom.com/blog/ > > It's taken me a few days to get my thoughts together. Actually, I enjoyed the > movie so much that I didn't think it would be fair to write a review so soon > after seeing the movie. So, I waited until now since I have had time to > digest everything and for the initial shock to wear off. Let me start by > saying it was difficult to not get hopes up for this movie. Star Trek wasn't > completely original (time travel, Khan-like revenge), but it did it in such a > refreshing way. Let me get to it. > > Casting was perfect. Chris Pine didn't try to imitate Shatner's Kirk, in > fact, he made the role his own. Zachary Quinto shed his Sylar skin, and > became Spock. The best casting, however, was Karl Urban as McCoy, and Simon > Pegg as Scotty. Karl Urban had the mannerisms and the vocal inflection down. > It went beyond an imitation. Simon Pegg brought his quirkiness and comedic > timing to a character that always seemed to bring humor the crew. Any movie > with Bruce Greenwood (Capt. Christopher Pike) is automatically 10 times > better. He brought a gravitas and authority to his role as the no nonsense > Captain/Academic .Without going on about everyone, everyone performed their > roles well. Oh, Eric Bana's measured performance as the snarky villainous > Nero was scary. > > The effects were great. ILM who provided the effects didn't any models in the > space scenes. If I didn't know that, I wouldn't have been able to tell. The > only problem that I had was J.J. Abrams overuse of flare. I know he was going > for a style, but after so many, it wasn't special. > > Star Trek, to me, is the best Sci-Fi movie since the Matrix, and the best > action movie since Transformers. I expect there will be more. And I can't > wait. >
