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May 8th, 2009
09:25 am - Star Trek *****
Peter Bradshaw in the Guardian gives Star Trek five stars. That is very unusual for him.
I was just talking to  happytune about this. I think Bradshaw has difficulty being fair to genre films, and therefore sometimes he over-compensates. He is trying to be open minded but I feel it is new and uncertain territory for him.
However, I think his judgement is generally good, so I hope he is right about this one.
ETA - nice summary
Why have we filmgoers wasted so much of our time and attention on all those other beta-male bondings and under-par buddy hookups when the greatest friendship of all was right there under our noses? The story of Kirk and Spock is brought thrillingly back to life by a new first generation: Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto, who give inspired, utterly unselfconscious and lovable performances, with power, passion and some cracking comic timing. It's a film in which my chief emotion was a kind of grinning embarrassment at enjoying it all quite so much.
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94% on Rotten Tomatoes at the moment, so the critics are almost universally in favour. I think that's a very good sign redscharlach also thought it was excellent, though I haven't read her review because of spoilers. Yes, I feel quite the same. I even sort-of-skimmed that one I linked to, though he's generally sensible about spoilers.
Edited at 2009-05-08 08:55 am (UTC) I was hoping to see it for my birthday but it wasn't out then. We've booked for tomorrow evening at the luxury cinema where they serve you drinks and food in your LAzyboy lounger if you order it. However it's mainly so we get comfy seats without kids kicking the back of it as happened in the last Star Trek film I went too. W00t!
We only go there for blockbuster type films; otherwise the little Berkeley down by the sea is our cinema of choice. I wish we had a cinema where they give you drinks and food (and I don't mean toxic nachos) - it sounds like a cabaret! You can order tapas, savouries, and desserts, all of them good enough to be served at a restaurant; also excellent espresso coffee, tea (presumably), and wine. Waiters bring your order to your set with linen napkins and nice crockery; each pair of seats has a table and lamp between them. At least I hope it's still like that; it was a year or so ago. I've been about 5 times. :-D The chairs and footrests are also adjustable.: ahhh, luxury. The only downside is the distraction from the film when the orders arrive.
I think we're seeing this one on the Sumo screen, the biggest in NZ. I'm glad we're in the back row!
Edited at 2009-05-08 09:04 pm (UTC) I realised I want to see this movie as soon as I was informed that they have Sylar from Heroes playing Spock. In the other direction, if he does a good performance it might make me want to watch Heroes. Nah. I'm just interested because the mixture of the characters of Sylar and Spock is so epically wrong.
And Heroes is pretty crap. It has three interesting characters and a whole bunch of annoying dimwits. The small amount I saw didn't really grab me, but sometimes you need to watch a show for ages to really appreciate it Heroes is pretty much the opposite of that. I think the first season of Heroes is worth watching, as a fun fast-paced twisty-plotted superhero show, but don't bother with S2 or 3. ![[User Picture]](https://l-userpic.livejournal.com/79525392/399125) | | From: | ajr |
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| Date: | May 8th, 2009 07:39 pm (UTC) |
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IAWTC. I'm jazzed for the bit where Spock up and eats everyone's braaaaiiiiins. *skims other comments* Um...how would I know...do I seem like the sort of person who would watch that mindless tri--oh okay fine technically he doesn't literally eat them but up until the beginning of this season it was very much open for debate and therefore naturally I took it as a given 'cause I'm all about the zombies *SMOKE BOMB* I saw the 5-star review and it made my morning.
Can't wait to see it! PS ION, what did you think of the Mad Men final episode? Without giving any spoilers - thought it was great: a really complex ending, wasn't just going through the motions, managed to surprise me. Yeah - what about you? I love where it's going this series (read a review somewhere that discussed how it's become more about the women, which I think is true). As you say, a complex ending which leaves many possible directions for the next series to go. Really liked it. I'm looking forward to this one a lot. I hope you enjoy it. Me too - and I love that icon! :-) Thank you!
Spock's Brain may be dreadful, but it's part of the whole, and I still love it. The Observer review was positive too, which surprised me, as their reviewer isn't exactly Mr Pop Culture 2009. |
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