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The audience cheered (Star Trek review)
May. 8th, 2009 10:10 pmJust got back from Star Trek. I haven't quite come down from the high.
Squeeeeeee!
Perhaps a review will help me to calm enough for sleep?
My plan for the afternoon worked and I got to the cinema at 6.30pm after a leisurely coffee and supper. Yum. I'm very glad that I arrived when I did: there were odd single seats dotted around the middle/back of the theatre but very few. The front rows and the pit were pretty much empty, but I really didn't want to sit down there. I found myself a pretty good seat about halfway back and felt terribly smug every time a group climbed up and down looking for seats, complaining about the cinema selling seats to a performance that was full. After a while, the audience just started pointing everyone to the front immediately to stop the whining!
There was a small cheer when the film started and it became immediately obvious that everyone in there was on the same page. Laughter in all the right places, silence where needed and, best of all, cheering and clapping with the final credits. Everyone in there had a fantastic time and I'm so glad that I decided to go tonight rather than waiting: it was the fans in there, the ones who wanted to buy into the film and love it, and later on it won't be quite such a fannish experience. All the people who recommended the digital presentation: totally worth it :-D
The film itself was great. It was absolutely born out of the original series, with enough references for the me to feel like it's "my" Star Trek film yet at the same time I think it would be accessible to people unfamiliar with the original series. I even spotted the Enterprise reference!
The actors were all great in their parts: Zachary Quinn and Karl Urban deserve particular praise. I think those two had studied the original series because their voices and delivery as Spoke and Bones were just perfect. Thankfully the actor playing Kirk hadn't studied at the School of Shatner, for which I am eternally thankful!
There's not much more that I can say without giving away big spoilers, but I will say that this Trek fan gives it ten out of ten and a solid recommendation for anyone - Trekkie or not - to see it.
And now ( let the spoilers commence )
When is the next Star Trek movie? Now? Now?
Squeeeeeee!
Perhaps a review will help me to calm enough for sleep?
My plan for the afternoon worked and I got to the cinema at 6.30pm after a leisurely coffee and supper. Yum. I'm very glad that I arrived when I did: there were odd single seats dotted around the middle/back of the theatre but very few. The front rows and the pit were pretty much empty, but I really didn't want to sit down there. I found myself a pretty good seat about halfway back and felt terribly smug every time a group climbed up and down looking for seats, complaining about the cinema selling seats to a performance that was full. After a while, the audience just started pointing everyone to the front immediately to stop the whining!
There was a small cheer when the film started and it became immediately obvious that everyone in there was on the same page. Laughter in all the right places, silence where needed and, best of all, cheering and clapping with the final credits. Everyone in there had a fantastic time and I'm so glad that I decided to go tonight rather than waiting: it was the fans in there, the ones who wanted to buy into the film and love it, and later on it won't be quite such a fannish experience. All the people who recommended the digital presentation: totally worth it :-D
The film itself was great. It was absolutely born out of the original series, with enough references for the me to feel like it's "my" Star Trek film yet at the same time I think it would be accessible to people unfamiliar with the original series. I even spotted the Enterprise reference!
The actors were all great in their parts: Zachary Quinn and Karl Urban deserve particular praise. I think those two had studied the original series because their voices and delivery as Spoke and Bones were just perfect. Thankfully the actor playing Kirk hadn't studied at the School of Shatner, for which I am eternally thankful!
There's not much more that I can say without giving away big spoilers, but I will say that this Trek fan gives it ten out of ten and a solid recommendation for anyone - Trekkie or not - to see it.
And now ( let the spoilers commence )
When is the next Star Trek movie? Now? Now?
