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labellementeuseSo I forced myself out of bed at 10am and managed to hang out two loads of washing, have a shower, and get myself on a bus into town in order to catch Star Trek at 11. (This is massively productive for me.) I saw it solo because to see it with anyone I would have to wait until Sunday and well. I probably will go on Sunday anyway. But I didn't want to wait.
and it was VERTIGO VERTIGO VERTIGO. Ugh ugh ugh the scene with Sulu (btw: total hotass, my fave) and Kirk on the death ray? Aaaaaaaaaaaah. I was OK when they were falling through the air but the bits where they're hanging off platforms about to die? I HATE those bits.
But other than that? Loved it. I kind of want to mention that cast diversity that was ahead of its time twenty years ago, uh, isn't when you replicate it in 2009, but they were obviously making good-faith attempts to increase the numbers of women & people of colour in background shots.
ALSO: Casting thoughts: ZOE SALDANA, fuck yeah! Remember her from Centre Stage? AKA my favourite ballet movie ever? No? Well, you suck. I didn't realise that was actually Leonard Nimoy until the credits! Someone has mentioned that this movie was perfectly designed to make fans adore it because it cast a lot of people who are fannish favourites (Pegg, Cho and Quinto most obviously. I guess Karl Urban counts too because of Eomer; I should be more pleased to have a fellow Wellingtonian doing so well but, well, the dude went to Wellington College which means there is an 87% chance he's a total asshole!) I actually was sceptical about that before the movie because, well, I just could not see freakin' Sylar as Spock - but I take it all back! I was wrong! Amazing.
The other thing I thought about the movie was that I had the feeling it would have been so much more awesome if I had the canon background - kind of like watching the Lord of the Rings movies, maybe. Oh well.
So... Kirk/Spock, people. Where do I go?
and it was VERTIGO VERTIGO VERTIGO. Ugh ugh ugh the scene with Sulu (btw: total hotass, my fave) and Kirk on the death ray? Aaaaaaaaaaaah. I was OK when they were falling through the air but the bits where they're hanging off platforms about to die? I HATE those bits.
But other than that? Loved it. I kind of want to mention that cast diversity that was ahead of its time twenty years ago, uh, isn't when you replicate it in 2009, but they were obviously making good-faith attempts to increase the numbers of women & people of colour in background shots.
ALSO: Casting thoughts: ZOE SALDANA, fuck yeah! Remember her from Centre Stage? AKA my favourite ballet movie ever? No? Well, you suck. I didn't realise that was actually Leonard Nimoy until the credits! Someone has mentioned that this movie was perfectly designed to make fans adore it because it cast a lot of people who are fannish favourites (Pegg, Cho and Quinto most obviously. I guess Karl Urban counts too because of Eomer; I should be more pleased to have a fellow Wellingtonian doing so well but, well, the dude went to Wellington College which means there is an 87% chance he's a total asshole!) I actually was sceptical about that before the movie because, well, I just could not see freakin' Sylar as Spock - but I take it all back! I was wrong! Amazing.
The other thing I thought about the movie was that I had the feeling it would have been so much more awesome if I had the canon background - kind of like watching the Lord of the Rings movies, maybe. Oh well.
So... Kirk/Spock, people. Where do I go?
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Date: 2009-05-13 09:55 am (UTC)Thank you for the links! <3
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Date: 2009-05-13 10:02 am (UTC)You're totally welcome. Please let me know if you find anything awesome anywhere else!
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