Starting to wonder if anyone on this site sees movies anymore? Just got done posting a quick word on my Blog so I figured I would repost it here and get some comments. Let me know what you guys think!

 

"Just needed to put up a note about the latest movie I saw in the theater. JJ Abrams actually put out one hell of a movie, IMHO - which was a bit of a shock to me. Granted, I went in with low expectations so I wouldn't be let down, but that worked out well.

 

The wife and I saw Star Trek our last night in Vegas (I know, I know - why see a movie in Vegas - you can see a movie anywhere - but Amber and I don't exactly get to see each other lately - she has been out west in Wyoming for work most of this year).

 

The actors chosen to play the original cast did so almost perfectly, Bones being the one that stays in memory. He made you feel it was a young DeForest Kelley doing the work that made him famous. The humor thrown in as well as the drama and effects were great - the time flew by, which is great for a movie that clocks in at just over 2 hours.

 

And for all the sci-fi geeks out there, the new time line approach for the storyline gives us the chance to enjoy original characters in a whole new way for the rest of time - err...well - MY lifetime at least. :)"

I saw this last week. I'd heard good things about it and I wasn't disappointed. I agree with your take on the McCoy character . . . aside from his first meeting with Kirk I thought he was channeling DeForest Kelley.

 

They really HAD to do it as an alternate timeline thing or it just wouldn't have worked IMHO. Lots of room now to go in all kinds of directions.

 

I wish Simon Pegg's Scotty had gotten some more face time though. I thought he did a great job too.

 

I don't see a lot of movies more than once in the theater but I'd see this one again.

 

Gonna try to catch the new Terminator movie over the holiday weekend. Don't have quite as high expectations for it.

I agree it was a great film and McCoy was excellently portraid. I was a little disapointed with the ending though, I didn't like the alternate timeline. As far as I've noticed generally on Star Trek there has always been some kind of continuity between the films and the TV series, they may not run exactly right all the time but you can forgive a few little errors or oversights, but this ending throws it all out.

 

Everything you ever thought you knew about Star Trek is now totally different! I did enjoy it, until after it had finished and I thought "That was it? A majorly important planet no longer exists, along with most who lived on it and it ends there?"

 

I agree that Simon Pegg was brilliant and deserved to be on screen more than he was.