Well anyone familiar with my blog will know that I don’t
care that much for the latest incarnation of Star Trek. With the sequel just days away now I thought
I’d give my views going into this next release.
I will say upfront that I have tried to go into this movie
as spoiler free as possible. Outside of
the trailers I've looked at nothing regarding this release. I’ve heard a lot of rumours about who the villain is, everyone from Khan
to John Harrison, but I don’t know what has or hasn’t been confirmed by the
filmmakers. I didn’t see the extra nine minutes
that came out with The Hobbit in
IMAX. I haven’t watched any interviews
and I’ve flipped past every magazine article I’ve seen about it.
As I mentioned I have seen the teaser trailers, but they basically
contained everything I ranted about in my post about modern movie trailers last year. I know that JJ Abrams is directing. I know that the cast will be back. I know there will be people running around,
jumping off of high places, and firing guns.
Other than that I really have no idea what the plot of the film is at
all. Just that stuff goes boom in it
just like the last film so there should at least by some consistency with the
focus again being on spectacle and action.
On the upside though the voice-over in the second trailer talked about
Kirk needing to learn humility and that speaks to a possible character arc for
him and some much needed growth that was non-existent in Star Trek 2009. That is an
excellent sign. On the downside though with the
images of folding the Federation flag, what look like rows of coffins, and
the hands through the glass clip it seems were still not done ripping off Wrath of Khan. Would it kill you guys to find something else
to draw ‘inspiration’ from? And Star Wars
doesn’t count. Abrams already has the
reins for that franchise too; and I hope he does a great job with it, because
we need to have something good after the prequel mess.
Obviously my expectations are low given the film these guys
made last time and the lack of anything new from the initial trailers and
posters. Though I will admit I like the posters
I have seen more than the ones for Star
Trek 2009. All of this doesn’t mean that my expectations can’t be changed by what
I see on the big screen when I actually watch the film though.
I’ve gone into films expecting garbage and gotten a wonderful experience
instead. I’ve gone in with low
expectations and have them sink as I watched a film. So this can go either way here. As I said before the franchise does have
great potential in this direction, with an alternate universe giving the
creative team a chance to explore some great new themes and situations. This is the film that will let me know if
these can take that potential and make something great with it. The last film did have a lot of goals to
reach and people to please. Whether they
succeeded at that or not is obviously a matter of debate. However, this one already has a built in
audience from those who enjoyed the last film so now the time has come to push
things forward and really make this their own.
It’s make or break time guys, give me the best you’ve got.
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