I just saw Star Trek Into Darkness this morning and now I'm reviewing it. This will be a spoiler free review so if you have not seen the movie yet, you are safe with me. So shall we begin?
So Star Trek Into Darkness is the sequal to the 2009 Star Trek movie. I have been looking forward to seeing this movie since mid December when I went to see The Hobbit an Unexpected Journey. Because they showed the first 9 minutes of Star Trek Into Darkness before The Hobbit. I was also looking forward to this movie because it was very intrueging. The movie was so shrouded in mystery. That's one reason why I'm a big fan of J.J Abrams movies because he's good at keeping a secret. My main concern going into this movie was that it was just going to be a rehash of the first movie with a lot of scenes with just Kirk and Spock arguing. There are scenes like that but it was not a rehash of the first movie. The main way I describe this movie is in the first one you see Kirk's rise to captain of the Enterprise. In this movie you see him earn the title of captain.
The plot of the movie without spoiling anything is a guy named John Harrison played by Benedict Cumberbatch is causing terror and Kirk wants to go after him. I've got to talk about Benedict Cumberbatch now he was menacing in this movie. When he was on screen nobody else in the scene mattered. In the trailers I saw before I went to see this movie I knew he was going to be great I just didn't know how great. His performance in the movie is one of my favorite performances by a villain in the past 6 years. He has a very interesting back story but I absolutely do not want to spoil it for those who have not seen it. Another new addition to the cast was Alice Eve she plays a weapons technician who becomes a crew member of the Enterprise. She did fine in the movie but the most memorable performance of the movie was delivered by Cumberbatch. I also want to touch on Captain Kirk as well because I'm very fascinated by his personality. He always goes at the beat of his own drum. But in this movie he reminded me a little bit of Malcolm Reynolds from Firefly and Serenity because you get the feeling that he's bitter and damaged in a few scenes. I was fascinated by that because I love damaged characters it makes you care for them more.
This movie is The Dark Knight of Star Trek. It took a movie which was already good, and expanded on the universe and made it so much better. I was not disappointed at all by this movie I'm going to give this movie 5 out of 5 stars. This is the first movie I've seen this year that I've given 5 stars to. Although the only other movie I've seen this year is Iron Man 3 so I guess that's not saying too much but I did like Iron Man 3. The next movie I plan on seeing in theatres is Man of Steel.
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Star Trek Review
With the new Star Trek movie coming out this weekend, I decided to do a review of the last Star Trek movie that came out in 2009 and was directed by J.J Abrams. Just a warning I will be doing this review with spoilers in it so if you have not seen the movie go watch it and then come back and read this review.
So Star Trek begins with the U.S.S Kelvin on a mission and then a massive warship comes out of nowhere and attacks the Kelvin. George Kirk played by a younger Chris Hemsworth has to evacuate the crew and fight off the attacking fighters to give the shuttles a chance to escape. In one of the shuttles is his pregnant wife who's in labor. She gives birth to James Kirk and George crashes the Kelvin and dies. The next pivotal scene in this movie is a conversation with Captain Pike and Kirk in a bar, Pike is trying to persuade Kirk to enlist in Star Fleet. At First Kirk does not seem interested but then he ends up enlisting. There's a test for Star Fleet cadets called the Kobeyashi Maroo (I hope I got the spelling right) The test is unwinnable, but Kirk re-programs the test and gets a high score. He gets grounded to Earth meaning he can't get assigned to any ship. But he sneaks aboard the Enterprise with the help of McCoy. And he gets pressed into action trying to disable a drill that the villain Nero is using to drill a hole in the Vulcan Atmosphere to destroy it. They disable the drill but Nero was able to destroy the planet. One thing lead to another Kirk takes control of the Enterprise rescues Captain Pike, destroys Nero, and gets named The Captain of the Enterprise.
One very interesting thing in this movie is you see Spock's logical Vulcan side and his human side which is more aggressive are at war with each other in his mind. The character development in this movie between Kirk and Spock is absolutely phenomenal it's some of the best character development I've seen in movies. The one gripe I have with the movie is it had a weak villain. He destroyed a planet with a black hole but he didn't have any weight to him. The movie was mainly about the relationship between Kirk and Spock, and Kirk becoming captain of the enterprise. However I can't wait to see Benedict Cumberbatch as the villain in this movie. From what I've seen in the trailers he will be a stronger villain than Nero was in the first movie.
I was not a Star Trek fan when I went to see this movie. I'm not a huge fan of Star Trek now, but this movie got me on board. J.J Abrams said when he was making this movie that he wasn't making Star Trek for fans of Star Trek he made it for fans of good movies. I think this was my favorite movie of 2009. It was much better than Transformers 2 that's definitely for sure. I'm going to give this movie 4.5 out of 5 stars.
So Star Trek begins with the U.S.S Kelvin on a mission and then a massive warship comes out of nowhere and attacks the Kelvin. George Kirk played by a younger Chris Hemsworth has to evacuate the crew and fight off the attacking fighters to give the shuttles a chance to escape. In one of the shuttles is his pregnant wife who's in labor. She gives birth to James Kirk and George crashes the Kelvin and dies. The next pivotal scene in this movie is a conversation with Captain Pike and Kirk in a bar, Pike is trying to persuade Kirk to enlist in Star Fleet. At First Kirk does not seem interested but then he ends up enlisting. There's a test for Star Fleet cadets called the Kobeyashi Maroo (I hope I got the spelling right) The test is unwinnable, but Kirk re-programs the test and gets a high score. He gets grounded to Earth meaning he can't get assigned to any ship. But he sneaks aboard the Enterprise with the help of McCoy. And he gets pressed into action trying to disable a drill that the villain Nero is using to drill a hole in the Vulcan Atmosphere to destroy it. They disable the drill but Nero was able to destroy the planet. One thing lead to another Kirk takes control of the Enterprise rescues Captain Pike, destroys Nero, and gets named The Captain of the Enterprise.
One very interesting thing in this movie is you see Spock's logical Vulcan side and his human side which is more aggressive are at war with each other in his mind. The character development in this movie between Kirk and Spock is absolutely phenomenal it's some of the best character development I've seen in movies. The one gripe I have with the movie is it had a weak villain. He destroyed a planet with a black hole but he didn't have any weight to him. The movie was mainly about the relationship between Kirk and Spock, and Kirk becoming captain of the enterprise. However I can't wait to see Benedict Cumberbatch as the villain in this movie. From what I've seen in the trailers he will be a stronger villain than Nero was in the first movie.
I was not a Star Trek fan when I went to see this movie. I'm not a huge fan of Star Trek now, but this movie got me on board. J.J Abrams said when he was making this movie that he wasn't making Star Trek for fans of Star Trek he made it for fans of good movies. I think this was my favorite movie of 2009. It was much better than Transformers 2 that's definitely for sure. I'm going to give this movie 4.5 out of 5 stars.
Saturday, May 4, 2013
Iron Man 3 Review
So the summer movie season is here this is the best time of the year for movies. I like this season better than Oscar season. Summer movies will not win any awards, but I have a blast the entire time I'm there. The first big summer movie is Iron Man 3. I just saw it and I want to write about it.
Iron Man 3 is the beginning of Marvel's "phase two" meaning this is the second set of movies about The Avengers. You really see Tony Stark dealing with the aftermath of the events that transpired in The Avengers. He's suffering from severe Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, he can't sleep, so he just throws himself into his work. So he's dealing with that and then the Manderin starts reeking havoc on the world. He was played by Ben Kingsley and he did a great job. In my opinion he is the biggest threat to Tony Stark that we've seen.
The main things I loved about the movie is that it does a very good job at showing that Tony Stark's intellect is his best weapon. In the first Iron Man movie when he builds the suit of armor in the cave when he was captured, he didn't have any of his cool technology he could rely on. His intellect was all he had. In Iron Man 2 there was no scene like that. Another thing I liked was that there was a kid in the movie, usually I'm against having a kid in a comic book movie because they're usually really annoying. This kid was annoying but in a different way. He had some good dialogue with Tony Stark and overall I thought the scenes with him in it were written really well. The other thing I loved was that the final showdown was very good. Unlike in Iron Man 2 where the final fight was very anti climactic, this movie's final fight scene was very engaging and very well done.
Some gripes I've heard was that Iron Man didn't get enough screen time. Similar to The Dark Knight Rises we saw more of Bruce Wayne than Batman. However in the final scene of the movie we see a lot of Iron Man and that scene was awesome. This isn't necessarily a gripe with the movie it just needs to be addressed. There is so much content in the movie it's not for casual watching. It's not just something to have on in the background while you do something else. You need to be fully invested in it. Also for those of you who don't know there's always a post credit scene in these Avengers build up movies. There is a post credit scene in this movie but it doesn't point to anything pertaining to another Avenger or villian.
Overall this was a very enjoyable movie. I like the first Iron Man movie a little bit more than this one, but it is still worth checking out. I give this one 4 out of 5 stars.
Iron Man 3 is the beginning of Marvel's "phase two" meaning this is the second set of movies about The Avengers. You really see Tony Stark dealing with the aftermath of the events that transpired in The Avengers. He's suffering from severe Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, he can't sleep, so he just throws himself into his work. So he's dealing with that and then the Manderin starts reeking havoc on the world. He was played by Ben Kingsley and he did a great job. In my opinion he is the biggest threat to Tony Stark that we've seen.
The main things I loved about the movie is that it does a very good job at showing that Tony Stark's intellect is his best weapon. In the first Iron Man movie when he builds the suit of armor in the cave when he was captured, he didn't have any of his cool technology he could rely on. His intellect was all he had. In Iron Man 2 there was no scene like that. Another thing I liked was that there was a kid in the movie, usually I'm against having a kid in a comic book movie because they're usually really annoying. This kid was annoying but in a different way. He had some good dialogue with Tony Stark and overall I thought the scenes with him in it were written really well. The other thing I loved was that the final showdown was very good. Unlike in Iron Man 2 where the final fight was very anti climactic, this movie's final fight scene was very engaging and very well done.
Some gripes I've heard was that Iron Man didn't get enough screen time. Similar to The Dark Knight Rises we saw more of Bruce Wayne than Batman. However in the final scene of the movie we see a lot of Iron Man and that scene was awesome. This isn't necessarily a gripe with the movie it just needs to be addressed. There is so much content in the movie it's not for casual watching. It's not just something to have on in the background while you do something else. You need to be fully invested in it. Also for those of you who don't know there's always a post credit scene in these Avengers build up movies. There is a post credit scene in this movie but it doesn't point to anything pertaining to another Avenger or villian.
Overall this was a very enjoyable movie. I like the first Iron Man movie a little bit more than this one, but it is still worth checking out. I give this one 4 out of 5 stars.
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