Star Trek: Report
I’d say currently the best way to experience space is by going to the movies.
Here are some random thoughts I have about the movie.
If you haven’t seen it: SPOILER ALERT (possibly).
- The intro was similar to Revenge of the Sith, where the camera pans across the ship’s hull, before revealing the scene. In fact, here’s an interesting story: the writers had actually used the original Star Wars trilogy as references for cutting and pacing.
- USS Kelvin is one small ship… compared to Narada.
- I almost shed a tear whenever there are motherly moments on screen.
- That Nokia tone? Classic.
- I wonder… do they have like a Vulcan hair template or something?
- The Slusho brand had apparently survived way into the future.
- The music build-up leading in to the cantina scene was nicely done.
- Who would’ve thought Kirk and Bruce Banner were a couple?
- The Federation’s head definitely reflects the changes experienced by the world’s majority.
- The jump-to-warp-speed sequences sounded fucking awesome. It’s worth watching just for those particular scenes, especially when all 7 jumped, ship after ship after ship after…
- Kirk’s illness? Hilaaarious.
- Uhura and Spock? Logical.
- The silence during the spacedive scene is straight outta Kubrick’s page. But it looked so damn cool.
- Oh, and silly Orson.
- Katana in a space movie is kinda fun.
- Chekov is soo adorable. Like a 7 year old kid. Only he’s not.
- Planet-turned-blackhole is another awesome scene. Kinda like Jupiter turning into a secondary star in 2010.
- The giant red monster on Delta Vega was based off Cloverfield’s rejected monster designs (I’m sure everyone knows about this, so meh).
- And oh hey! I didn’t know Scotty was in this one, too!
- His little alien assistant got everybody laughing when Scotty left him on Vega.
- Kirk’s expression when he (indirectly) found out Uhura’s first name was priceless. Also, it must’ve been weird for him to find out who she was really into…
- I really like Spock’s little ship.
The story is pretty much a straight forward one, thus easy to follow, even if you’re not a trekker/trekkie (although if you are, you’ll find some pretty obvious nods to the original series).
Action scenes are aplenty, with a good dose of emotions thrown into it.
And unexpectedly, some pretty amusing moments, as well.
Some parts were almost disorientating to watch on the big screen, while most parts are filled with Abrams now-signature flares/glares, which actually looks pretty good, IMO.
I guess J.J. Abrams had done a great job in getting the average movie goers to actually fork out some money for some space movie their parents used to watch.
But of course, what better way to experience space if not at the movies?
