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Star Trek: Alas, Count Me Underwhelmed
May. 10th, 2009 11:37 pmI was pretty meh about Star Trek. And my sons also found it kind of boring.
( All Spoilers, All The Time, After the Cut )
You know what? I really love skiffy action adventure films, but these days they strike me as so poorly written and structured that it is quite depressing. It is possible to make a great action film with characters whose character matters to how the plot unwinds. This isn't it.
UPDATED TO ADD:
I was in the theater on a Sunday night with a large crowd, and I was pleased to see the numbers. I hope the film does really well, even if I didn't love it, because the success of big ticket sf films means there will be more, and that seems like a good thing to me.
( All Spoilers, All The Time, After the Cut )
You know what? I really love skiffy action adventure films, but these days they strike me as so poorly written and structured that it is quite depressing. It is possible to make a great action film with characters whose character matters to how the plot unwinds. This isn't it.
UPDATED TO ADD:
I was in the theater on a Sunday night with a large crowd, and I was pleased to see the numbers. I hope the film does really well, even if I didn't love it, because the success of big ticket sf films means there will be more, and that seems like a good thing to me.