First off…sorry that I’ve not been on the blog stuff. Work and Twitter (which I now hardly use.)
If good directing is all about good decisions than JJ Abrams is a great director. I saw Star Trek yesterday and was amazed. Every call was right.
Okay he had a few slip ups. The Green Woman who shared a room with Uhuru. Why didn’t Kirk, Sulu and Crewman soon to die, when they parachuted into the atmosphere of Vulcan have re-entry burn? And if Nero could travel back in Time why not go back and save his planet instead of look for Spock? I thought the stupidest Aliens were the ones from Signs who were scared of water yet decide to attack a planet that is 70% water. But we have a fresh contender.
Okay so I’m being silly. It’s a revenge film I get it. And I really did. How he re-introduced the crew was immense. Pegg who I really didn’t want to like was outstanding. I also felt JJ’s use of the CG wide shot was incredible. There was a sequence at the end when Spock attacks the Romulan ship and they fire at him. Just a huge wide shot of glowing dots but it looked so good. You needed it.
Again like all Abrams films his sound designers were again immense. The silence of space when Kirk jumps and all we hear is his breathing! Wow. And then bringing back the TV theme at the end. Hello Bond people? Are you watching??
I was thinking about the film well into the next day which in my mind is always the sign that the film is good. It left an echo. By the way check out JJ’s MYSTERY BOX TED lecture…http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/j_j_abrams_mystery_box.html
Loved the film too but the bad guys are pissed off miners!!! They rebooted a huge franchise with revenge fueled miners who happen to have the biggest ship anyone has ever seen who after falling through a black hole attack the first federationship they see and then hide for 25 years to wait for spock (he’s got the red matter on his ship so they can’t do any more black holes until he turns up). C’mon guys thatks almost as bad as the evil estate agent in Quantam of Solace. Never mind, the main gang were awesome so I’ll forgive them this time…
Next up Terminator, apparently they send a house cleaning robot to kill John Connor.
Ahhh Barry when you’re right you’re right. Revenge of the Miners. Very good. Yes…well exposed sir.
Hi,
Thanks for commenting. I try…and update every Monday with what I’ve got in the tank…at the moment though work is pretty tough so it makes it harder which is why its important/greta to get responses as it feels worth while!
Mark.