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Star Trek (2009 Movie)

4 of 5 Stars

Yeah, I was watching Star Trek during the earthquake. Right at the point that they open a huge, loud, grinding door to a remote outpost. Fortunately it was small, the movie kept playing, and we all kept watching.

watching Star Trek during the earthquake

Judging by audience reaction (to the movie, not the quake), there were definitely lots of people seeing it for the first time today, so I'll keep this non-spoilery as much as possible.

What I Liked

What I Didn't

I had no problems with the obvious canon changes, and thought that the huge event 1/3 of the way in was probably the best way they could recapture dramatic suspense and establish the idea that anything can happen.

In fact, the things that bothered me have very little to do with other versions of Star Trek. Again, trying to be as non-spoilery as I can for the people who haven't seen it.

bothering me so much in Flash: Rebirth

Music

Also, while I liked Michael Giacchino's music in context, it's very repetitive. The theater was playing the score while we waited for the film to start, and an awful lot of it is the same theme, over and over, in different arrangements.

My favorite Star Trek music is a toss-up between James Horner's scores for The Wrath of Khan and The Search for Spock, and Cliff Eidelman's score for The Undiscovered Country. We were talking about the music before the movie, and neither of us could think of anything else Eidelman had done, so I looked him up on IMDB. It turns out that he's written music for about 20 films since Star Trek VI, and I recognized almost all of them...I just hadn't actually seen any of them.

Cliff Eidelman's

— Kelson Vibber, 2009-05-18

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