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[verity83]

So,

So it finally came to the Kuhn here in Lebanon so we went and saw it last night. Sat through four previews that made me groan, starting with Terminator and Transformers and ending with Harry Potter. So not in a hurry to see any of those.

Anyway, the movie was so over-the-top but enjoyable for the simple fact that the actors did a really good job impersonating the TOS cast without making a huge joke out of the whole thing. I felt that I could believe each of them would be the characters they ended up being later on. I think young Kirk had a big attitude problem, but to be honest I think his acting was way more convincing than William Shatner's. He was a bit of a jerk, but he acted the part really well and of course in the end managed to redeem himself by Saving the Day.

The alternate time stuff always confuses me, though, when it's all said and done.

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[laughingmagpie.livejournal.com]

I've seen this movie and kinda sort liked it too ;-)

I noticed and loved the score from first viewing. One thing I noticed and really liked was how the original TOS theme never got going until the end, but there were moments that it almost happened. I especially noticed that just after Kirk and McCoy's shuttle takes off, just after they meet. I think they used an incomplete tease of the theme a couple times to mark points along the way to the crew being together - and, like the crew, the theme never comes to completion until the final scene.

[butterbobbin.livejournal.com]

That's an interesting point! I guess I didn't really notice that... probably because at the end it jarred me to realise, "Oh, yeah, duh - of course the closing credits aren't going to have the TNG theme."

The original theme has been running through my head all day, though. It's craaaazy.

[nuranar.livejournal.com]

BTW, the new theme is extremely catchy. It was in my head after hearing it maybe three times. It rapidly drove my mother nuts, too. (She's not a music fan, but she endures it for the rest of us.) Even Byron commented on it. We had a Music Man rehearsal on Sunday evening, and it was running in our heads up to the minute we started singing. And within minutes of leaving? It was back!

[butterbobbin.livejournal.com]

:-p The story of my life...

[nuranar.livejournal.com]

Yes yes YES to all the soundtrack comments. It builds and almost gets there, but it isn't; and yet it's not a disappointment. And then when it actually does happen, it's Yay! We're home! This is how it's supposed to be! I love it.