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TOP 11 DUMBEST things about this sad excuse for a movie

posted 8 years ago by mourasantos
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#11 - Simon Pegg's Saturday Morning Cartoon take on his character, complete with an infuriating insistence to add "lassy" to at least 50% of his lines of dialogue

#10 - Kirk's knowing smiles into the camera. They were growing old the second time he did it, by the fifth it became cringe worthy.

#9 - Every single one of Bones' one-liners falling utterly flat.

#8 - Shot way too brightly at times, which made some of the sets stand out as being just that: sets.

#7 - Kirk's contrived personal crisis in the beginning of the film, and his nifty change of heart at the end of the film.

#6 - The Enterprise being torn apart to a sole remaining giant satellite dish, and everyone acting like the damage is barely more than superficial

#5 - Zoe Saldana phoning in her performance (she couldn't even bother to fake caring about that alien woman being killed by Krall)

#4 - The scene where Kirk rolls up in a bike shooting super glue out of its ass

#3 - Kirk's lenience toward Kalara when she was effectively responsible for the murder of hundreds of Enterprise crew personnel

#2 - Kickstarting the U.S.S. Franklin by driving it off a cliff

#1 - Defeating the Swarm with Beastie Boys (blaring out of what looks to be a Betamax)

And many, many other inanities.

How anyone could prefer this dreck to its vastly superior predecessors is BEYOND (pun intended) me.

[–] Bloodfordracula 8 years ago

This was the first ST movie ever shot digitally (not on 35mm film) which is why it looked so bad - poor color, contrast, dynamic range and sets looking fake. I worked on this movie and the sets looked way more impressive in real life than in the movie.

[–] BQQ 8 years ago

This was the first ST movie ever shot digitally (not on 35mm film) which is why it looked so bad - poor color, contrast, dynamic range and sets looking fake. I worked on this movie and the sets looked way more impressive in real life than in the movie.

True, that a very big shame. In addition to providing an undeniably superior source material, movies shot on film just turn out better because the whole shooting process feels more meaningful.

"People get it wrong, but in today's world we don't live longer, we just die harder." -Bruce Willis

[–] mourasantos 8 years ago

Good point. Film > Digital

[–] mourasantos 8 years ago

lol wut

[–] PeterJasonQuill 8 years ago

Same. It was a true Star Trek film. For all Trekkies alike, and even people who aren't really bothered about Star Wars or Star Trek, even Star Wars fans will probably like this. That's how good it is.

[–] mourasantos 8 years ago

That's how good it is.

Hahaha talk about blinkered.

[–] bjlevine 8 years ago

I agree. It felt more like an episode of the series than either of the two previous films.

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[–] tb-sch 8 years ago

#14 - Getting a theory how to destroy all enemies within seconds out of nowhere after fighting them coneventionally for a whole movie.

#13 - Revealing how the McGuffin weapon which apparently is the reason the Enterprise was lured on the planet is pretty insignificant next to the fleet Krall already commands.

#12 - Krall forgetting where he parked his own apparently hardly damaged ship.

[–] dreamstate123 8 years ago

The blatant Star Wars ship sound effects used for the enemy ships. Was It that hard for the sound engineers to come up with something original? Guess not. Almost none of the dialogue between the characters was satisfying. Someone said It seemed like a TV episode, and not a very good one. True. The only difference was the movie special effects. The story wasn't very complicated or interesting. Very tacky and stupid In a number of scenes. Nothing really moving, even the time given to Spock's death. Overall, meh. I was expecting way, way more on every level except the CGI. Also, way too many damn explosions. I also love new thought provoking technology. Wasn't really enough in this to interest me.

[–] jeklor 8 years ago

It really was dreadful. I like Simon Pegg but he just doesn't know Star Trek. Adding a few lines that reference the original series isn't enough to make a good film. The characters in these reboots have 0 chemistry and even less substance.

[–] umme4uke 8 years ago

The Beastie Boys moment was totally cringe worthy, I agree.

I thought Bone's fell flat some of the time - but not all of the time.

I don't think Pegg is any good outside of contemporary comedy and pushes himself (and his ideas) into modern Sci FI reboots more because he likes the originals than actually having any additive skills toward them. I appreciate he really enjoys the sources and that his heart is in the right place but when is his brain going to kick in and make him realise he's not very good in serious roles or at storytelling?

Some of the other points you note (superglue bike, Enterprise destruction and Franklin jump starting) were indeed silly when you think about them in isolation but I didn't find them deal breakers in the moment.