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Well, he kicked ass with the first Star Trek (2009). No matter what came after, that movie was great and there is no denying it.
shareStar Trek '09 was a big fat pile of crap, because it steered the entire franchise away from its roots.
Your taste in movies is a big pile of crap if you think that was a bad film.
sharePray tell how Trek 09 was such a good movie?
sharePray tell?
I will try. Dear lord, I think Star Trek 09 was a great film because of the scope of the film's story, the grand, epic scale and nature and the characters involved in the thing. The emotional payoff, the great action. The score, the acting, the framing of the shots. The music, the humor. I could go on. Amen
Oh, and I loved Eric Bana in it.
As an action movie it was technically good, it just wasn't real Star Trek. Star Trek has been about much more than just pew-pew space battles, but all of the stuff that made Star Trek unique was missing. Abrams only used Star Trek so he could get into Star Wars and ruin that as well.
>>As an action movie it was technically good, it just wasn't real Star Trek.
I was hoping you meant this, and yes, it is a departure from Star Trek as we've known it to be. But it's still a good movie, even though it wasn't nerdy Trek.
You say he ruined SW, well.. I wouldn't say ruin, but he didn't up the game.
Just for comparison sake, what are action movies that are good?
shareGood action movies? There are many. I can give you a few from the last 10 years:
Rise of the Planet of the Apes, the first Iron Man, Interstellar, Upgrade, Kingsman, Fury Road, Edge of Tomorrow, Rush...
I wouldn't consider Interstellar an action movie, but I digress. I would agree with most of the movies you listed, but I wouldn't consider Trek 09 to be a good action movie let alone decent. To sum it up in a single word, Implausible. If you want to read the details, go to the Trek 09 page and read my 7 posts. The story is poor, the character actions make no sense and the over frenetic cinematography and constant dutch angles are used to overemphasize action sequences.
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I give Lindelof the lions share of the blame for Into Darkness. Though I guess Abrams did decide to go forward with that script, so he deserves his share of it as well.
shareStar Trek 09: Great film. Almost a masterpiece.
Into Darkness: Very slick, but empty somehow. It was OK.
Star Trek Beyond: Very good acting by Chris Pine. Film itself was dreadful at times.
I completely agree on this one. Abrams' first Star Trek is a remarkably good film, and I think "almost a masterpiece" sums it up. Into Darkness was lacking something that I'm never able to put my finger on; it's just not quite as good as its predecessor. Beyond was really terrible, despite some fine performances by the actors.
shareI like Trek 09, but it is nowhere near a masterpiece and has almost zero rewatch value.
shareI’ve never seen it. From what I gathered it seemed over the top.
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