Originally posted: May 9th, 2009
Just what the internet needs, another random Joe's worthless opinion on it:
(Disclaimer: I've always liked Star Trek, fuck, I even liked the animated series. So it's not like I'm a trek-hater that, unsurprisingly, hated it.)
Saw the first two scenes. Roughly ten minutes. That's it. That's all I could actually take.
First Scene: Worst directing and camera work in movie/film/television history. Seriously. Words like that get tossed around a lot. But I really, truly mean it. In fact, I can actually say that the old Hana Barbara cartoons had better directing without resorting to hyperbole. I can't believe I can say that, but it's true.
Even Paul Greengrass (Of The Bourne Supremacy/Ultimatum Butchering) knows how to properly frame up a subject. People hate Michael Bay, but he can do it too. Hell, even Uwe Boll can fucking do it. But somehow JJ Abrams can't. Instead, he sets up the absolute worst shots humanly possible (this, in addition to the same paint-mixer-as-a-tripod-syndrome Greengrass suffers from), does it all deliberately, and still tries to call himself a director. What the hell is going on at Paramount that this guy has managed to secure a job?
Second Scene: BAM! Product placement in the face! In Star Trek. Yes, that's right. Product placement...in Star Trek. And you thought Minority Report was fiction. Take a good guess what company I'm never buying a phone from...
Icing On The Shit Cake: Granted: I love "Sabotage". Question: What the fuck is it doing in Star Trek?
0 comments for "Star Trek 2009/XI/Crappy-Non-Googleable-Name First Impressions"
There are currently no comments.