People liked that new Star Trek movie?

KingofNicotine

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First let me say I have never cared for Star Trek. I rented that new one because of how popular it was but basically it's a generic action movie with Star Trek characters superimposed on them.

This shit is unwatchable.

 

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Unwatchable?! That is a bit of a stretch. Name 5 movies that were better in 2009.

I thought it was great.

 

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I dunno but this sucks so far. They're supposed to be in the future but they act like modern American people. Makes no sense.

 

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Hurt Locker
Law abiding Citizen
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Star Trek
Hangover

Those were the 5 best films of 2009 to me (in no particular order)

 

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Hurt Locker
Law Abiding Citizen
Inglorious Basterds
Zombieland
District 9

Those were good.

 

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Oh ya. Forgot about District 9. That was great.

Have not seen Inglorious or Zombie yet, this is a good reminder.

 

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Inglorious Basterds and Zombieland are both better than Star Trek, IMO.

 

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Zombieland was a pleasant surprise. Just mindless shooting and Woody does a great job.

 

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thought the new star trek was one of the best in years in the cycle........was very interesting to see the early on storyline.......

 

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but then again, I AM A FAN....

 

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Well it's about 40 minutes in and it got better.

 

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Star Trek was entertaining, and I thought a few of the characters showed promise (young Spock most notably) - but that's about all the good I can say about it.

If you don't mind slowish films, I watched "An Education" a few days ago and really enjoyed it. Really solid performances from Peter Sarsgaard and Alfred Molina.

 

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KingofNicotine said:

...it's a generic action movie ...

This shit is unwatchable.

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I hate to be the one to break this to you but there hasn't been an original movie that has come out of Hollywood in twenty years, if not more.

I guess I need to hyphenate Holly-wood on this site if I mean the city?

 

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I saw the whole thing it was better than I thought. The beginning scenes were very generic and boring but then it gets better.

I now Hollywood has been making the same movie for 20 years now with some exceptions.

 

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I gave my girlfriend and her roommates a ton of shit for liking the Star Trek movie. Then I watched it. As someone who never liked the show (at all), I really though the movie was quite good.

 

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RobFunk said:

Hurt Locker
Law abiding Citizen
Avatar
Star Trek
Hangover

Those were the 5 best films of 2009 to me (in no particular order)

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Watched Hangover a few nights ago. Hilarious.

 

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dsitrict 9 i turned off 20 minutes into the flick. thought star trek was enjoyable enough.

 

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SHAMELESS said:

dsitrict 9 i turned off 20 minutes into the flick. thought star trek was enjoyable enough.

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District 9 is a movie that should come with a disclaimer to tell the audience make sure you watch beyond the 1st 30 mins...otherwise you miss a great flick. The beginning is a different style of film, almost a documentary within a film.


...on the other topic of this thread I wasn't blown away by Star Trek.

 

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never been a big fan of the franchise, but i liked the movie, nothing spectacular but overall it was alright.

 

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movie threads might be my favorite part of therx lately

never even heard of hurt locker, good movie huh?