Saw Cloverfield yesterday. It was ok. Made me slightly queasy and Lara nauseous. I wish there was more here because it seems like theres something very interesting going on, unfortunately its somehow always just out of frame. I’m not talking about the camera frame, I’m talking about the frame of the movie, this group of kids that fill the role of protagonist. The *thing* that is happening seems as though its just a vehicle/excuse to put these people in trouble so we can see their story, but the trouble is that story isn’t very interesting. Honestly I didn’t give two shits about the people in the movie (I’ll be damned if I could tell you the name of the main character) because the director didn’t seem to spend any time developing characters that could evoke emotion when *something bad happens*.
The story about these kids something we’ve already seen in other movies (Shawn of the Dead comes to mind) and this is just a bare-bones version. Its almost as though there are 2 different stories going on in Cloverfield, (the kids, and the *thing*) and each one is afraid of overshadowing the other. I don’t want to spoil anything so I won’t say more. It wasn’t a bad movie, but the *thing* is just so cool that I wish there was more about *it*.
I think it might be neat if we get a sequel in the future that actually happens simultaneously with the first movie, but involving new characters that helps elaborate on the *thing* and *its* story.
But thats not why I’m posting today. THIS is why I’m posting today:
Wow. Wow wow. Wow.
Ok so its just a teaser, and you don’t get to see any of the actors or story or action or really anything of the movie itself, but what you do see is the Enterprise. Under construction. On Earth. With a Leonard Nimoy voice over. And an old school 60’s style Starfleet Logo.
This thing gave me chills. Ok I’m a nerd. I admit it. I got chills from a 20 second trailer for a Star Trek movie. A movie in the Old-Trek setting is about the coolest thing ever. For this fan the Trek movies are ranked in order of appearance, with the series falling off rapidly after movie #4 and all of the Next Generation movies being utter garbage. So I’m firmly in the highly optimistic camp rather than the jaded, cranky fanboy camp.
I think Simon Pegg as Scotty is a good choice, although I don’t know enough about the actors in the other roles to make any sort of call as to their suitability (update: I think John Cho is a GREAT choice for Sulu!). I’ll let the fanboys on all of the usual movie and Star Trek sites argue that one out. As for JJ Abrams, well, I just hope he doesn’t let Cloverfield and Lost give us a Trek Movie that leaves us scratching our heads.
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