Tue, June 2, 2009
Some interesting decisions, some inexplicable ones (that much lens flare??), but one thing's for certain: Michael Giacchino is the most versatile and talented film composer of his generation.
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Tue, June 2, 2009
Some interesting decisions, some inexplicable ones (that much lens flare??), but one thing's for certain: Michael Giacchino is the most versatile and talented film composer of his generation.
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Joe Mulder — Wed, 6/3/09 12:39pm
Right???
Bee Boy — Thu, 6/4/09 10:52am
Oh, I forgot to say: I never believed Zachary Quinto as Spock. The boy Spock was great, and Nimoy was of course pretty Spockish, but whenever Quinto was on-screen, all I saw was a pouty Sylar with a bowl cut.
And Abrams really needs to get over his obsession with Futura as a title font. It's one thing for Kubrick or Wes Anderson to pepper it throughout their oeuvres, but the continuity between Rushmore and Tenenbaums is not there between Lost, Fringe, and Star Trek. (Unless I'm missing something.)
But, yeah – Giacchino. Jeebus. Alias, The Incredibles, Ratatouille, this. He's just freakin' unbelievable. There's nothing he can't do.
Joe Mulder — Thu, 6/4/09 12:38pm
Almost by definition...
I checked out on HEROES right about the time Quinto checked in, so I never developed the Michael Gross-level hatred that you seem to have (which is fine; to each his own). I thought he was the ideal Spock, personally (though I was never a particularly big STAR TREK fan, so it's not like I was emotionally invested one way or another in whom they cast). I also enjoyed Huff's son as Chekhov. Hell, I enjoyed everybody.
Although I will say (spoiler alert coming, but really only for those who have never heard of STAR TREK in any way, shape or form) that Kirk's ascension from stowaway to captain happened preposterously fast. But whatever. Good movie.
Bee Boy — Thu, 6/4/09 1:53pm
Well "Michael Gross-level" is a little harsh (even for Michael Gross, as it turns out). I could take or leave Z-Quint, I just think he's dull and bad. Dull is basically the central tenet of Vulcanism, so that's not a big deal, but I thought he was pouty and annoying, which was a disservice to Spock – who, beyond being the film's central character, was the only guy I liked from the original show. (Not that I've ever seen the show, but from available evidence Spock would be my favorite, with Kevin Pollack's impression of Shatner as Kirk a close second.)
Obviously, no complaints about Anton Yelchin or Simon Pegg, and I also liked Karl Urban, who came out of nowhere for me. (Well, apparently came out of LOTR, but that's like "nowhere" to me.)