All three of these reviewers are ladies, and all three seem to really enjoy and get a kick out of STAR TREK INSURRECTION. Hmmmmm.... Interesting. Picard has a strong romance, Riker and Troi get together.... Hmmmmmmmm.... Makes sense. As with all STAR TREK films I am looking forward to this one, especially since it comes out on my BIRTHDAY and will most likely be the first thing I go out and do on that Friday (December 11th), it certainly has to be FAAAAAAAAAAAAAR better than the wretched pile of frozen albino excrement I saw today (Jack Frost)!!! In all, the bad reviews seemed to have stopped, and favorable to very happy reviews have begun. Good, I'm up for a good Star Trek.
We, who would like to be referred to as Spacewhore and Deceptacon, have just attended an Exhibitor Screening of Strek Treks ninth installment. It was held at the Carmike Cinemas Creekside 5,6,7 in Salt Lake City Utah and was open to Carmike employees accross the state. In attendance were some Carmike Cinemas representatives, some Paramount representatives and maybe fifteen to twenty Carmike employees, managers and crew chiefs. (And in our group we slipped in a friend and brother.) It started promptly at 2:00 on Tuesday, we had a letter which was our ticket in, but the Paramount rep confinscated it (ironically, we were allowed to keep the one from the uncompleted RugRats preview.)
Before we get into this we would like to assure everyone that we are die-hard Sci-fi fanse, and Star Trek fans who follow the series (side for voyager, it sucks, and death to that fucker Wayoun) but we are ALSO Star Wars fans and although we liked Star Wars more, it had abseloutly no bearing on this review.
The movie started and had no trailers, just straight into the stars circling the mountain and the Star Trek main theme. It first opened with a confunsing scene of a group of Star Fleet officers observing this primitive community and a number of cloaked men, Data included, moving through this community unseen. The men then chase down Data and he beats the crap out of them and reveals their secret. It then opened with the hustle and bustle of a diplomatic Enterprise (the crew in dress uniforms entertaining diplomatic guests.)
The scene opens with most of the main characters and then Worf appears. Worfs appearance on the Enterprise-E was never fully explained, they tried covering it up with simultaneous dialogue and the real answer trailing away in a mumble.
Picard is briefed about the situaton with Data (and the reason Data was on this planet was never fully explained either). Picard whisks to save Data because an Admiral wants him blown to bits and he tells Riker they are dealying Worfs move back to DS9 and taking him to the Briar Patch with him.
To prevent this from becoming a script treatment and turning it back in to a review, we are moving this essay right to that direction.
This movie was great for a few reasons: One, Riker and Troi back together (these are some of the funniest scenes, the chemistry between these two was forgotten because we don't know why and the Paramount executives realized they screwed up and now they're trying to make up for it with the "bathtub shaving scene".) Two, the Sona looked cool. Their ships looked better even though Riker kicks their ass. Three, Frakes' directing was abseloutly fantastic. He will be a good director for future movies. And Four, The villian was just plain fun to hate, anyone who proposes genocide, of 600 or 6 million people is fun to hate. The Coolest thing about this movie is we get to see Worf kick some ass. Also, we finally here some word of the Federation failing from the Dominon.
This movie had it's problems as well. The first is that the content of this movie seemed like a throw back from the episode format. It was an hour and forty-six minutes long, bet it felt short enough to be crammed into one episode on Fox. The second problem was the lack of cool ground battle sequences. F. Murray Abraham's character suggest a full ground assault like three times, and the only thing stopping him is the admiral. He gets rid of the admiral and still we see no ground assaults. The other thing it lacked was more space fighting. In a time where movies that are high on the epic battle scale are being awaited (Episode I) it seems kind of a let down. Another problem is Worf, he has dreamfilled nights where he sleeps in and is restless and we don't get an explanation (we assume Jadzia is plagueing him) but there is no explanation. The other large problem with this movie is the kid trying to show Data "fun" and how to be a kid. It just wasn't necassary, because it set itself up for some humourus pay-offs but there were none. And can somebody go to the prop department and fish out Geordis fucking visor? We've got Marylin Manson at the helm, and we want Geordi La-Forge.
This movie was well enjoyed, and as with most Trek movies, had it's share of problems and succesess, but I think this one sets itself up for another movie in a couple of years with the DS9 crew AND the Enterprise crew kicking the Dominons ass (wouldn't it be funny if the series finale of DS9 ended at a cliff-hanger that resolved in a tenth movie?)
Don't get us wrong, this was a great movie, go see it. You will both like it and at the seem time be dissapointed because you'll have another hour to kill after the movie because you alotted 2 hours to go see it.
Oh Well.
Space Whore and Deceptacon signing off.
And here is the third opinion.....
I work at one of the literary agencies in town...my boss checked out the star trek screening on thurs night. She sent me this review to pass along to her supieror and i figured you would like to read it and maybe post
This movie is exceptional. It stays true to the original Star Trek spirit, exploring moral themes and dilemmas without missing a beat in the action arena. This movie has heart and action, a can't miss combination. For Star Trek fans it uses all the characters to it's fullest. Capt. Picard/Patrick Stewart looks great and is more accessible then ever before. Donna Murphy, as Picard's love interest, is beautiful and strong; a perfect match which makes both of them light up the screen. The rest of the crew is strong and appealing. The locations and sets are beautiful. The Gilbert & Sullivan action sequence is deliciously unforgettable and Picard's final showdown is as great a scene as in any action movie. This film will be great for both trekkies and novices alike. We anticipate major box office.
