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I saw the new ST reboot! I went with both roommates and one of M's girl-friends and WSFA!S. (She needs a cooler nickname for the purposes of internet chatter.) Because we were poorly organized, we got to the theater ten minutes before the movie started. We found three seats together in the front, and WSFA!S and I made about half of a row shuffle their legs so that we could sit dead center, and it was awesome, because we could giggle together like giddy fools. Roommate M. thinks Kirk (as played by Chris Pine) is totally and unironically hot, her friend says and H. said she liked Spock, and I looked at them like they were from another planet, because I have a type: smart, and self-aware, or at least funnily un-aware of how they present themselves. ST buried its self-aware in sets, costumes, and loving recreation of '60s schmaltz with '00s movie aesthetics, and didn't put any of it into the characters, except maybe for Leonard Nimoy's Spock.
It's worth noting that I think I last went to the movies sometime last summer, which should tell you how I value Hollywood movies. If it doesn't have epic huge explosions (which can be seen at matinee prices), I'm waiting for Redbox to get the DVD. But watching ST while hyped up on Raisinettes? Priceless.
( That's about all I can say without spoilers. )
WSFA!S and I stayed to watch the credits, lost our other three, and eventually summoned them back through the powers of the cell phone. We eventually lost S to the hour, got dessert and sat around for another hour, and I got home after midnight, hyped on sugar, and wrote two-thirds of this until two in the morning.
Oh - trailers! Sometimes the best part of the moviegoing experience. I leaned over to S and we giggled our way through Transformers 2, G. I. Joe, and 9 spots. (I could not figure out what franchise the G. I. Joe movie was from until the reveal rolled.) These are mostly not movies I will be rushing to see. But the new ST movie totally gets my vote for Popcorn Summer Flick 2009.
It's worth noting that I think I last went to the movies sometime last summer, which should tell you how I value Hollywood movies. If it doesn't have epic huge explosions (which can be seen at matinee prices), I'm waiting for Redbox to get the DVD. But watching ST while hyped up on Raisinettes? Priceless.
( That's about all I can say without spoilers. )
WSFA!S and I stayed to watch the credits, lost our other three, and eventually summoned them back through the powers of the cell phone. We eventually lost S to the hour, got dessert and sat around for another hour, and I got home after midnight, hyped on sugar, and wrote two-thirds of this until two in the morning.
Oh - trailers! Sometimes the best part of the moviegoing experience. I leaned over to S and we giggled our way through Transformers 2, G. I. Joe, and 9 spots. (I could not figure out what franchise the G. I. Joe movie was from until the reveal rolled.) These are mostly not movies I will be rushing to see. But the new ST movie totally gets my vote for Popcorn Summer Flick 2009.
