Not so bold
May. 8th, 2009 01:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
surrealestateSo I saw the Star Trek flick last night. It was largely fun, and I mostly enjoyed it while watching (in part due to misguided optimism).
What I liked a lot included excellent special effects and fun action scenes, but especially lots and lots of pandering to the original. There were many references, back-filled explanations, and just a lot of fun stuff. The fun stuff was, imho, the best part of this movie, and there was a lot of it.
What I didn't like, hated, in fact, was their handling of women. Women existed to give birth, to die, and drape themselves on men. That was it. At the least, they had an opportunity to take a crew member and make her into something, and they chose to make her even less relevant than she was in the original. Oh yeah, and she was also the only black character, as I recall.
I realize I'm going against every other review I've read (not a single one of which even mentioned the above issue, which kind of horrifies me), but I can't really recommend this movie. I also realize my opinion doesn't mean jack, but I figure there's got to be at least one other person out there who feels similarly and might be glad to know they're not the only one. (I already know I'm not since two people in my extended group were also annoyed by it.)
What I liked a lot included excellent special effects and fun action scenes, but especially lots and lots of pandering to the original. There were many references, back-filled explanations, and just a lot of fun stuff. The fun stuff was, imho, the best part of this movie, and there was a lot of it.
What I didn't like, hated, in fact, was their handling of women. Women existed to give birth, to die, and drape themselves on men. That was it. At the least, they had an opportunity to take a crew member and make her into something, and they chose to make her even less relevant than she was in the original. Oh yeah, and she was also the only black character, as I recall.
I realize I'm going against every other review I've read (not a single one of which even mentioned the above issue, which kind of horrifies me), but I can't really recommend this movie. I also realize my opinion doesn't mean jack, but I figure there's got to be at least one other person out there who feels similarly and might be glad to know they're not the only one. (I already know I'm not since two people in my extended group were also annoyed by it.)