Star Trek: Into Darkness review

Star Trek : Into Darkness

Starring: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Benedict Cumberbatch, Zoe Saldana, Carl Urban, John Cho, and Simon Pegg.

Ok, before I get started, let me just note that I am not a die hard Trekkie, nor a Trekkie of any sort. Rather I am a huge Sylar fan which is mainly why I decided I wanted to watch the first one, and I was pleasantly surprised at how much I loved it.

(I'm currently watching wrath of Kahn as I write this, for the purpose of educating myself)

Ok, before I get into it, let me first start by saying, just go watch it. By no means did I feel it was a waste if time, nor money. 

Alright, now ill get into it. 

The movie starts off  hitting the ground running...and running..and running some more... In fact it pretty much goes full ahead in terms of plot and action, and doesn't really slow down for the duration of the movie.

The performances are all very solid, with the exception of (just in my personal opinion folks) the blonde newcomer whom I'm assuming is to act as kirks foremost love interest in films to come. ( if in fact there are any) Her performance felt very forced to me, she didn't really have any onscreen charisma with the rest of the cast. Newcomer to the series, Benedict Cumberbatch, performed the role of the antagonist excellently,  being both cold and formidable. (and it made me want to watch Sherlock Holmes)

Like its predecessor, there was no shortage of humor, emotion, and allusions to the original series, and the action scenes and cinematography were beautifully executed. 

Overall, I loved about 90% of this movie. Lets discuss the 10% that fell short.

For me, the pace of the plot went from 100 miles an hour, to BOOM end of movie. I was left a bit shocked and confused. You feel like its going in one direction, then it just....stops.  I wasn't necessarily disappointed,  just confused.  

****added note; I like to look at other reviews after I write my own to see if anyone else felt the same  way, and sadly they do, some not so nice as mine, but if there's one thing I hate, it's a movie being picked apart. 

I read some undeservedly critical reviews of Thor, but I lived that movie in its entirety. I mean, who cares if he only wore his iconic costume for a part of the movie, he still wore it! Note over***

But by all means, don't let that deter you from seeing it. The performances were solid, the action scenes were exciting, it was emotional, funny, overall still worth a watch. 

I mean, c'mon, it's Benedict Cumberbatch and Zachary Quinto, you can't say no to them.

I also decided to change my opinion on Chris Pine, his blue eyes have won me, despite being a blonde.

Next review will be:...  The great gatsby!

 Baz Luhrman hasn't disappointed me yet, even despite moulin rouge's tragic ending, I still love that movie to death.

Lizzy out.

Set phasers to stun.

KAHHHHN!!! 

An introduction; and a monster in Paris

Ok, so originally I typed up a massive intro that basically said every little interesting fact about me, buuut, safari crashed on my ipod so I said never mind! There's no way I'm typing all that again, besides it was way too long.

So, instead I decided to make my first post a movie review! Yay for movies!

Ok, so this review will be for...

 

 A Monster in Paris

or, en Francais, Un Monstre A Paris

 

 

This movie kind of just popped up out of he blue, In fact I don't even remember how we heard about it but it turned out to be a real gem.

 

 

The story is about Franceur, a giant flea, who becomes friends with a singer named lucille. The Voice cast Only has a few names I really recognised, like Danny Houston, Catherine O'Hara, and Sean Lennon as the flea, but all the characters are very well done and likable (the antagonist being the exception, of course.) The few songs in it are so catchy even my husband said they were stuck in his head!

 

Here is one;

 

 

As far as aspects to consider for conservative families, there was no language, I think the word "idiot" was as foul as it got, no adult innuendos, (although one minor character has a voice that would definitely be considered, "alternative", if you get my drift, nothing else suggests otherwise.) There is a chase scene but no blood or anything, overall it was very clean.

 

 

I think the general message for the film would be " Don't judge a book by it's cover", which also applies to the movie itself. It did very well in French cinemas but for some reason the US. decided not to release it in theaters here, it went straight to DVD, such a shame!

 

Overall a really cute and light movie, great for a kids Friday night, Bug loved it so much she watched it 3 more times the following week. I'm telling you, those songs are catchy.

 

moms' rating: 10/10

bugs' rating: 10/10

dads' rating: 10/10

 

Next Movie review will be (drum roll please..........)

 

STAR TREK: INTO DARKNESS

Because who doesn't love Zachary Quinto and Benedict Cumberbatch?

 

(Chris pine is ..ok, I'm just not a huge fan of blonde men, that and zach can do a irish accent and benedict is english so that earns them extra points)

 

 

 

 

Honestly, I just love saying his name, Benedict Cumberbatch.

 

 

 

"Francisco, Francis-co, Fran-cisco," -name that movie!

 

Til next time,

 

Lizzy