I was quite amazed how well his first Star Trek held together
I thought it fell apart as soon as I started thinking about it. It was fun in the moment, but speaking from the perspective of someone who's worked with or for the military for much of my career, very little of it was remotely possible. The narrative was awkwardly manipulated in order to get the end-result of that Kirk in charge of the Enterprise with that specific crew, but it broke my suspenders of disbelief several times along the way.
I still feel Avengers and Iron Man 3, for instance, fall apart (it's sad when I feel GI Joe 2 did a better job of painting the antagonist's motives and plans), and I've been told to sit back and enjoy the rides, so JJ's bar will be pretty low.
The narrative was awkwardly manipulated in order to get the end-result
Yep, be prepared for more of that. Once everyone gets to Point A, the moment-by-moment chain of causality works out fine, but getting everyone to Point A in the first place requires some very fancy hand-waving. And lens flares. So. Many. Lens. Flares.
And lens flares. So. Many. Lens. Flares.
Oh, dear.
I have been a bit spoiled, sufficiently that I'm not very excited about the movie. I may wait until it shows up at the beer-and-pizza theater.
Iron Man 3 made not one lick of sense, top to bottom. I still liked it!
Star Trek has also kinda never made much sense. Barn doors are open, and the horses are on fire.
It's got an 88% on RT, which is pretty good.
Meanwhile, F&F6 has a 100%, which pleases me. And amuses me, since
Before Midnight
only has a 94% because one curmudgeon was disappointed.
So, After Earth. It makes me crazy that they say there have been no people on the planet for however long, so all the animals have evolved to kill humans. Is that not the opposite of evolution?? No humans = no need to evolve in opposition to them, right??
So, After Earth. It makes me crazy that they say there have been no people on the planet for however long, so all the animals have evolved to kill humans. Is that not the opposite of evolution?? No humans = no need to evolve in opposition to them, right??
EVOLUTION DOES NOT WORK THAT WAY!
Eta: You are not alone, Jesse.
