Oh man. Okay, so you know I love stories about the makings of movies. I don't know what it is about them, but they really do seem to give you an opportunity for like, an entire life starting with the idea and ending with the success/failure of the movie. So this was like candy to me.
And as usual I LOVE ALL THESE GUYS! I mean, not just the characters themselves because obviously I love them, but I love how you create these networks of relationships. Especially how in this story it's not so much about the love story of Jim and Bones but like the characters realize in the end, how this was happening in a period where the whole crew needed a change and then Jim reached out to Bones who also needed a change--omg, I so loved that scene where Jim is in his corner about his ex wife. That was awesome. (For some reason I always get sensitive about the "You are inconvenient so I'm going to try to cut you out of your child's life and replace him with a step parent" thing.)
So I love how you see all these people successfully settling into a new era in their lives. The movie's exciting and then they're all changed for it. I think that's why one of the best relationships in it was Spock/Uhura and Kirk/Uhura, which are so going on at the same time. I totally laughed everytime there'd be something like "And Spock and Uhura were talking, tweaking the budget probably" because of course Kirk was completely clueless about his friend but even better of course he was a little disconcerted when he learned the truth because things are changing and that's somehow scary even though it's good when he thinks about it.
Also another favorite line (leaving aside all the funny ones and surprise guest appearances and Joanna being the inspiration for Castle and things like Kirk and Carole talking like Joe and Audrey Gideon sans the blonde with the television show...) was when Kirk is in the limo and thinking about little David and how he felt about him and wanting to ask his mother how she could possibly not have been there for him. It was totally believeable as one of those moments where this movie would bring up a lot of emotional stuff that was important and had always been there but Kirk wouldn't have put it into those simple words before...but at the same time, not a conversation you can just start in the limo on the way to the oscars.
And I totally want to see that dishwashing scene--oh yeah, I was totally biting my nails when Jim was planning his confrontation with Kahn because so much second-hand tension and worry! I loved how Chekov was reacting to it--great snapshot of the young actor sponge who's ready to handle so much but can't handle everything.
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Date: 2010-10-26 07:01 pm (UTC)And as usual I LOVE ALL THESE GUYS! I mean, not just the characters themselves because obviously I love them, but I love how you create these networks of relationships. Especially how in this story it's not so much about the love story of Jim and Bones but like the characters realize in the end, how this was happening in a period where the whole crew needed a change and then Jim reached out to Bones who also needed a change--omg, I so loved that scene where Jim is in his corner about his ex wife. That was awesome. (For some reason I always get sensitive about the "You are inconvenient so I'm going to try to cut you out of your child's life and replace him with a step parent" thing.)
So I love how you see all these people successfully settling into a new era in their lives. The movie's exciting and then they're all changed for it. I think that's why one of the best relationships in it was Spock/Uhura and Kirk/Uhura, which are so going on at the same time. I totally laughed everytime there'd be something like "And Spock and Uhura were talking, tweaking the budget probably" because of course Kirk was completely clueless about his friend but even better of course he was a little disconcerted when he learned the truth because things are changing and that's somehow scary even though it's good when he thinks about it.
Also another favorite line (leaving aside all the funny ones and surprise guest appearances and Joanna being the inspiration for Castle and things like Kirk and Carole talking like Joe and Audrey Gideon sans the blonde with the television show...) was when Kirk is in the limo and thinking about little David and how he felt about him and wanting to ask his mother how she could possibly not have been there for him. It was totally believeable as one of those moments where this movie would bring up a lot of emotional stuff that was important and had always been there but Kirk wouldn't have put it into those simple words before...but at the same time, not a conversation you can just start in the limo on the way to the oscars.
And I totally want to see that dishwashing scene--oh yeah, I was totally biting my nails when Jim was planning his confrontation with Kahn because so much second-hand tension and worry! I loved how Chekov was reacting to it--great snapshot of the young actor sponge who's ready to handle so much but can't handle everything.
In short: yay.