Ankantoiel's Diary

2 responses so far – published on May, 10 2009 at 17:27 under Hobby,Holiday.
Tags: duplicity, Karl Urban, Kirk, Leonard Nimoy, Spock, star trek

This week we, meaning me and Alex, finally got enough free time and therefore watched two new movies, “Star Trek” and “Duplicity“, in theaters.

Duplicity

Duplicity is the new movie of Julia Roberts and Clive Owen. This is a fast agents-movie with funny debates between both leading characters, but also the co-actors can convince. At no point it is really clear who is playing against whom. The movie tells the story of two top-agents that fall in love with each other and plan to earn 40 Mio. $ for their retirement. A feud between to world-leading companies is the playing-ground for this movie, and some parts of the movie may remember of a big game – very similar to the Ocean’s trilogy.

Star Trek

I was really looking forward to this movie as I was always I big fan – I wouldn’t say Trekkie – of Gene Roddenberry’s TV series Star Trek. Kirk and his crew were my first contact (do you see the wordplay? ) with SciFi, and the following series “Next Generation” and “Deep Space 9” were as loved as the prequel. Only “Voyager” could never convince me.
Now the new Star Trek movie was more than I ever expected. It was not a “classic” Star Trek film. You did not need to know much about the Star Trek-univers. But it was an impressive SciFi movie with great special effects, and with especially deep and understandable characters. Kirk, Spock, Bones (the lovely Karl Urban known as Éomer in Lord of the Rings), Uhura and all the other old characters had a good cast – more often actors known from series than from Hollywood blockbusters – and all in all I was impressed. At no time the movie seemed verbose. It is also to mention that Leonard Nimoy as the “future Spock” had a key role in this movie.