Comments on: Star Trek #2 Film For Austin Critics + #5 Twitter Movie Topic

By: Red Skirt

Red Skirt — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:42:40 +0000

THe SAG Nominations are out … generally a pretty good indicator of what the Oscar’s will be. Star Trek was not mentioned for any top slots. But then neither was Avatar.

BUT, Star Trek did get nominated for best Stunt Ensemble. So that speaks pretty well for it considering the competition … there was some amazing stunt work in the Summer blockbusters.

I think it is pretty clear Star Trek will not be getting any major awards though. Those will go to more deserving films.

By: VZX

VZX — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:42:11 +0000

I thought that one the reasons the Academy expanded the Best Picture category to ten nominations was to get more main-stream movies in order to booster the ratings for the Academy Awards telecast on ABC. I heard that ratings were slipping in recent years, in part because no one cared about the movies being nominated (cuz hardly anyone saw them!). I also thought that this was due to Dark Knight being snubbed out of the category last year.

I doubt more and more that Star Trek will be nominated. It sounds like the Academy is just making it worse for themselves and they will have 10 movies no one cared about instead of five in that category.

By: "Check the Circuit!"

"Check the Circuit!" — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:26:37 +0000

Reality is setting in. The Hollywood elite just can’t let themselves mingle among the masses. “Please, Mr. & Mrs. Main Street…we’re ar-TEEsts.”

On the bright side, when has Star Trek ever been talked about for a major award? After the grim outlook for Trek throughout most of the decade, it’s great to see it return in full force and embraced by the main stream. I love the Twitter recap. Like or it not, that’s the pulse of the next generation. Did you ever even think Star Trek would be generating buzz at the same level as Harry Potter and Twilight with the younger crowd?

Star Trek Lives!

By: captain_neill

captain_neill — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:26:20 +0000

All I ask is for people to remember there is 40 years worth of Trek before this movie, this new movie is not the be all of Trek now.

By: captain_neill

captain_neill — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:25:37 +0000

unfortunately some of the better Treks only got nominations in the technical areas, I have always wanted Star Trek to get more creative nominations in the Emmys or Oscars, many actors on the shows deserved the wins.

Unfortunately i don’t see it changing, if better Trek movies cant get the nominations then what makes it any different that this one would get the Oscar nomination for best picture.

Closest Trek came to this high a nom was season 7 of TNG being nominated for best dramatic season.

Now if Trek XI got the best picture nomination I will be thrilled, there is no denying that as i do like the film.

By: Jeff Johannigman

Jeff Johannigman — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 06:09:03 +0000

Just gotta say… I’m damn proud to live in a city as cool as Austin!

(But still kicking myself for missing the sneak premiere at the Alamo with Nimoy.)

By: ryanhuyton

ryanhuyton — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:41:01 +0000

Unfortuneately, there is also another factor in whether a movie gets nominated: women. Most Golden Globe and Oscar winners barring “Lord of The Rings: Return of the King”, usually appeal more to women than men. Such as “Million Dollar Baby” and “Shakespeare In Love. As well as “Chicago”. Sentimentality and emotion often win awards even though there are superior all-round movies. “Nine” will ultimately prove to be a bigger hit among women than “Star Trek”.In other words, if “Star Trek” wants to be nominated in the future, then J.J Abrams will have to do more work to attract women. Even though this movie brought in more female viewers than previous films, it still is a mostly boys club. A lot of critics are female and many weren’t thrilled with this movie for some reason. And it didn’t have anything to do with Uhura wearing a short skirt. On the other hand, perhaps creating a plus-sized character might do the trick. Make a character more relateable to women. That is the ingredient for many Oscar winners.

By: Dan L.

Dan L. — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:54:01 +0000

But then again, ignorance, prejudice, and consistency of critical standards (in terms of evaluating each movie by the same critical standards, not by automatically giving one a higher score out of the gate because it’s of a certain genre and not by automatically giving one a lower score out of the gate because it’s of a certain genre) don’t have the same appeal as facts do. Sad.

By: Dan L.

Dan L. — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:51:39 +0000

It got an 83% on Metacritic and a 95% on rottentomatoes.com AND was the 6th highest grossing movie of the year. Only one movie had higher critical AND box office acclaim: Up.

If the consensus of over 300 critics including the nation’s top, most-respected and most well-known ones, the movie-going public, the National Board of Review, the Boston Film Critics, the Broadcast Film Critics Association of America, and the Austin Critics mean anything…

Well, it’s all of these opinions versus some people’s “certainty” (I for one reserve judgment in any event as I have yet to see all of these other films, but all have been reviewed so far and this is one year where the claim “it’s only an entertaining science fiction/action movie; nothing great” seems to be belied by the facts.

By: Charla a long time STAR TREK FAN

Charla a long time STAR TREK FAN — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 02:41:49 +0000

Agreed #1 & #5 -

Red shirt, you were gone before the end of the movie, so you don’t count. Sorry. :)