I went to the drive in theatre last night w/some friends after getting back from our church group retreat that afternoon. We saw Terminator: Salvation and Start Trek (but left before Ghosts of Girlfriends Past showed). I really enjoyed both of the movies we saw.
I think Terminator had a really good message of what it is that makes us human-- things like compassion and the power to choose what kind of people we will be, which "side" we will be on, if you will. Not to mention the themes of second chances (redemption) and sacrificing one's self for others.
I also enjoyed Star Trek. I'm certainly not a Trekkie, so "true fans" may disagree w/me, but I thought the plot line they chose was brilliant. It allowed the writers to make a prequel and explore the origins of the characters and relationships we are so familiar with, but also opened up the door for them to have complete freedom to change many of the facts from the TV series and previous movies. This made the plot much less predictable than a typical prequel. I was thinking, "Well, they can't destroy Vulcan b/c Spock is on Vulcan in Star Trek III, I'm pretty sure." And also, "Spock's mom must be saved somehow, b/c I KNOW she is in some of the movies." But thanks to their clever twist of plot, I WAS WRONG!!
Anyway, I thought that was very smart of them b/c it leaves the door open for them to go in whatever direction they want w/future movies in the franchise. They really aren't limited now by anything that's happened in the earlier-made movies b/c they are in a different "time stream."
BRILLIANT!
Well, hope you enjoyed my brief movie reviews here; it was nice to write about something besides myself! ;-)
Peace.
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