Spock in Star Trek, like the Original Series or not?

After seeing the recent movie of Star Trek, it got me wondering how close it was to the original series. Zachary Quinto did a great job of playing younger Spock. They did well on his makeup and his acting could have been better but overall he did well. Even though the original Spock the older Spock in the movie. I am comparing how well Zachary did on his part opposed to the TV series. Zachary acted like he has in the past. He has a specific way of acting. Taking the TV show Heroes for an example, He as that certain look when he looks at people kinda like when he was getting ready to kill the people with abilities.

In the movie he had that same look. That look defines him as an actor and i kinda didn't go with this movie. Now when you see Leonard Nimoy acting as Spock his doesn't give his acting a way with a certain look. He keeps you guessing all the way. When i was watching the movie, I was comparing them to begin with.

Don't get me wrong I think Both actors are great. I think they should have made Zachary act differently than previous movies or shows. It feels that Zachary didn't get enough respect by his fans than the original Spock. Really there was no competition. Since Leonard stared in the previous Star Trek Shows, he had more respect by the viewers. Which I agree they did a good job of asking him to rejoin, but should have picked a different set of actors.

Soft Review

Recently, I watched a short movie as part of my journalism studies - a class that focused on reviwing that week, interestingly enough. Unfortunately I couldn't just hand in one of my previous pieces of work, and so this review came about.

Soft is a short film, a medium that is surprisingly underrepresented when it comes to reviews. I haven't seen a lot of short films myself, true, but the few I have seen (such as Paths of Hate, or The Facts in the Case of Mr Hollow) tend to be finely made, with a certain visual flair to leave a lasting impression. Few such movies are over 15 minutes long, and so tend to be far more focused on grabbing the audiences attention. For many directors, a short film is their chance to garner attention and potential backing from financers for a ful length feature.

Soft is fairly typical in this respect - it is an urban drama exploring the issues of bullying and violence in youth. Some reviewers, like Peter Bradshaw of the Guardian Film Blog favourably compare it to A Clockwork Orange. The plot revolves around a father, his son, and the gang of teenagers who harass them. The course of events is almost entirely predictable, starting off with the son being assaulted and fleeing home, before the gang intimidates the father and then besieges the pair of them in their house. That's about it really - it's readily available on Youtube so feel free to check it out for yourselves.

There is a nice variety when it comes to techniques in this movie - camera phone footage is used in key sections, particularily when the gang is dealing out violence, whilst the rest of the film is presented in a typical fashion. To put it simply, there is nothing new or groundbreaking in this film, but it is a well crafted story told in a minimalistic way, and does a LOT with very little.

Made by Simon Ellis, this short movie has won the International Short Filmmaking Award at the Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for a BAFTA in 2008. Like many short movies, it's readily available on the internet, so do check it out.