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    I haven't read the book yet either. In all the other cases I read the book first then was disappointed with the movie so I thought I'd play it the other way around this time; see the film first, saving the best for last.

     

    I really have no interest in seeing it if all it mainly focuses on is a love potion arc.

     

     

    Now that I think about it I may skip reading the book as well, just go online and seek out the story's secrets and be done with this one.

     

    Hopefully Deathly Hollows will then be a excellent finale.

     

    That isn't the main focus and there's really only one bit about the love potion. It's mostly just character development: these kids are growing up. You might enjoy the movie if you haven't read the book, so you might just want to go see it.

     

    Either way, if you like the series, you definitely should read the book. And read the seventh if you haven't. Just... if you want to end the series feeling satisfied... just... don't read the epilogue.

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    Well most of what I have to talk about the new movie are complaints. And I really liked the movie, so I don't want to complain. I'm not one of those who shouts every time canon is broken and I don't focus on all of the technical stuff. I understand that the bridge had to look more like a modern view of the future. I understand that they had to redesign the costumes and the ships a bit. But if you want to discuss:

     

    Bringing in old Spock? I understand wanting to pay tribute to the original Star Trek, but if that's the way it was done I'd rather they not have had Nimoy in the film. I love Spock, I love Nimoy, but that was done just badly. A star is going to explode and blow up Romulus? If I got this right, it wasn't even Romulus's star. They need this dubiously created red matter to spawn a black hole to swallow the star? Romulans use black holes to drive their ships! I should think they would be able to make one on their own. If only a drop of this conspicuously contrived red matter is needed and it's so volatile, then why on the Earth is Spock carrying around a whole blob of it? I mean... he's probably got all of the red matter in existence there on his ship. Is that very wise or logical? Don't get me started on the circumstances during which Kirk meets old Spock... those seem very artificial. And then Kirk and Spock don't get to build their own friendship but are told by old Spock that they are friends and poof they magically are.

     

    You can beam to a ship that has been traveling away from you at at least warp 5 for at least a day? What the heck is that all about? That can't be possible.

     

    They destroyed Vulcan. VULCAN? WHY? Not to mention that Romulus is now destroyed in "our" timeline. What the heck, guys? Great job destroying two long established planets. They couldn't just destroy a planet we'd never heard of. No. They had to destroy the planets of two great civilizations. That's like killing off one of the characters to me. Why don't they go ahead and destroy Qo'noS in the next movie. And then we'll blow up the EARTH!

     

    SPOCK AND UHURA WHAT? An Orion girl in the Academy? Suuure.

     

    Pike asking Kirk to be first officer? Was there nobody else on that ship who could serve in that capacity? Were Pike and Spock truly the only officers on the entire ship? Kirk hadn't even graduated the academy yet. And he gets his own command at the end of the film? They instantly promoted him to captain after that little adventure? His actions make him deserving of a commendation for sure, a reasonable promotion maybe, but a command of his own? And the newest freaking ship in the fleet? You're kidding me.

     

    McCoy's eyes weren't blue.

     

    I can probably think of more but it's about lunch time. There were so many holes in this film it's crazy. I really wish they had set it in our established universe. Wouldn't have been that hard, and like I said, I can accept certain changes. I think it would have been stronger if it had been set in the established universe and if old Spock hadn't appeared.

     

    But I liked the movie! Don't think I didn't! I saw it twice and when it comes out on DVD I'm going to get it and watch it again because I really really liked it.

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    Sounds interesting to me. I think they should be separate stories in themselves and no big cliffhangers, but if they sort of connect together, that would be neat.

     

    You know what I would absolutely love? If they visited a planet that was a mirror of some period of Earth history like they used to. Remember there was the Roman planet and the gangster planet and the U.S. Constitution planet? I was so disappointed that Enterprise didn't do that (until they had the Western planet which was totally awesome).

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    Is it just me or did this movie drag on and on? I found myself mostly wishing for it to be over. I was really put out that they didn't have that whole battle. I wish they had emphasized trying to discover who the half-blood prince was a little more so that the revelation at the end would have been a little more shocking. There was no explanation of Remus/Tonks, they were just randomly together. Why bother at all? I agree that there was too much emphasis placed on the romance and hardly any at all placed on the magic or the very fact that they are in school. My favorite part of Harry Potter was always that they were in school and going to classes and stuff.

     

    But the thing they left out that made me REEEAAALLLY angry was Snape's line. Harry called him a coward and Snape said nothing. He was supposed to say, "Don't call me a coward!" And to tell the truth, I was so looking forward to this movie mostly to see Alan Rickman deliver that line. What the heck guys, what the heck?

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    Can. The only downside to it is that it only holds 12 oz. A 2L aluminum can would be awesome.

     

    But hard to grip!

    Handles, though that might make packaging for bulk shipping more difficult.

     

    You'd also have to make it really small at the bottom so that it can fit into a car cup holder.