J.J. Abram’s reboot of the Star Trek franchise has arrived, and all I can say is wow! The film far exceeded my expectations in many regards. When the cast was first announced last year, I was a little concerned with their choice for Kirk. Like most, I had never heard of Chris Pine, so I didn’t quite know what I should be expecting there. He didn’t look the part to be, honestly. Luckily, my worries turned out to be unfounded. He made a great Kirk, and Zachary Quinto as Spock, Zoe Saldana as Uhura, Simon Pegg as Scotty and even Eric Bana as Nero; everyone was amazing.
Star Trek Cast
This Star Trek film is unapologetically a prequel to the original television series, but they’ve managed to pull it off in a way that is both satisfying and fresh. The new Enterprise bridge, for example, still feels like it would exist in the original series’ universe and time, but is attractive and comfortably modern at the same time. This art style along with Nero’s unique and fearsome ship design left me very comfortable with the film’s “feel.” Something that always bothered me about the atrocious and short-lived “Enterperise” series was that the ship design felt completely wrong in the time period and chronology. It felt too modern, and wrong. Abrams managed to pull this off flawlessly.
Star Trek Cast
I was pretty shocked by the events that took place in the film, and how willing Abrams and the studios apparently were at rewriting Star Trek’s history. Make no mistake: we aren’t playing in Gene Roddenberry’s universe anymore. This reboot has noticeably altered the entire Star Trek timeline, changing 43 years of novel, film and television work. We are now in an alternative timeline, which I think is fantastic. This means Abrams is free to change things as much as he wants with future films; he can reboot the franchise properly. There are no expectations now, nothing the Star Trek geeks can raise red flags about. Abrams has saved Star Trek. Finally the studios found someone capable of doing the job.
Zachary Quinto as Spock
I’m weary of breaking down the plot here as I’d honestly hate to spoil the surprises, but let me say this: if you have even a hint of love for science fiction in your body, you need to see this movie. There was nothing about it that didn’t satisfy and frankly blow me away – and that’s a rare thing indeed.
[rating:5/5]
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