Star Trek Review
OUT OF THIS WORLD
The New Star Trek Goes Where No One's Dared Traveled Before
BEFORE I GET THIS REVIEW UNDERWAY, let me confirm a few things.
One -- I am not a Trekkie. Amazingly, I had never seen an episode of Star Trek or any of the 10 previous movies until about two years ago.
Not because I didn't want to; I just never really had the time to learn about the universe and all it entailed.
Two -- I am not a fan of J.J. Abrams. I find him to be completely overrated.
At least, until today.
Star Trek is the definition of hit-or-miss franchise, the best in my view being Star Trek 2: The Wraith of Khan, Star Trek 3: The Search for Spock and and Star Trek 4: The Journey Home.
In the latest, the series travels back to the early years of James Tiberius Kirk to reveal his rise to the rank of captain of the Starship Enterprise.
Fear not though, all of the regulars are here: Spock, Uhura, Sulu, McCoy, Chekov and "Beam Me Up!" Scotty.
This flick memorializes the start of their beautiful relationship.
And the movie is friggen amazing, a high definition, techicolor trip to deep space.
J.J. Abrams goes beyond what's necessary to keep Trekkies happy while making the trip accessible for new fans who have never even seen the original TV series.
With plenty of homages to fans' favorite situations -- such as famous quotes and Vulcan grips -- Abrams also manages to toss in references to his own series, specifically Alias. See if you catch them.
The movie's visual effects jettisons the film eons ahead of the TV series' corny stage sets, while still paying homage to some of the classic situations from the TV series: fight scenes with Sulu, Chekov being "transported," Scotty practicing high-tech medicine.
I'll be seeing this movie often before it leaves theaters; but I still don't think I'll be donning Spock ears.
Marc Sakol understands the kindness in strangers, which is why he abandons hope of actually getting to know people. He spends his time falling head first into video games, watching every movie ever made and writing for his blog Sarcasm Not Included.
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Comments
rather than calling this new Star Trek a "reboot" they should call it "downloaded onto a far more sophisticated machine, edited, polished, then rebooted."
Posted by: Nomad | May 10, 2009 03:08 AM