Review: Star Trek

The new Star Trek follows Kirk, Spock, and the other "Original Series" crew on their first mission together. The newly created crew faces off against a Romulan threat that knows more than they could imagine.

First thing first, this is easily one of the greatest cast movies of all time. It's hard to choose just one actor because they all did so well, but Kirk and Spock are the obvious foreground characters. Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto handled their characters with the perfect balance of nostalgic homage and unique individualism.

It is nice to see a reboot that is still light-hearted. Between Batman and Bond, "better" and "more realistic" seem to be defined as "dark" and "gritty." Stat Trek definitely brings a certain level of humor and excitement without the cheese-factor. It is also nice to see a reboot thats not essentially a reboot. I'm not going to spoil to much, but I will say that the classic series and other movies are not rendered moot by this movie.

Remember when they said M. Night was the next Spielberg. So much for that. I am confident to say, and I may be the first (I haven't seen it elsewhere), but Abrams is definitely the new Spielberg. He definitely makes the light-hearted summer blockbuster genre his bitch.

Unlike the new Batman and Bond, Star Trek seemed reltaively less ambitious. The techno-babble is kept to a minimum, and the villain had a minimal screen time with a straightforward agenda. The movie spends more time showing off his visuals and spotlighting characters. Although, this lack of complexity is almost completely ignorable because the cast and visuals are so good. FYI, bring sunglasses because there are solar flares on everything.

I am not a Trekkie. The only Star Trek that I have been privvy too is the movie First Contact, which I thought was a pretty good flick. Needless to say, I had a blast at this movie. I recognized the catchphrases, all of which sounded very organic and never forced, because they are so popular, but the phrase "the first Star Trek for everyone" is spot on. It seems to pander to both fanboys, plenty of references to Star Trek even the expanded universe as I have learned from my reading about the movie, and keeps itself simple and entertaining enough to please the general audience. After the dissapointing Wolverine movie, this movie is the first TRUE summer movie of this season.

9/10 A must see.