Review: Star Trek

Saturday afternoon after I watched Benjamin Button, I headed over to Vero’s to pick her and up and drive over to Denny’s.  Alex, Holly, Trish, Vero and I had some excellent food there (probably the best philly steak sandwich I’ve had since the days when Broadways had them) and we talked about the concept of time travel in Terminator with Holly (which seemed to escape her).  This is also when Holly’s famous ‘Live Long and Posture’ line came about.  It was nice seeing Alex and Holly as they had just returned from Jamaica where they were married.  They had a marvelous time but mentioned that the second week was a little lackluster as they had changed resorts and preferred the first one.

Trish also got her birthday gift from Vero and I.  I had stumbled upon quite the find months ago on the CBC Shop.  A brooch with the castle of The Friendly Giant on it!  I had a good laugh at this and realized that Trish would have loved it.

We then headed over to the South Keys Cinemas to catch Star Trek.  Benoit and Cinthia showed up for this showing as well.  I was quite excited to see Star Trek.  Not only was it directed by one of my faves…J.J. Abrams (of Alias and Lost fame), but Vero had agreed to come along as well knowing that there were no robots in this film!  That’s one thing I love about the Star Trek universe…minimal robots.  Sure, some show up now and then (well moreso with Commander Data in the Next Gen, but that’s straying off-series) but all in all, there’s no droids in this film.

I had high hopes for the film and the film paid off well.  I thought it was fantastic.  I loved every bit of it.  It brought the original Enterprise crew characters together…Kirk, Spock, Uhura, Scotty…there they were in all their glorious rebooted forms.  What one must remember with shows they love is that it is the CHARACTERS that people love, and the actors are secondary.  James Bond is a great indication of this.  Sure, William Shatner can be the one and only Kirk, but it’s nice to see some more adventures of the crew even if it means bringing in flesh blood.

I thoroughly enjoyed Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto’s take on Kirk and Spock.  Scott was done well also.  I found something missing from Bones’ character but I couldn’t put my finger on it.  Plus, they change some character traits (very minimal) within the storyline which makes you realize that this isn’t your parents Star Trek.

***minor spoiler alert***
The greatest part of the film is how J.J. Abrams managed to not reboot the franchise, but to integrate it somehow with the old universe into the new.  It was very cleverly done using theories of alternate realities and such.  So you never know…technically there could be old characters emerging in this new universe that they’ve created.
***minor spoiler over***

I enjoyed Eric Bana’s villain character and I thought the action throughout the entire film was great.  I don’t think I’ve seen that much action in a Star Trek film before.

Plus, it passed the Vero test.  She didn’t say whether she liked it or not which really means that she loved it.  So you should do yourself the favour and watch Star Trek.  I’m looking forward to seeing it again.

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