I'm no Trekkie. I've never been a follower of the Star Trek series. I've seen a few of the episodes, but aside from that, and two movies (Nemisis and Wrath of Khan). So going into the new Summer blockbuster film, Star Trek, I was pretty much a noob to the cult phenomenom. And I must say...this movie completely blew my mind. I read a few reviews and thought it looked good...but I had no idea it was going to be as spectacular as it was. This movie was the epitimate definition of "epic" if there ever was one.
I'll be blunt, so not to waste your time, and for those who haven't seen it...I don't plan on telling any of the story because it is good-albeit generic. The movie opens up with a huge space battle...and a note to film directors: anytime you open up a movie with a space battle this big, your movie is going to be really good. Every scene draws you into the story and tells a relevant, and interesting, story about the USS Enterprise's future crew.
Oh...and a forewarning: during the movie, it is noted that these sequences take place in what is described as an "alternate time line." For the first time in history, Hollywood does not intend to rape your memories of a beloved thing.
The visuals of this movie look great. Of course most of it is just CGI, but I honestly felt that I was looking at something real. The only problem, I think, with the camera work in this movie is that damn lense flare that J.J. Abrams does in, almost, all of his stuff. It's nothing that takes away from the movie going experience, but in every fight scene it seems like the camera is pointing at the sun. Damn I'm picky...
Acting is "Spock" on. Get it? Ugh...sorry. Everything is "Star Trek." And by that, I mean all the acting is over the top. Spock always talks it that emotion-less dialect that he is known for. Dr. Lenord McCoy and "Scotty" are both so corny and hammy that it becomes just awesome. My favorite two lines of the movie happen to be "Dammn it, man...!" and "I'm givin' 'er all she's got, Cap'n!" Even non-Trek fans like me can appriciate the greatness in those lines...really good crowd pleasers. Again, the acting is exactly what one would want from Star Trek.
Although the story is really just saving the world, and nothing more...that's not the reason to see the movie. Even if you've never heard of Star Trek, get up from under that rock and go out to see this movie, NOW! It's that good...and well worth the overprice of admission. I don't know if this will end up being the best movie of the season, but it is the first great one. Set your phasors to "Stunning!"
Live long and prosper, my friends.
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