A Fantastic sci-fi that really surpassed my expectations

Rating: 9/10 (4 September 2014)

To begin with I am not a Star Trek fan, I have never seen a full episode of the show or any of the films until this one. I must say I am incredibly impressed with this film and I am looking forward to all things Star Trek in the future, it just makes me wish the Star Wars prequels could have been anything like this film. This film documents James T Kirk's rise to the captain of the Enterprise and his relationship with half Vulcan Half Human Spock as they attempt to take on a force from the future. Now this film mainly features Chris Pine as Kirk and Zachary Quinto as Spock and both of them are marvelous in their roles and the best part of this film is their relationship and the contrast of their ideals and character. Also the chemistry of the two is something that can be capitalized on and used for this franchise to grow. Now the supporting cast is a bit of a mixed bag for me with Karl Urban and Zoe Saldana thriving in their roles as Dr McCoy and Uhura but there was also some negatives for me among the group with the Russian character and Simon Pegg's character scotty are both comic relief and I just wish their was only one comic relief character but it is a bit of a shame that their is two. Another negative character is that of the Villain Nero and while his reasoning behind his actions was good his character was weak and not worthy of being the villain in this film. The story is another great positive as I mentioned the relationship between Spock and Kirk was fantastic and also the use of time travel was a smart move for the story and also to keep fans of the originals happy. The script was really good and all the characters have great lines and the delivery of the lines is also top quality. Now with this film there is a certain controversy on the lens flair style but I love the style of this film as everything looks incredibly cool and it totally fits with this reboot. I absolutely love this film and I am now really looking forward to seeing the second film and more Star Trek films.