Really enjoyable and lots of action

Rating: 8/10 (8 May 2009)

I was not sure what to expect from this. I have never really been a fan of the series and have never enjoyed the old films. So I would not consider myself a Trek fan. So I went into this film not expecting too much but having seen the trailers was ready to be surprised. And I was. It was a really good, enjoyable, action packed, sometimes funny/tongue in cheek (but not too cheesy) film.
The characters were really well done. Bones and Spock were so similar to the originals you could really appreciate how they were in their younger years compared to the TV series when they appear much older. Except every time I looked at Spock I thought of Sylar from Heros (he has an evil look about him). Simon Pegg was brilliant and very funny. Even Kirk grew on me, rude, arrogant etc. So all in all well done on the cast.
The best bit of the film were the ships and space scenes.
The ships were great with some industrial looking heavy metal, some shiny white sleek ships, lots of lasers and missiles. More like the Star Wars of old I thought.
The camera work with the CGI in the space scenes was much like the scenes from the excellent film Serenity. Looking like they were actually filmed with some shaky cam and out of focus bits. Really dramatic. The cut between the chaos and noise inside the space ships to the total silence, carnage & vastness of the outside shot really adds to the atmosphere. The shot of Enterprise coming out of hyperspace, pulling a hard right turn, all guns blazing while the camera tried to keep up and focus was fantastic.
I am really looking forward to the next instalment. I hope they keep this up.