Great movie, worth watchin on the BIG screen

Rating: 10/10 (29 April 2009)

Just wanted to tell you, I went to see the new Star Trek movie yesterday evening. I don't know if you're familiar with Star Trek story or not. Personally I wasn't. I think I must have seen or two of the latest movie they've made, but I've never seen any of the series.
So if you're like me. Don't worry, you don't really need to know the story to understand the movie. Mostly because it happens before the series, and tells the youth of the main characters and how they got to know each other and end up on the Enterprise (kinda like what they did with Batman Begins).
Now onto the movie itself. It was GREAT. Really, really great. I had seen the trailer and knew it looked promising, but I wasn't expecting it to be so great.
Special effects: Really awesome. I hadn't been to the Kino in a long time and movie I saw which had lots of effects was probably Matrix 3, and woah they really learned how to do better effects since. And seeing it on the big screen really makes it more intense than at home.
Action: LOTS of action. Spaceships going boom, hand-to-hand fight. It's intense and not boring at all.
Story: It was interesting. Like I said I'm not too familiar with the TV Series so I don't know the mythology well. But I think they've kinda respected it. And they also pulled a rabbit out of their hat that allows them to go slightly a different way from the series. I'm not going to say to much, cause it would be spoilers, but it all makes sense in the end. Other bonus: there was a lot of humour here and there, which makes the movie very enjoyable and really balances well the action sequences.
Characters: I think pretty much everyone was well casted and they all had a pretty good chemistry. Again I had not seen the original characters too much. But from what I know, yeah the new ones are great. Special mention to Zachary Quinto (the guy who plays Sylar in Heroes) who makes a really really really great Spock. Other bonus point: you get to see Leonard Nimoy (the guy who played Spock in the original series) quite a lot. I thought he was maybe just going to make a small cameo or something, but no, he really is important to the story.
Music: The soundtrack was done by the same guy who made the music on Alias and Lost so I kinda recognised his style every now and then. It was also well made. Bonus point: there were time where there was no music, pretty much just silence. I think this must have happened twice, just before a heavy action sequence. I've always found this to be a great way to intensified the moment.
So yeah overall a very good movie. And if you're into sci-fi things like I am, I really recommend you to go see it. It's really worth watching it on the big screen.