Wow

Rating: 10/10 (29 May 2009)

So it wasn't the pinnacle of higher thought. Does that matter to me? Not at all.
This movie DELIVERED.
I walked in to Star Trek with nearly no previous knowledge of the Star Trek universe. Yeah, I knew Spock was the guy with the pointy ears, Kirk was the captain/womanizer, and the red shirts always die.
I walked out riding an adrenaline rush that was to last for the next two hours, effectively inhibiting my sleep patterns for the next three days in a similar manner to The Dark Knight. Was it worth it?
Yes.
The one thing I found severely lacking in this movie was the science. Carolyn Porco is a personal friend of mine, and after viewing all this black hole/magnetic field of Saturn's rings/time travel stuff, trust me. She got an angry rant.
But none of that detracted from the film. Not at all, no sir. By the final battle, my jaw had come loose. I used to think this was something that only happened in cartoons. That was before I saw this movie. It was literally jaw-dropping
I cannot stress the brilliance of Ben Burtt in this film enough. The sound design was fantastic - sheer, perfect NOISE. Then there's Michael Giachinno, the composer who delivered a fantastic new theme that I rushed to figure out on my bassoon. The music began to edge on repetitiveness by the end of the film, but Michael found ways to keep it fresh via instrumentation and tempo variation.
Can I stress it enough? Go see this movie. Go see this movie. Go see this movie.
10/10