Two beamed thumbs up!

Rating: 8/10 (17 June 2009)

Admittingly, I have to say I did not want to see Star Trek, even though the trailer looked interesting, I thought this film was only going to be for the fans of the TV series and no one else would get it. I did watch the show with my father when I was a child, but it never caught on with me to keep watching it. But after hearing some really great reviews, I decided to go ahead and check the movie out and honestly I'm glad I did. I really enjoyed this movie and the reason why? It was like a prequel, not just meant for the fans, but how these famous characters came to be. This is everything a summer blockbuster is meant to be, fun characters, great adventure, fun effects and a good interesting story. Not only that, but this movie was so much fun to watch and it may make me even get back into the show.
Captain Nero of the Romulan mining ship Narada attempts to exact revenge on Spock, whom he blames for the destruction of his home world and its inhabitants, including his wife and unborn child. Both ships, however, are caught in the black hole's event horizon and travel into the past. Acting-Captain George Kirk orders an evacuation and stays behind to provide cover for the fleeing shuttle craft, his pregnant wife among the passengers. George pilots the Kelvin into the Narada moments after his son James Tiberius Kirk is born. Kirk grows up to be an intelligent, though reckless and cynical, young man. To get him to embrace his potential, Captain Christopher Pike challenges Kirk to emulate his father's heroism and convinces him to join Starfleet. In his third year at the Academy, Kirk is accused of cheating on the test by its programmer, Commander Spock. At the resultant hearing, Starfleet receives a distress signal from Vulcan that indicates the appearance of a lightning storm in space, and the cadets are mobilized to help crew the ships in orbit. McCoy smuggles the grounded Kirk aboard the USS Enterprise as a patient under his care. Kirk recognizes the similarities between the Vulcan incident and the encounter that destroyed the Kelvin, and warns Pike that the fleet is heading into a trap. arrives and beams Kirk, Pike, and Spock away before the collision, which ignites the remaining red matter and creates a black hole within the Narada's superstructure. Kirk offers to help rescue Nero and his crew, but the Romulan refuses and the Narada is destroyed. The Enterprise escapes the same fate by ejecting and igniting the ship's warp drive reactor cores, the resulting explosion pushing them clear. Kirk is promoted to captain of the Enterprise, relieving the newly-promoted Admiral Pike.
Surprisingly, Star Trek is a very good film, besides the effects and story, what really made the film work was it's actors. Chris Pine did a good job as Captain Kirk, even though the rebellious stage was a little over done, he still pulled it off with the right sense of cockiness and powerful leadership. But the man who takes over the film for me was definitely Zachary Quinto who played Spock, not only did he look like him(I'm surprised he and Leonard Limoy are not related) but what a performance, this kid is going to make it big. Simon Pegg was also the perfect selection for the role of Scotty, I don't think they could have had a better actor. Star Trek was a great film, I'm glad I got to see it, I definitely recommend it on the big screen, but if you're waiting for the rental, it's all good, it's a great movie.
8/10