Flare-o-rama Popcorn Fun

Rating: 8/10 (15 November 2013)

J.J. Abrams reboots the Star Trek franchise with a whole new cast. Chris Pine is a leading man Kirk with less overacting. Quite frankly, there's no way to overact more than Shatner. Zoe Saldana is a sexy Uhura. Simon Pegg adds more comedy to Scotty. Zachary Quinto is the one that truly shines as the new Spock.
J.J. does a bit of a cheat in the story construction. It's an alternate universe. Of course that's perfectly acceptable in the sci-fi world. It also helps that J.J. is shooting in a different style than every other Star Trek movie. It is more action oriented, more glowy, more flashy, and more camera flares than humanly possible. More than all the others, it's good popcorn fun.