The reboot to the Star Trek series my favorite Star Trek to date.

Rating: 9/10 (17 May 2009)

I am not what you would consider a Trekkie. I am a casual viewer of the series at best. I watched some of the original series and it was okay to pass the time. I did not care for the Next Generation all that much oddly enough because while I like Patrick Stewart as an actor and in just about every role he played I disliked the character of Picard for whatever reasons. Still, my favorite characters from the whole Star Trek universe are the ones from the original show and the first six movies. Though I really disliked Star Trek the motion picture, which was the first Star Trek movie of any kind. This movie featured young versions of those characters and I found the movie was very well cast as I liked all the characters. The guys playing Kirk and Spock were great, the ones playing Dr. McCoy and Scottie were very funny, and the other cast members filled out the troupe quite nicely. The story had very good action, drama and lots of humor as well. The movie did not have a slow stretch in its entire running time. I only have minor complaints here and there mainly about how I would have liked to see more of Kirk's time at the Starfleet academy and a little better conclusion with the Romulan leader Nero, but this movie was very entertaining for the most part. The story basically has a time travel twist to it and I do not want to go into to deeply out of fear of revealing some of the plot, but it was very interesting and I was happy to see Leonard Nimoy had a bigger role in the film than I expected. Also, I loved Simon Pegg as Scotty, he takes a while to make his appearance in the film, but when he does he really makes an impact. So for a very fun, action packed and funny thrill ride beam aboard the new Star Trek movie.