Adds A Few Badly Needed Things to Star Trek

Rating: 9/10 (31 May 2009)

Sure the hidebound Trekkies have been in full mourn that this isn't a 'real' Star Trek. It isn't which is what makes it good. In place of Kirk wadddling around the universe mouthing childish maudlin mutterings of why we can't all be hippie love each other beings before I blast you with my phaser, this one just rocks.
The excitement which was rare in the previous outings is here. Real wonderful sets. Special effects better than I have ever seen and I mean real good ones - not just things blowing up.
The best part of this movie as compared to any other Star Trek anything is that this is a genuine ensemble effort. It is not a bombastic Kirk playing off of a stoic Spock with all others there for comic relief or to hold down a chair which would otherwise float away or supplied to be eaten by an alien thus affording Kirk another opportunity to go bombastic before he bombs away.
Here the 'others', especially Uhuru really take a part. We see the others like Bones, Chekov, Scotty and so forth as real folks with a contribution to make.
In the end, it's not Kirk who saves things single handed, but I won't tell you further. This is the best of all the movies or TV shows by far.
I"m signed on for the next voyage.