Brilliant!

Rating: 10/10 (23 May 2009)

Star Trek 2009 - My Review Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities
It has never been cool to like Star Trek. In the past if you declared that you were a fan of the US sci fi franchise , people would laugh and call you a Trekkie nerd , in fact you could declare you was a anorak wearing train spotter and you would come under less criticism ......That is until now!
The greatest adventure of all time begins with "Star Trek," the incredible story of a young crew's maiden voyage on board the most advanced starship ever created: the U.S.S. Enterprise. On a journey filled with action, comedy and cosmic peril, the new recruits must find a way to stop an evil being whose mission of vengeance threatens all of mankind.
The fate of the galaxy rests in the hands of bitter rivals. One, James T. Kirk , is a delinquent, thrill-seeking Iowa farm boy. The other, Spock , was raised in a logic-based society that rejects all emotion. As fiery instinct clashes with calm reason, their unlikely but powerful partnership is the only thing capable of leading their crew through unimaginable danger, boldly going where no one has gone before!
I'm not embarrassed to say that I'm a massive fan of Star Trek. I don't dress up as a Klingon in my spare time or go to the conventions. I don't have a room in my house decked out like the bridge aboard the Enterprise and i don't own a pair of Spock ears but i have seen every episode of every TV show that has been spurned by the Gene Roddenberry original series and i have enjoyed them all although , strangely enough the original series was my least favourite of all the different Star Trek shows.( DS9 being my favourite) Star Trek 2009 has done something that none of the other previous movies had managed to do and that is to get non fans talking about Star Trek.
J.J Abrams has made a film that has it all . A great story , fantastic special affects and an amazing cast and it's the casting that makes this film the success it has become. Zachary Quinto could be the son of Spock he is so perfect for the role. Relatively unknown Chris Pine is the perfect James Tiberius Kirk. Karl Urban manages to recreate the personality of "Bones" as if he's never been away and Simon Pegg even has the dodgy Scottish accent that Canadian James Doohan had in the original series. To be honest the story is nothing particularly special , it does not have to be , because what this film is all about is Kirk and .co. I love the frosty relationship between Kirk and Spock and the story of how they come be on the U.S.S Enterprise. Another exciting this is that because of the story the timeline has changed , meaning that everything we know to have happened in the future has now changed opening up whole new possibilities for the future of the federation and exciting new stories.
There has always the discussion between fans as to which was the best Star Trek movie over the years ( many have been disappointing) but now that argument has been firmly put to bed. Nothing that had previously been released comes close to being as good as this movie and i only hope that Star Trek 2009 is the shot in the arm that the franchise desperately needed and it spurns a new TV series and more films.
Great films are like buses . You wait for ages for one , then two come along together.
10 out of 10