The Definition of A Reboot That Really Works

Rating: 10/10 (27 August 2016)

Now this is a familiar story but before i saw this movie I didn't give a crap about Star Trek as a whole my best friend guilt tripped me in or watching this movie on his birthday and was blown away by this incredible film and to this day is in my top 50 films of all time. Recasting cinematic legends for characters that they mastered was really no easy task but they they absolutely nailed it with Chris Pine nailing it as Captain Kirk giving him a more flawed and relatable portrayal than that of William Shatner. Zachary Quinto absolutely blew me away in this film with his performance to the point were I was hoping for a best actor nomination for him which obviously did not happen but doesn't make his performance any less fantastic. The rest of the cast was also great Scotty and Bones both being the films comic relief I though they were both hilariously funny in this film while still having a good heart to there characters. The late Anton Yelchin also blew me away in this movie he nails that new kid quality to Chekov making you feel right at home with him playing the character. The special effects are incredible in this film they make you feel the scale and power of the enterprise and the scale of the destruction during the space battle action scenes. Eric Bana to me is a really underrated actor he absolutely blew me away with his amazing performance in Munich and kills it here as Nero he just gets his characters damaged persona while still managing to make for a sinister portrayal. This movie had no easy task of rebooting the franchise but they did it in the best possible way allowing the event of the previous to shows and movies to happen but allowing these films to exist separately. In the end this movie is in Incredible it got me and many other fans into one of the greatest franchises of all time even if it's still got its haters. 100%-A+