And I was soooo worried!

Rating: 8/10 (15 May 2009)

I really didn't know what to make of JJ' latest idea. Reboot the franchise. Same characters but different actors? I mean come on. These guys are iconic. Shatner, Nimoy, Kelly - how on earth can you get new actors playing these roles without it turning into a parody.
Weve......BEAMed down to the PLANet.
My god Im a Doctor not a Miracle worker...
I canny break the laws of physics Captain! But here is the big news. Save for a couple of small flaws - more of that later - by and large he has done it. He really has. I actually left the cinema smiling having enjoyed a wonderful couple of hours where I was genuinely excited and enthralled and amused.
Im a huge Trekkie fan....Wrath of Khan being mine and a lot of peoples favourite. Rest assured things are now only going to get better.
The wonderful thing about the film was that the new actors playing the iconic characters didn't mimic the old actors. I have to give special mention to Chris Pine who in my mind (along with McCoy) had a really difficult line to tread with Kirk. Good news is - He nailed it. He didn't pretend to be Shatner but just every so often I smiled because he did something that was so very Shatner! The little slap on the shoulder of McCoy near the end along with a line like (only seen it once) Buckle up!.
Also the way he sat in the captains chair.
The cockiness over the test he reconfigured to beat. Perfect - wonderful really.
Next up = Special Effects...
One word - AWESOME. Did anybody else give a little yelp during the Kelvin battle at the start. How good was the action handled and the exterior shots of the battle.
The Space jump. I was worried about that on the trailer. WOW - fantastic and the fight. Goodbye Red Shirt!! lol.
Even Captain Pike. Perfect.
Im going to mention a couple of things that annoyed me now. Really small points but just notched it below perfect for me.
Old Spock. I don't know why but he just felt out of place here. Sort of Jammed in to prove this is Star Trek.
Contrieved meetings.... How they met Scotty. Hmmmm. Sort of a bit forced - We need to get Scotty in somehow??? Why not just have him as the engineer on the Enterprise or Number 2 and the Chief gets killed. Wouldn't have been so forced and would have made more sense. I just hate awkward forced things like that when they are unnecessary.
Finally - Spock/Kirk aged about 9. Totally unnecessary and added nothing to the film. Apart from a bit that looked like it was there just for the Trailer. Im James Tiberius Kirk!!! Ow - awful. (Not so bad the Spock bit).
8/10. Roll on the next one!!!