Great Reboot

Rating: 7/10 (27 May 2013)

As background, I am not an avid Star Trek fan. Saw quite a few of episodes of the original TV series, several in the second, and none in any of the following series. I have seen all the films, however. Hated the first one (but so did almost everyone else). Never understood the attraction of Shatner's Kirk.
So. I loved this reboot. The new actor, Chris Pine, is completely believable as a younger Shatner without the self-parody that the original exuded. In fact, all the actors obviously were picked for some physical resemblance to the originals and obviously worked at sounding like the originals when they talk. That, of course, isn't all that's required for a good film, but it did make the film feel as if it were really about the same folks, which I liked.
The movie hooked me emotionally into the characters. The pacing carried me along very well. And the plot kept my interest, if not entirely making sense in a few key places, but not enough to take me out of the movie.