Set Your Phasers to Stunning... Those Men Are Attractive....

Rating: 10/10 (26 December 2009)

This has to probably be the best movie I have ever seen. I wasn't a Trekkie before the movie, however I did grown up with Trekkie parents, so had watched an episode or two of the original series, so I was familiar with the characters and their idiosyncrasies. I wasn't expecting a lot - I've done a lot of drama myself so I'm highly critical of actors. I was expecting this to be just some nerd movie that only pandered to a small group of super fans etc BUT...I was totally blown away. You know a movie is good when you don't expect it to be, but then it is.The casting for all of the actors could not have been better. Personal favourite was Zachary Quinto as Spock - that guy deserves an Oscar. Some people will complain about lens flares and a trigger-happy camera man, but that just added to the bright, futuristic atmosphere of the movie.
I thought it was great how each actor took part of the nature of each character, but brought themselves to it as well, Chris Pine as Kirk became a little more rebel/bad-boy with an attitude problem, high Top-Gunnish, Zachary Quinto Spock created the perfect tension between his human and Vulcan sides,and even though Eric Bana as Nero had little screen time (he should have had much more) the scenes he was in were perfect, and created a unique and original character (making klingons or something as the bad guys would have been LAME - kudos on choosing Romulans).
Original Series fans will appreciate the introduction of the red suits, "Im a doctor not a ___!", the iconic spock-eyebrow-raise, kirk hitting on everything that moves, the origin of the name "Bones", and how they found Scotty; and new viewers will find it a fantastic introduction to some of the best characters ever created.
I will be really upset if this doesn't get an Oscar Nomination for best Picture, I believe it should win!