Star Trek returns to Warp Speed!

Rating: 9/10 (7 May 2009)

I must say, as an avid Star Trek fan for most of my life I was very sceptical of this new movie. I felt there had been too many failures by the creative teams in Voyager, the opening 2 years of Enterprise and the previous 2 movies that they should just let things rest a while and then bring in new people.
We've seen so many prequels recently and there have been a lot more failures than successes and thank god they done this one right! It's action from the get-go and the film for the most part is high paced.
Hat's off to Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Ben Cross and Leonard Nimoy who put by far the best performances. Every scene that's has Leonard Nimoy were done wonderfully and a true tip of the hat to classic Star Trek.
The special effects are top-notch and bring a fresh new view of Star Trek. J.J. Abrams was right in saying this isn't for any Star Trek "purists", we'll all have to adopt the Star Trek philosophy and keep an open mind for this film in order to truly enjoy it. For example, planet Delta Vega that was in the William Shatner pilot episode for Star Trek, was near the Galaxy's edge. Here, it's almost within a nats wing of the planet Vulcan, you'll just have to let little things like that go.
My only real criticism of the picture was that I thought they overdid the comedy side a bit. I don't mind a few funny bits here and there, but I thought they did too much. Aside from that, it's a good start to build upon and I hope the sequel to this will focus a bit more on the characters just established here now that the base has been set.
Ahead Warp Factor 9!