Where No One Has Gone Before, Into The Future

Rating: 9/10 (9 May 2009)

Granted traditional Trekkies from the 1960's will not like this film. Then again, these same people are the same people who think that Iraq and Vietnam are the same war. They have their heads buried in the sand and ignore the potential of change and how it can benefit the future of a great franchise.
This film has more action than many previous Treks. This film does not go out of Treks way to tie with the older films and TV series. Instead it is something fresh, bold, and enjoyable. In some ways it is a breath of fresh air blown into an old franchise.
While the film is not perfect, it is written with both the old series fans and the new young fans in mind. Leonard Nimoy is pretty long in the tooth, but he comes off well as an elderly Spock. This movie takes this foundation and uses it to promote change.
It is change that the original series was about. The old franchise hit it's low point with Robert Wises pondering Star Trak The Movie. Thank goodness this is much better than that. For those who give this a chance, they will find some irony with the story. There are not a lot of holes in this one and the writing is pretty clever for the most part.
To me the biggest hole in the plot is the drilling sequence on Vulcan. It is done more for visual & special effects as it would be easy to change this scene from how it is written. Other than this sequence the rest makes sense. The plotting is good and the acting is good. The young cast makes the characters their own.
If there is a problem, it is how do you follow this movie? What is the next step. This one ends with a real dedication to Gene Roddenbury. This film shows how flexible this franchise can be, in case the past films and series haven't already. This is an exciting warp drive ride.