Great Star Trek!

Rating: 10/10 (14 February 2019)

As a life-long Trekkie, I too was skeptical when I first heard about the re-boot plans. Or rather, the first rumors were about a Spock and Kirk at the Academy project, which made no sense.
But what came out in the end actually does make a lot of sense. Alternate timeline fits the Star Trek continuum, and if you are honest, was a missing piece so far unexplored. So it is quite logical to boldly go where no Star Trek went before...
It is still Star Trek, Spock is still Spock, Bones still Bones, and there finally is a Kirk that is not nauseating. Zachary Quinto and Karl Urban are wonderfully true to their roles, and the dynamic between Quinto and Leonard Nimoy is brilliant. And there is the beauty of alternative timelines: two Spocks, which is bliss.
Talking about the continuum, consider all of it, including the novels (yes, I am serious, I really am a Trekkie..), and then, every aspect of the movie makes perfect sense.
What I loved most? Spock giving more of a glimpse of who we always knew he is, and he finally gets the girl, the one who always got him, and is magnificent in her own right.
You may sputter and rage, but to this old Trekkie, this is great Star Trek and definitely a favorite!
Live long and prosper!