Worth The Price Of Admission

Rating: 10/10 (11 May 2009)

First of all, you don't have to be a "trekkie" or "trekker" or whatever they call themselves to enjoy this film; it's like an E-Ticket ride at Disney (as in non-stop action from start to finish). There may have been a few bloopers (I'm not as invested in the series as some folks are so I didn't really spot them) but they're completely forgiven because this movie is just a lot of fun to watch. Chris Pine does the young Jim Kirk character justice, and Zoe Saldana gives the Uhura character a nice bit of spirit. Good turn by Eric Bana as a creepily psychotic Romulan and it's fantastic to see Leonard Nimoy re-creating the role that made him famous: Spock. The whole cast is great and well-picked but the two standouts for me were Zachary Quinto as young Spock (it was easy to forget that this is the same guy who plays an devilish whacko on "Heroes" because he plays the hero here so well) and Karl Urban, who does a spot-on impression of Deforest Kelley's lovable grouch Dr. " Bones" McCoy. A few nice twists in the story justify how the ending plays out and it's acceptable because it's so well written. Good flick, good time. See it.