This is how you reboot a franchise

Rating: 9/10 (16 September 2010)

I have never been a fan of Star Trek but this film truly surprised me. J.J. Abrams did an excellent job at reviving this dead franchise and making this the best movie of 2009 so far. I think that fans and non fans will be equally entertained with this version of Star Trek which goes back to the beginning and shows us how James Kirk and Spock come to work in the Enterprise together. What Abrams does with this franchise is very similar to what Nolan did with Batman, which also went back to the origins. In this film we have great visual effects, an excellent cast, and a very entertaining story. We kicked off the summer with Wolverine which I enjoyed, but this film makes that one look mediocre. Star Trek has set the standard for the rest of the summer movies to come, and I doubt that they will be able to top this one. This film has it all, it is not just visual effects. Abrams has intelligently renewed the franchise with these talented young actors and I can now say I want to be a Trekky and will look forward to more movies from this franchise. My favorite movie of the year by a long shot so far. There are few movies I can watch over again, but this is definitely one I could see several more times and not get bored. Even if you are not a Star Trek fan like I wasn't, you should go see this film because you will not want to miss out of the best movie of the year so far.