A Twist of All Twists

Rating: 8/10 (2 February 2013)

I honestly told all of my friends this "If you aren't a Star Trek fan of episode II .... don't even bother. They will rip and shred and tear it all apart...." After a few months of this movie being out, I finally watched it on blu-ray.
Beyond the... I can't even explain it... the... lensing? The sun-in-your-eyes effects? It's actually a good movie! If you can get beyond the whites (major blaring whites) and the sun-effect in every scene which takes place in the "main room" which is the "bridge"... then I suppose this "MAY" take a place in the Star Trek Universe. Having not read any other books other than the one book where the Intrepid was introduced, and yet watched every single episode of the Original Star Trek and all of the movies to date....
It gives me pause....
What is the original motion of everything Star Trek? This movie makes a stand. Takes the Universe in another direction, good or bad. Do I like this movie? No. Is it good? Yes.
Fans since the 60's will absolutely hate this movie. Fans of the 2000's (nay 2009) will probably love it (as it is new to them).
Granted, the movies beyond ST2 are so ... cheap, or, devalued... if they watch them... UGH. My sentiments exactly.
THIS MOVIE HOWEVER, tries to tie into the history from one point to the other and in it's own sick way... accomplishes that (even with cheap CGI... cmon...)...
I give this a movie an 8 out of 10 because at least they stuck to the "characters" and the growth...