Brilliant and entertaining.

Rating: 10/10 (11 July 2011)

I want to start off by saying that the negative reviews of this film all focus on one thing, it's predictability and far-fetched plot. THAT is what Star Trek is all about, you cannot have a film set in the future about an advanced human race saving the galaxy without some cliché characters and obvious plot choices, and yet, this film is not that predictable when you realise the good guys always win in Star Trek, so it was obvious Kirk was going to Captain the Enterprise and save the day, if you don't like that or think it's un-original why bother watching a film with "Star Trek" as its title?!?!?! Right, onto the film: It looked magnificent, the special effects and attention to detail were phenomenal, I can tell you, when I watched this in the cinema I couldn't dream of anything more than actually being in one of them space ships, and who doesn't when they look as gorgeous as they do in Star Trek, it was colourful and dark in all the right places, the colours in the environment complimented the particular scenes mood, peril, excitement, desperation, it clawed you in and you just have no choice but to be devoured by it all.
Chris Pine does an excellent job of portraying Kirk, the cocky-yet-genius attitude was brilliant, the humour and seriousness factor he brings to the role was fantastic, I don't think they could have picked a finer actor! Quinto as Spock was also brilliant, he played the role as Spock was convincingly that you can't help but be impressed by his overall intellect and his cold, calculated logic, and very sympathetic for him when he finally gets a grip of his emotions, he is the perfect counter for Pine and can't wait to see him in the sequel(s) Karl Urban as Bones, was just awesome, sarcastic and cynical, just as I remember him, another perfect companion for Kirk! Simon Pegg as Scotty, my God, a match made in heaven, Pegg brought such humour to this role it was a brilliant surprise, an unusual role for Pegg but done perfectly with a mixture of humour and intelligence and sheer eccentricity, a fine addition to the cast.
Eric Bana as Nero, a very convincing villain, brilliantly acted as a stubborn, merciless, cold, hurt Romulan who just wants closure in the only way he knows: Violence, shame to see him go from the cast in fact! All in all, this film is a work of art, visually, acting and scripting, the cameo role from Nimoy was brilliant, just what the film needed, could it of needed Shatner? No, I don't think so, not in this film, Nimoy fitted in because the script could fit around him, Shatner had no role in this film, maybe in the sequels! The film has set the bench mark for future sci-fi films, especially for such a huge franchise such as Star Trek, JJ Abrams deserves a model for this, and it's a film I can still watch on DVD and not be bored, very well done.
10/10.