Trek-ish but not Trek.

Rating: 4/10 (16 May 2009)

Back from Star Trek. Interesting reboot. All the exciting stuff is in the trailers. It is pretty good space opera, not the best Trek movie, not even really Star Trek but Trekish, too much humor interrupts the suspense, some of the characters and events are cheesy, a few too many plot holes. Leonard Nimoy is ancient. Zachary Quinto did extremely well. Chris Pine is likable but lacks Shatner's charisma. Karl Urban, as expected, can't act. Eric Bana is terrific but is under so much make-up he looks like Joan Rivers. Bruce Greenwood and Zoe Saldana are also terrific. Simon Pegg flops, horribly. Anton Yelchin who plays Chekov was a welcome surprise, not only was the character improved over the original but the acting as well. John Cho was alright but a little too happy go lucky as Sulu. I didn't even recognize Winona Ryder. Thankfully they didn't destroy the Enterprise which has become the second most tired plot device after time travel in Trek movies.