Once more. From the beginning

Rating: 7/10 (18 June 2009)

I had read the decent reviews and decided to take a chance and see this movie, despite not being a Star Trek fan. I thoroughly enjoyed it. It is a case of leaving your brain at the foyer and just going with the flow. The idea of going back to the origins of the how the Enterprise crew came together is an excellent one as it gives us, essentially, new characters. Frankly the Shatner Enterprise crew and the Next Generation troops were past their sell by date, although Leonard Nimoy has a reasonably big role as "Old Spock" in a nod to the older fans. The effects are excellent, the action never stops and there are some good one-liners. What more could you want? Don't give yourself a headache by trying to make sense of the plot, involving time travel among other things. Just strap yourself in and get ready for another successful franchise to blast off!