An excellent entertainment

Rating: 9/10 (5 June 2009)

When I was young,my holy trinity of TV series was composed by Lost in Space,Ultraman and Star Trek.When the time went by,I kept appreciating the first two ones because of their fast entertainment and the nostalgic factor...but in Star Trek,I found additional levels which made me to comprehend why the science fiction can express interesting ideas and provocative concepts in order to stimulating the imagination and waking up the curiosity of the spectator about the universe which rounds on him/her.So,I have to admit I am a "trekkie" who has gone to conventions (without a disguise) and who has seen every movie and every single episode from all the series belonging to this franchise (by the way,my favourite one has been The Next Generation,and the one I have least liked is Voyager).However,I am not one of those fans who take their fanaticism to semi-religious extremes,studying the continuity of the Stark Trek universe and remembering every single detail.We do not have to forget that,more than anything else,Star Trek must work as an entertainment,and when its appreciation is replaced by academic precision,I think it looses one of its main virtues.I think we should take that attitude to analyze the new Star Trek movie,because it works wonderfully as an entertainment.This resulted to be an excellent film for many reasons.First of all,this movie is tremendously entertaining on every scene,so it never becomes boring.This movie does not get the narrative heights from the best moments of the saga,but I do not consider that as a fail...after all,the main intention from the movie is re-establishing the Star Trek universe for a new generation,introducing the characters,their motivations and the relationship between them,and the movie perfectly achieves that.The cast is perfect and director J.J. Abrams obtained amazing changes of rhythm,emotion and tone which,on some way,they do not alter the consistency of the story and of its characters.Besides of that,Abrams shows great talent for generating emotive moments and exciting action sequences.The only fail I found on this movie is that,near the ending,a situation has a forced solution.I will not reveal more because I may ruin the movie to some people.In spite of that,I liked this movie very much.Star Trek is an excellent entertainment,and it left me very satisfied.I recommend it with a lot of enthusiasm,because I am sure you are going to have a great time with this movie,being or not being a "trekkie".