Abosololutley Fantasmic!

Rating: 10/10 (22 December 2009)

I saw this twice in theaters and I feel like I've only seen it once. That's how good it is. If I saw it three thousand times, I would still not be tired of it. If you know me, which you don't, then you (don't) know that I'm a huge movie snob. I don't like a movie unless it's absolutely brilliant, and Star Trek lived up to that impossible title in every aspect. First off, no previous knowledge of the 1960s Star Trek series is required as this story serves as a sort of prequel to the whole shebang and details the early life of party boy James T. Kirk (played by a fantastic Chris Pine) and hilariously emotionless Spock (Zachary Quinto is an absolute Godsend for this role). The action scenes exemplify perfection of the use of modern special effects, one of the bonuses to the 30+ (give or take some, depending on whether or not you count the following series) year gap in the making of this film versus the series, while not overdoing it to the point of some shizbucket like "Bangkok Dangerous." Moments of humor spike the film in all the right places, especially when Scotty (Simon Pegg) is involved and the cameo appearance of Leonard Nimoy as well as other subtle reference to the old series create smirk-worthy moments for hard-core Trekkers/Trekkies top off the 2009 Star Trek film and make it perfect for everyone, be you noob or not.