Star Trek
May 12, 2009 by Cherie
Filed under TV, Movies, Books
What a blast this weekend! Took some much-needed time off, visited with my sister, and did fun stuff with the hubby. What could be better?
One of the things we did was see Star Trek. We don’t go to see movies on the big screen that often (frugal folks that we are) but every once in a while there is a flick we just HAVE to see. Even though I’m not usually into the sci-fi stuff, I knew we had to see Star Trek on the big screen. Since my sister was in town, it was also the perfect movie to see with her. (She loves this stuff as much as my hubby.)
I expected to sit there mildly entertained while the folks around me marveled at the screen. I was wrong. I was ENTERTAINED beyond my wildest dreams! Loved the writing and humor in it. J.J. Abrams does rock, so why would I doubt it? Here’s a clip if you haven’t seen it yet:
This was one of the few movies I’ve seen where the previews did not do it justice. Shame on the marketing folks for that! Let me tell you, you’ll love this flick even if you don’t like Star Trek. Now THAT’s a hard thing to pull off in a movie.
If I had one beef, it would be the complete lack of a decent female character. Other than that, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman did a fabulous job with the script.
I super-loved the actors they cast as well. One of my favorites is Karl Urban as Bones. He’s fabulous in his role and everytime he spoke I had to smile at how good he was.
Chris Pine is fine as the young James T. Kirk, and Zachary Quinto is scary-good as young Spock. What a groovy thing it was to include Leonard Nimoy as well. I don’t care for Eric Bana, unfortunately, and felt like his Nero was slightly weak. Luckily, the other characters, like Simon Pegg as Scotty and John Cho as Sulu more than made up for it. I’m a huge fan of Bruce Greenwood (those blue eyes are one of the few that can rival Ed Harris‘) so it was great to see him have a pivotal role as well. Tyler Perry looked slightly out of place in the flick, but his appearance is small and doesn’t move the story in any direction, so I suppose that’s okay.
But don’t take my word for it. See it yourself and come back and tell me what you thought.
