In which I admit to being a closet Trekkie
This afternoon N and I played hooky from work – we had a nice lunch then went to the movies. (It’s just easier to do that when the kids are already taken care of, rather than pay even more money for a babysitter in the evenings.)
I couldn’t decide whether I really wanted to see Wolverine or Star Trek, but then my sister tipped the scales with her ringing endorsement of Chris Pine: FRIGGIN HOTTTTTTT. Okay then. Star Trek it is.
And I am so glad that’s what I picked – it was excellent. I like Star Trek, always have. The original series, The Next Generation, the movies, I enjoy almost every bit of it. This one blew it all away.
Not only is Chris Pine indeed FRIGGIN HOTTTTTT, he did a great job portraying a young James Kirk. Cocky, self-assured, rebellious, but he didn’t take it too far by imitating Shatner’s stilted style of line delivery. The entire movie was phenomenally casted – Karl Urban and Bruce Greenwood are always fantastic, and Zachary Quinto certainly did not disappoint as Spock. And the always-hilarious Simon Pegg was a nice surprise as Scotty (I didn’t realize he was in it.) I was even pleased with Eric Bana as the villain. (Prior to today, I could not stand Eric Bana. I think Hulk may be one of the worst movies ever. I want that 138 minutes of my life back, but Bana has redeemed himself.)
I just can’t say enough about this movie. It did a great job of giving canonical backstory to the series and movies starring the original cast, but it wasn’t such that you would need to have seen all that in order to follow along. I think that casual Trek fans, or even people who just enjoy sci-fi in general would really enjoy it. The special effects were superb, of course, and the plot was really solid.
N had watched it on Saturday in IMAX with his dad and brother, and I couldn’t believe that he wanted to see it again so soon…but after watching it I understand! I could have sat straight through a second showing this afternoon. I’ll definitely see it again, and we’ll no doubt buy the DVD when it comes out.
To sum up: Awesome. Absolutely awesome. Go see it, you won’t be sorry.
May 13th, 2009 at 1:19 am
Good to know…I’m sure Paul will be wanting to drag me to this one.
Oh, and Wolverine was good! Many FRIGGIN HOT guys in that one
May 13th, 2009 at 7:59 am
I totally get that this is a great movie, no one can stop talking about it – much like those Star Wars movies or the Hobbit ones…but I will probably never see it – or the other ones for that matter. I’m just not that into Star Trek, or Star Wars for that matter…basically I’m anti Star, I guess, but not in a judgy kind of way.
May 13th, 2009 at 9:09 am
I told you!! AMAZING!!!!
May 13th, 2009 at 9:21 am
thanks for the review, Kevin is really wanting to see this movie and though I watched Star Trek with my dad I just really don’t want to see this movie…if I’m going to go take the time and $ to go to the movies I want to see something I REALLY want to see. but we will end up seeing it somehow – either he’ll convince me to go or we’ll netflix it, so good to hear its a good movie.
and yay for daytime date!
May 13th, 2009 at 2:40 pm
I’m glad the dude snoring behind us didn’t distract you from all the FRIGGIN HOTTTTTTTTTTTTTTNESS on the screen. We certainly wouldn’t want that.
May 13th, 2009 at 3:05 pm
I am also glad that guy didn’t distract me from all of the onscreen hotness. That would have been too bad.