Star Trek (2009)
I finally made it to see the new Star Trek movie. I have to say that I really enjoyed it. I had heard good things about it, and how it would appeal to not only the Trekkers (like myself) but to the layman. They were right.
This movie does an excellent job of capturing the character of the orignal series. The casting was done well for the most part. My biggest problem was that all the Vulcans and Romulans looked like vampires. This upset me somewhat. These characters have always had the creepy undead appearance but this was to the extreme. Beyond that everything seemed to work well.
I had wondered how the writer and director would relaunch such a storied series and be able to keep it fresh. They suprised in the way they did it. I was delighted. I'm not going to give it away because I don't want to be that spoiler guy. I loved that now we can have a whole other series of adventures with the original characters that made history so long ago.
Now, I didn't like some things. Uhura wasn't ballsy enough for me. She needed more of that I've got a razor in my boot attitude that Nichols had in the television series. I was displeased with her character in that way. The villian as well was too one dimensional. I didn't fully feel why he was doing what he was doing. In all actuality, the villian and his plot almost seemed to me to be a non-issue in this mostly character driven action adventure. I cared more of the development of Kirk and Spock than anything else.
What about the USS Enterprise? I love it. The designers kept the television style with a more technilogical advatange. It also fixed some of the issues that plagued the original. The engineering room looked much more like an engineering section. The original never seemed to be realistic. The bridge seemed much better as well.
The last thing I'm going to say about this movie is this: The USS Kelvin really took it for me. The ship was claustrophobic and old school looking. It reminded me of the WWII battleships. This was great in showing the evolution of starships. I loved it.
See Star Trek. If you are fan already, you'll still like it. If you aren't a fan, you'll love the action.
