Star Trek

I saw this on a preview at my local cinema this afternoon (the cinema was half full for a 14:20 show).

My first reaction was how many Star Trek movies can one person sit through.

All the characters are there - James T. Kirk, Spock the Younger (Sylar from Heroes) and Spock the Elder (Leonard flipping Nimoy), Uhura, Simon Pegg as Scotty (OMG brilliant casting) - he has a sidekick that looks like a munchkin version of the creature from the black lagoon, Sulu, Chekov and last but certainly not least Dr. Bones McCoy.

The story was very, very confusing at first (well until 3/4 of the way through - we gave up and decided to just give ourselves over to it). It centres on the time space continuum (or my interpretation of it). It begins with Kirk's father taking over the U.S.S. Enterprise after the captain is killed by Nero (wonderfully played and tattooed Eric Bana. I don't like tattoos, but I would so do him as Nero. Sorry, I really do digress). Kirk goes down with the first Enterprise whilst his wife is giving birth to James Tiberius Kirk on a shuttle leaving the scene.

We then move into the meat of the story which is James T. Kirk meeting all his future mates as mentioned above. Nero is wreaking havoc and sends Spock into a tailspin. The movie has some amazing special effects, great looking ships, humour (we laughed throughout), a surprising relationship. It was a great two hour adventure that kept up the pace throughout.

I am not a trekkie although I do remember the original TV series and the movies that followed.

Live long and prosper and go see this movie!