I wouldn’t say I grew up watching Star Trek. I’m not a fanatic or the most hardcore trek-kie but I do believe Captain Jean Luc Picard is a bigger captain than Captain James Tiberius Kirk. I believe Patrick Stewart could like William Shatner’s behind anytime.
As much as I loathe James Kirk, I was intrigued with a storyline that is meant to be a prequel of all that has been aired either on the big screen or on the TV. If it meant that I had to spend 2 hours watching the life story of James Kirk, I believe it would be worth it and damn was I right.
Before I get to how I found the movie, this is a warning for those that have NOT watched it. There might be some spoilers so if you want, skip this post to the end.
During the middle of the movie, the old Spock and the young Kirk met in a surprise twist to the movie. Is that guy still alive, I thought to myself? And at that moment, people around me went, “Who’s that guy?” Just then, Spock introduced himself as Spock and the same people went, “He said he’s the young guy. ” “No, you sure?” “Yeah, yeah. He said his name is Spock.” I wanted to yell, “You guys don’t know Leonard Nimoy? What the hell are you doing watching this movie for?”
Then it made me realize that maybe these people have never heard of Star Trek before. It made me sad to think this because I honestly felt that the appreciation levels in the theater hall was solely just with me. I’ll admit. I’ve only truly enjoyed Star Trek: The Next Generation while I feel that Deep Space Nine was a deep bucket of bull and Star Trek: Voyager should have just stayed lost while Enterprise was filled by bad acting and a poor portrayal of a Federation captain by Scott Bakula but at least I know Leonard Nimoy!
When the characters were gradually introduced, I recognized them and remembered their former selves. Mr.Scott, Dr. “Bones” McCoy, Chekov and Sulu (FYI: George Takei played Sulu in the original series and he’s openly gay. Just thought this piece of information would interest somebody) but I did miss Uhura in the beginning. Never in my life would I have ever imagined her to be that hot judging from the previous person who played her (just being honest) and it felt like a homecoming for me. The other people probably had no idea who these characters are.
It got a wee bit bizarre when I saw hands mimicking the Vulcan greeting like it was something new to them. Hands started to appear from nowhere. Not because they were responding to the iconic splitting of the fingers, it was simply because they had never seen it before. Those damn idiots. It’s been around since before most of them were born.
Still in the spoiler mood, it was a bit stupid that the warp cores had to be ejected yet again. Rough count, the movie has ended like that for errrr 4 times now? Word to the producers, it’s getting a bit annoying and subtly cheesy. Stop it!
Overall, the plot was good. The CGI was fantastic. And I all-around loved it. I’d just like to add that while the Star Trek franchise is getting more violent and death counts increasing by every movie (a few things Gene Rodenberry would never approve of) due to these modern crowds that love big explosions and spaceships shooting loads of torpedos (like me), this movie is really fresh and deserves to be watched. Just don’t be too much of a geek or a blonde (this is a bad metaphor but I wanted to give the implication of a nitwit who thinks space is something between 2 cars and Star Trek is a period of time before things got really bad and then began the Star Wars period) while watching the movie.
I loved it. Now I’m counting the days till Demons & Angels.
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