Star Trek (2009)

If I could sum this movie up into one word, it would be "Wow!" J.J. Abrams is able to take the movies where no Star Trek has gone before in the eleventh version of Star Trek. In 43 years, after five different Star Trek T.V. shows and countless numbers of books and games, Star Trek finally gets the correct face-life that it needed.

For one thing, it's good to see all of the characters, not named Kirk and Spock, to have an intragale part in the movie. I'm sure George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, and Walter Koenig are happy to see the characters they created getting more movie face time than they had. Anton Yelchin plays Mr. Chekov as a young, 17 year old, genius, still trying to wok around his Russian accent. John Cho brings George Takei's Mr. Sulu back to life with his own characterization. Zoe Saldana plays a more noticeable Uhura as she plays the love interest of Mr. Spock (didn't see that one coming). Simon Pegg,. while not a complete replica of James Doohan's Scotty, brings his own sense of style to the character. Karl Urban caputres the Dr. McCoy character a bit differnetly than DeForest Kelley's intrepretation, but makes it work with humor. Zachary Quinto plays Mr. Spock, the logical, unemotional (unitll pissed off) firt officer of the Enterprise. While not as stoic as Leonard Nimoy's version, it actually puts Spock in a better light so the audience can relate to him. Then that lead us to Captain Kirk himself, Chris Pine. He plays Captain Kirk with his own style, not so much of William Shatner.

I feel the movie is probably one the best movies I've seen in three years. The special effects are fantastic, the scenes with The Enterprise are far different than those in the earlier movies. I do like how after the first 20 minutes of the movie, the Star Trek universe isn't the same as we last had it. This will allow the makers of next Star Trek movies a chance to branch out into different areas, without crossing over to the mythology of Star Trek. If you are not a Trekkie, just because the movie is Star Trek is not a good reason to not see it. It is a roller coaster action thrill ride from the first scene to the last. Like Captain Kirk says later on in the movie, "Buckle up!" You'll love the movie.