Star Trek (XI) [2009] — 10

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0796366/

Now I love Star Trek and Star Wars equally. I do not favor one above the other, they both have their ups and downs. But I do not hold them against each other like one is the white supremacist and the other is a colored man. Who cares about the differences that much? Shit be in space, impossible things happen, it’s all awesome.

Now when I saw that they were making another star trek movie, my first thought was, oh god. We are screwed. Because the last movie they made with the TNG (The Next Generation) crew was terrible, one of the worst and boring movies of all time in my opinion. But this movie was focusing back on the TOS (The Original Series) and that peaked my interest. I was wondering how they were going to get William Shatner, and Leonard Nimoy back to play their parts. Well Nimoy came back, but Shatner was nowhere to be found. That’s ok. This movie gripped you from the get go and never let up.

This was also why a lot of fanboys hated it. It was a non-stop action fest with an intriguing story. Wait, what’s to hate about that? I’m sorry did they not go deep into the science of it like they usually do? Yes they did, it’s just not as profound as in the other movies. It’s there; it’s just hidden more to not bore the crap out of the normal population. But it exists, I promise you.

Now the intro was amazing. It set the pace for the whole movie, and the movie kept that pace. It was engaging, funny, interesting, and above all awesome. Now the intro in this movie actually had me crying. I mean damn near bawling. I have watched the entire first season of Star Trek TOS, but I never got further than that. So I know the background of it, but I was not expecting what I saw. The opening blew me away. And I know that when I saw this in theatres I was not the only one crying. I heard sniffles and some people actually straight out crying. I have never seen a movie do that to an entire audience like that ever before.

Now all of the actors did a remarkable job. I could not have chosen a better ‘replacement’ staff of the Enterprise then this collection of awesomeness. All of the actors did such a good job that after about 20 minutes or so in you don’t even realize that they replaced the old crew seamlessly. From the simple way they talk to the way they move and exhibit the exact behaviors of the original crew, it’s astonishing. I don’t think I have ever seen a better replacement in my life.

The other thing that really stood out to me was when they were on the ice planet, was that there were actually creatures. Mother fucking creatures! Star Trek never touched on the fact that there are other indigenous life forms on planets other than the intelligent one. Well this actually covers that, and let me tell you its fucking crazy scary. But it finally answers the question I have always had about why there were no other life-forms (other than plants) on class M planets.

Now the ending I almost saw coming. It was the only slightly disappointing part of the movie, and even saying that it was not so bad that it ruined it. Hell if you were thinking at all during the movie it damn near stood out, but there was no other possible way it could have ended. So it’s a good thing that they followed their plan for this movie.

All in all, this movie is amazing, flat out one of the best movies of the summer and I’m glad that I saw it in theatres. I am also amazed at the packaging for the movie.


Its shit like this that will keep people from pirating movies.

All in all this entire movie is amazing. Star Trek fan or not, this movie will surprise you on how good it actually is.

Base Score = 10
+2 for making me cry, in the intro
+1 for Leonard Nimoy
+1 for an excellent pace
+1 for amazing acting
+1 for picking out great replacement actors for the TOS crew
-1 for a predictable ending.
= 15/10