Okay, okay - I admit it! I'm a closet TREKKIE!!

I'm definitely not as obsessed as some individuals out there, but I love the Star Trek franchise as a whole. I practically grew up with Captain Jean Luc Picard, adored Captain Janeway, and had my occasional episodic run-ins with the original James T. But nothing, I repeat nothing could have kept me away from the new movie! (I mean, besides the wonderful Trekkie-ness of it all, who could resist seeing the spooky, edge-of-sanity, totally intense Zachary Quinto aka Heroes' Sylar as the coolest Vulcan known to man and alien alike?!)

Put briefly, the new movie was the best epic film (heck, just the best movie) I've seen in I don't know how many years. And it certainly came out having something for everyone.

First off, J.J. Abrams and his crew awesomely pulled off an impressive time-space-continuum tinker in order to bring new life to the franchise. They gave themselves license to start over - and in my opinion, they didn't abuse it! I'll admit, I never really immersed myself in the original series, but I loved the characters as I saw them in the Star Trek movies, and even my pseudo-hard-core Trekkie Mom said she heartily approved of the new take. The whole "starting over" thing allowed for some very intriguing new insight into the characters, since their development, especially Kirk's, is changed dramatically. It changes how people meet, their relations, and most importantly, who they are as individuals - to some extent.

And yet, the characters still retain what every Trekkie remembers them for. Kirk is, of course, the cocky, intelligent, overconfident jerk he always was - just in a younger package and with a much more depressing past. Spock is still the logical half-Vulcan striving for stoicism, but he struggles a lot more with his emotions than the original, and Quinto's portrayal of young/new Spock, in my opinion, completely stole the show from Kirk. In fact, I'd go so far to say that, even though the movie was a development of both Kirk and Spock's character, the change and exploration in Spock's character was far more intriguing and in-depth - not to mention way more fun to watch!

The movie had the most spectacular special effects and space scenes I had ever witnessed - I'd venture to say they were even better than those found in Star Wars. Too bad some of those scenes were sometimes cruelly short, but they were worth it. If you haven't seen the movie yet, and are planning on it, I recommend sitting through the credits - at least until the very awesome space art sequences are through.

The whole movie was very epic - as it should be. I'd be very hard-pressed to point finger at any real faults in it at all. As I said, it is quite possibly the best movie I've seen... since The Bourne Identity stormed in way back in 2002. I'd more than willingly go see it again - I just have to scrounge up the money...

And yes, this is a random, obsessive, movie-review-esque briefish journal entry. I just can't stop thinking about this movie... And Zachary Quinto/Sylar/Spock's eybrows. SCARINESS!


LIVE LONG AND PROSPER!
Draco