star trek review
May 11, 2009, 1:17 pm
instead of slumming it with b-list celebrities, journos, and politicians at the white house correspondents dinner saturday night, i went ahead and watched star trek instead.
awesome decision.
it’s been a long time since i’ve visited any of the star trek franchise (probably nemesis? 2002?), but like any good historical fiction, it has me scouring trek fan sites and wikipedia trying to piece together the mythology i’ve mostly forgotten. without giving away any plot points, this is mostly not important for the understanding of the movie, but it was just so good that i wanted to remind myself of why i ever liked trek in the first place.
that being said, non-trek fans should still see this film. unlike the 10 before, this is not a “star trek movie.” it’s a solid movie that happens to have star trek characters in it.
not too shabby, jj abrams. but i’m still not going to watch lost.
This seems to be the overall consensus–that the movie is just a success. As you point out, the film reaches both trekies and the moviegoing public at large. And, of course, critics like it as well. There are numerous positive reports of the film with its story of friendship, up-to-date action scenes and tip-offs to the original television series.
There is a great summary video on the movie and quite a few reviews/opinions at newsy.com. It’s worth checking out:
http://www.newsy.com/videos/beam_me_up_box_office/