Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Great film!!

Star Trek was bloody fantastic. Yes, I was a little upset by some of the changes in back-story, origins, etc. (And I'm pretty sure they couldn't have done it if Majel Barrett had still been alive.) But old Spock explained it all quite nicely so I could accept it and get on with enjoying a cracking good sci-fi adventure.

Karl Urban was (as expected) excellent as a younger McCoy. Utterly believable. Zachary Quinto was amazing as the young Spock. And Chris Pine did a damn' fine job with Kirk. All of them believable as the young versions of those well-known characters. (Within the aforementioned reservations regarding back-story). Simon Pegg was good - he wasn't really Scotty - but he was good anyway. And was Chekov really that young?? The only character, in fact, who didn't ring true as the younger version of a much-loved original was Uhuru. Nice actress, very cute, strips down verrrry nicely - but she just wasn't Uhuru.

And the Enterprise. Oh yeah - brilliant. Perfect. It was the NCC - 1701. No question. The whole thing was so damn' good it almost made up for the embarrassment of a few of the earlier movies (I'm looking at you Final Frontier and Nemesis!!)

Trekkie or not Trekkie - if you like sci-fi action adventure - go see this flick - you will not be disappointed.

Enjoy your updates (lot of Buffy tonight) good night and may your God/s go with you.

Ze

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