Star Trek : Abrams lives long and prospers
Well, the wait is over.
![star_trek_xi_imax_poster[1].jpg](http://blogs.sundaymercury.net/anorak-city/star_trek_xi_imax_poster%5B1%5D.jpg)
And it's much, much better than we dared hope.
JJ Abrams Star Trek movie gets the mix just right - a blend of state of the art CGI action and good old-fashioned sci-fi adventure.
The casting is damn near perfect, especially Zachary Quinto's Spock. It's uncanny how he slips into the ears so seamlessly.
Chris Pine is annoying at the outset but very much Captain James T Kirk by the close, and Simon Pegg's Scotty is a fine comic turn.
Turn the page for the full verdict - and some anorak questions.
Of the others, Karl Urban is suitably irascible as Bones and John Cho is a capable Sulu - but Anton Yelchin's Chekov is too clever by half and Zoe Saldana is a bland Uhura.
Whatever happened to all her calm and cool?
There are enough in-jokes and references to keep ardent Trekkers happy. Listen for Spock's 'impossible' speech, watch for a green woman in a bikini, and guess what happens to the member of the away team wearing unlucky red ...
Leonard Nimoy plays an aged Spock, and we get to discover just why Captain Pike (Bruce Greenwood) - Kirk's predecessor - ended up in a wheelchair.
If you want to don your anorak for a moment, and delve deeper, then ask yourself these compelling questions:
1. How come the movie ends with the mission statement "to boldly go where no-one has gone before" when it was only the events of Undiscovered Country - long in the future - that persuaded Star Fleet to change it from "where no man has gone before"?
2. What's the significance of Captain Pike's ring, on which the camera lingers, at the close of the movie?
3. How come Spock's speech about destiny is almost identical to the one Daniel Faraday delivers to Jack in Abrams' day job, Lost?
4. And when did the Romulans steal their spaceship from the Shadows in Babylon 5?
But even if you're not an ardent fan, then this is a great adventure movie. It's well-paced, well-filmed and mixes edge of the seat moments with fun one-liners.
If you can, see it in the IMAX screen. The special giant screen print takes you right to the heart of the action, especially in the big space battles.
And I guarantee there won't be a dry eye in the house when that familiar Star Trek themes kicks in just before the end.
Roll on Star Trek 12!
Older/Newer
« Star Trek : see the movie at IMAX | Star Trek : see the movie at IMAX »
Authors
Paul Cole - Paul Cole - Lost, Torchwood, Sci-fi, Dr Who and anything worth getting the Anorak on for
Steve Wollaston - Wookie-loving Star Wars fanatic with a love of all things Dharma and sci-fi. Our resident You-Tube trawler.
Daniel Smith - Would-be scientist who can't add up. Believes Sisko is the best captain and Ronald D Moore is some sort of god.
Scully - Roving geek, with interests ranging from comics and sci fi to genre shows you may not have heard of yet, via John Cena (guilty pleasure). She wants to believe Lost is going to end well, but people do consider her a skeptic...
Jaymeetee - Marty Mcfly loving film buff, on a mission to watch and review all of the imdb.com top 250 movies
Keep up to date
Technorati
Categories
-
24
(1)
-
Being Human
(3)
-
Celebrities
(71)
-
Comics
(39)
-
Cult TV series
(285)
-
Doctor Who
(65)
-
Flash Forward
(12)
-
Fringe
(3)
-
Harry Potter
(28)
-
Heroes
(17)
-
Humour
(6)
-
IMDB Project
(30)
-
Lost
(145)
-
Movie Mistakes
(7)
-
Movies
(328)
-
News
(51)
-
Play it Again!
(6)
-
Prison Break
(7)
-
Reviews
(11)
-
Sci-fi
(226)
-
Sci-fi t-shirt of the day
(25)
-
Star Trek
(21)
-
Star Wars
(123)
-
Stargate
(1)
-
Superheroes
(91)
-
Supernatural
(7)
-
The Event
(1)
-
The Hobbit
(3)
-
True Blood
(5)
-
Twilight
(36)
-
You Tube
(65)
Leave a comment