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I SAW STAR TREK
Star Trek in 2009 – a summer blockbuster for us all. Sorry it took me so long to let you know if this movie is good or not. I had to shlep my ass down to the Times Square theater and wade through the hooligans and savages to pay my $12.50. It’s the best theater in the area though – so it’s a trade off.
I had never seen a full episode of Star Trek or seen any previous Star Trek movies before seeing this film. As a Star Wars superfan, having the two worlds collide and being a fan of both just didn’t seem right. So I will be giving you a review from an unbiased point of view – a nerd point of view – but still unbiased.
Star Trek (2009) stars Chris Pine (left) as Captain James T. Kirk and Zachary Quinto as Spock. Directed by famed television mastermind J.J. Abrams (Lost, Alias), it becomes evident about 20 minutes into this quickly-moving blockbuster that Abrams is a specialist at keeping your attention, and cramming a lot of sensory information into a short amount of time -something he has been known to perfect in 43-minute episodes of Lost.
His background in television shows through on the big screen, which in some ways is both good and bad. It keeps the movie on track and fast-paced, but can also be extremely over-the-top and overdone in certain aspects.
This movie is riddled with lens flares and flashing lights, non-stop action and rarely stable camera work. It’s high on entertainment, but low on depth. By the end of the movie, I found myself not caring.
But Chris Pine’s acting and the dimension that he brought to the film took it to that next level. He was flawless, and made the movie watchable from an artistry standpoint.
All-in-all, you could have taken the Star Trek emblems off their jumpsuits and this movie could have been a better sequal to Starship Troopers. It currently sits at position #71 on the IMDB.com Top 250 movies list, which is pretty ridiculous.
High entertainment value? Yes. Worth your hard-earned money? Probably. 7/10
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