Star Trek

We have a winner.
I have never seen one entire episode of Star Trek. Growing up I thought it was the most BORING show on television; I was a Star Wars fan. I also have seen only one Star Trek movie, The Wrath of Khan, which was great for its time but is terribly dated if you watch it now.
JJ Abram’s Star Trek is for everybody. You don’t need to know anything about the series because this tells the story of how it all began and it’s a great summer movie.
It took 10 Star Trek movies to come up with a winner. JJ Abrams is the likely successor to Steven Spielberg’s throne. I became a fan of his from his creative bent on the TV series LOST. He also revitalized the Mission Impossible series with MI3. Now whenever I see the Bad Robot logo before a movie the hair stands on the back of my neck because I know that I am about to see a good movie.
JJ already has his signature move. Whenever chaos is taking place in his movies or television shows he turns down the volume of the characters and action sounds and just shows the characters dealing with the situation with thoughtful, slow, music playing in the background.
Leonard Nimoy does a great job as the old Spock and the audience cheered when he came on screen. Eric Bana was in the movie and I didn’t realize it until the end credits. He did an awesome job and he was key to making the movie work. The casting overall was on point, my only question was why was the Negotiator, William Shatner, not allowed to play? Is he now considered a joke to this generation? YES!! I saw this movie with teenagers and he is no longer known as Captain Kirk he is now the buffoon that does Priceline commercials.

Verdict: The Franchise is alive; it will live long and prosper.