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J.J. Abrams reboot of the classic switches the story line from the original, but he does so in a way that shouldn't insult the purist too much and should launch of new generation of Trekkies. It was a fun fest of action and story and definitely didn't skimp on either.
When replacing iconic characters with new talent, you have to be careful. It would have been very possible for Pine and Quinto step in quite well replacing the legends of Shatner and Nimoy. No one will ever be able to fully replace those two, that is a given, but Pine and Quinto do a respectable job of it. The rest of the cast is solid as well. Cho, Pegg, and Saldana are all very good in their roles. And Urban and Yelchin steal the film at times when they are on the screen. Hopefully we will see them continue to develop those characters and talents with more Star Trek films.
The story is a massive reboot of the series. Without going into much detail it is really an earth shattering split from the original series. The one thing that they do well is make most things fairly plausible. The Vulcans would have serious issue with the logic of Nero's plan, but as an emotionally charged response, and one that is really put together on the fly, it kind of makes sense. There aren't any real holes left in the story and definitely some new twists with character interactions as well.
Visually, coming from Abrams, you know it is going to be impressive. "Lost", "Fringe" and Cloverfield were all extremely impressive visually, and the standards of those shows and film is met with Star Trek. I don't know if I was wowed by anything visually, but Abrams doesn't make mistakes, so visually it is clean the whole way through.
Overall this is the must see of the summer (late spring). This films delivers on every facet and people will enjoy it even if they haven't been a Trekkie for years, of if they have watched every episode of every "Star Trek" series, and there are a lot of fun homages to the original actors in the film.
Overall Grade: A
Acting: A+
Story: A-
Audio/Visual: B+
J.J. Abrams reboot of the classic switches the story line from the original, but he does so in a way that shouldn't insult the purist too much and should launch of new generation of Trekkies. It was a fun fest of action and story and definitely didn't skimp on either.
When replacing iconic characters with new talent, you have to be careful. It would have been very possible for Pine and Quinto step in quite well replacing the legends of Shatner and Nimoy. No one will ever be able to fully replace those two, that is a given, but Pine and Quinto do a respectable job of it. The rest of the cast is solid as well. Cho, Pegg, and Saldana are all very good in their roles. And Urban and Yelchin steal the film at times when they are on the screen. Hopefully we will see them continue to develop those characters and talents with more Star Trek films.
The story is a massive reboot of the series. Without going into much detail it is really an earth shattering split from the original series. The one thing that they do well is make most things fairly plausible. The Vulcans would have serious issue with the logic of Nero's plan, but as an emotionally charged response, and one that is really put together on the fly, it kind of makes sense. There aren't any real holes left in the story and definitely some new twists with character interactions as well.
Visually, coming from Abrams, you know it is going to be impressive. "Lost", "Fringe" and Cloverfield were all extremely impressive visually, and the standards of those shows and film is met with Star Trek. I don't know if I was wowed by anything visually, but Abrams doesn't make mistakes, so visually it is clean the whole way through.
Overall this is the must see of the summer (late spring). This films delivers on every facet and people will enjoy it even if they haven't been a Trekkie for years, of if they have watched every episode of every "Star Trek" series, and there are a lot of fun homages to the original actors in the film.
Overall Grade: A
Acting: A+
Story: A-
Audio/Visual: B+