TOTALLY FREAKING ROCKS!  Saw it today with the wifey and it was incredible... 

FULLY AWESOME

Machineman: this is unlike any other Trek ever created.  It rethinks most of the technology, as well as the story (whoops!), but leaves the characters pretty much as they were intended to be.

A friend of mine went to see a screening of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan in Austin, TX a week before the new movie came out.  Just after the beginning credits finished, the film burned up.  At that point the house lights came up and who walks out?  None other than Leonard Nimoy himself!  He asks the viewers if they want him to try to reload the film, or if they would just like to watch the new movie . . .   He even sat there and watched it with them!

One thing to remember about this film: Nimoy told an interviewer that when he sat on set watching the interaction between Zach Quinto (Spock) and Karl Urban (McCoy) that he actually got misty-eyed and teared up.  That should satisfy nearly any die-hard Trek fans worries about the characters.

The old Trek space battles always felt to me like WWI naval battles.  By comparison, these battles are like watching WWII dogfights.  Not the usual, at all!

I thought the movie was excellent tbh 9/10. Only reason it doesn't get more were some dodgy sections with the plot but i can overlook that. This movie poo poos all over Nemesis and all that came before it (except Wrath of Khan, top story). Showing my age by saying i grew up watching it from day one but i think the cgi and other fx have definately helped a tired franchise. Rumour is the actors signed up for a set of three films assuming the first one did well so expect more to come. I personally can't wait

My wife and I saw it last night... and LOVED it!  We too grew up watching the various Start Trek voyages from "day 1".  (yup,...old f%#!)

There were a few "oops" type things...... but overall..... it was not only a great "Star Trek" movie... but for those who grew up on the original series... a really FUNNY movie too.  The director and actors really "nailed" all the old stereotypes and ideosyncrasies of the original cast and series.  The only dialog they missed was ....... "He's dead, Jim!"

The opening scene is a real "James Bond" style opener.  Hits you fast and furious (0 to 60 in 2 sec.) and leaves you just a tad disoriented as to the coming story.  Nicely done.

The plot twists off of the original Star Trek "backstory" were not as objectionable as I thought they'd be before I saw it.... the "different universe" thing was payed very well.

The actors absolutely nailed Kirk and Spock and McCoy.  It was hard to not imagine that those guys really WERE the younger screen alter-egos.  

Leonard Nimoy also was great.... but I hope that most of his "age" there was makeup to make him his Vulcan age......... not reality.  He really seemed old.

For an example of the "oops" department in our book, I'd rate that Scotty's accent and behavior was more a stereotypical one of a fun loving Irishman than a dour Scott.  But then it WAS an alternate universe  .

Anyway... go get yourself some tickets.  Siskel and Ebert give it "Two Thumbs Up".

best,

.....................john

PS:  And if you haven't seen this..............     

http://www.angelfire.com/fl/sapringer/STARTREKKIN.html

JBaymore wrote on May 21^st, 2009 at 6:51pm:


DeForrest Kelly always said he HATED saying that line... 

John I wrote a very simmilar review to yours before my internet crashed. I cant be bothered to write it again as you've summed it up nicely.
I would say though I disagree on the Kirk comparisons. I thought he did quite a poor job in comparison to the others.
Without a doubt the best has to be McCoy. I think Deforrest Kelly would have been proud of the job he did. The only criticsm there would be he was slightly too big. Bones was always quite a skinny man.
Zachary Quintos look was so much like a much younger spock that he nailed the part perfectly.
Eric Banna is one of my favourate actors so I was always going to enjoy his role as Nero.
As soon as I saw the guy in the red uniform I think I along with everyone in the theater let out a laughing, "he's a gonner"

I'm so glad Nimoy did have a part in the movie, his emotion and acting ability brought something to the movie that made it easy to feel the loss of Vulcan in the character.

Thanks for the heads up on that microlight, i knew scottys son was involved somewhere along the line