Star Trek (Single-Disc Edition) (2009)

The greatest adventure of all time begins with Star Trek, the incredible story of a young crew’s maiden voyage onboard the most advanced starship ever created: the U.S.S. Enterprise. On a journey filled with action, comedy and cosmic peril, the new recruits must find a way to stop an evil being whose mission of vengeance threatens all of mankind. The fate of the galaxy rests in the hands of bitter rivals. One, James Kirk (Chris Pine), is a delinquent, thrill-seeking Iowa farm boy. The other, Spock (Zachary Quinto), was raised in a logic-based society that rejects all emotion. As fiery instinct clashes with calm reason, their unlikely but powerful partnership is the only thing capable of leading their crew through unimaginable danger, boldly going where no one has gone before.

Reviews

Well… I’ll keep this short and concise.
This is terrific film where everything is simply great: screenplay, dialogs, casting, direction, special effects, cinematography, music, action sequences, jokes, performances, direction, etc, etc, etc… I simply cannot find a flaw in this film that is worth noting.

More than a Summer blockbuster, STAR TREK is a quality blockbuster made with lots of care and love.

Some die hard fans were quick to note all the divergences from the original source. But, hey… this is NOT the original thing. It is reinvention that manages to keep all the fundamental elements that work while giving itself the freedom to breath some fresh ideas that ALSO work. So in my opinion, this film has lots of respect for all the audiences that are targeted here: old fans and new ones.

Basically, the film tells the story of how all the Enterprise crew members met (Kirk, Spock, Uhura, McCoy, Scottie, Sulu and Chekov) upon the backdrop of two main narrative drives: personal (how the clashes between Kirk and Spock shaped their friendship) and plot (they must prevent a mad Romulan who came from the future from destroying the Earth). Obviously, the actual story has many twists that I do not want to spoil…

So I think this is a beautiful film that deserves to be seen. One last note: all the actors are fine. In fact, this is one of those projects where everybody seems to be loving what they’re doing.