My thoughts on STAR TREK

Hey there.

I know that the interweb has been abuzz about how bad or good this movie is going to be. The old schoolers seem to hate that it's a big budget flick without any of the stars (well, there is one, but you already know that). The new schoolers seem to think that this was a waste of time rebooting a wheezing, decaying franchise that had been past it's prime for a long time. Well, here's some news for both of you and anyone else:

You're wrong.

This is a terrific movie.

Before I go on, I must observe something, so please indulge me. My brother-in-law, JR, who passed away earlier this year was a huge TREK fan. He was excited to see the movie after I showed him the pictures of Zachary Quinto as Spock. He talked about how much he was looking forward to this movie. So it was with a strange mix of excitement and morose that my wife and I approached the movie. I noticed a couple of times that she had tears and I must admit that the first time I saw the Enterprise I got choked up, and found myself again choked up during the final part before the credits (won't spoil). I miss having him here to talk about it. OK, enough about me, onto the movie.

This was what any good TREK fan would love, a mix of action and story. I don't really get why TOS people are clinging to their hate on this story. We never really learned back in the day how this crew came together. This story told it from a perspective of the two main leads; Kirk and Spock. I can't say enough about the job Quinto did as Spock. My wife said it best when she saw him on the screen for the first time;"uncanny". There may be some plot holes (again, refuse to spoil) and the fact that Scotty didn't appear until almost halfway through are little nitpicks on my part. What I can say is that the action did not disappoint, the actors nailed the motivations and inflections of their (older) counterparts, and that this was a tremendous reboot.

In my opinion, this crew has earned their stripes and should fly at least a couple of more missions.

GRADE: A+