Star Trek Blu-ray Review
A very cool shot, but scientifically impossible. Strike one, Trek.
Star Trek is essentially a pilot, something J.J. Abrams excels at producing, giving audiences both a clean point of reference and fans a new take on an old formula.
In that sense, it works.
But as a film, it is a very flawed attempt at a Batman Begins/Casino Royale stylized reboot; it never completely gels or manages to shake some poor storytelling decisions.
The first few minutes are out-of-this-world; an incredibly gripping and emotional cold open that immediately glues butts to seats. From the hull of the USS Kelvin being torn open (resulting in a crew member flying out into the eerie silence of space) to the tearful exchange between Kirk’s parents, Abrams knows he has the audience hooked.
Sadly, the rest of the film fails to live up to that level of intensity, trading away emotional depth for visceral action sequences. It’s all fun and games during the film’s brisk running time, but you can’t help but feel duped afterwards.
Grand Theft Star Trek.
Abrams, Orci and Kurtzman piece together a reboot using well-known character tropes; one that tells the origins of a young, but immature military brat named James Kirk that must seize his destiny, and the roots of an unorthodox, pointy-eared Vulcan named Spock torn between two worlds.
Both, naturally, despise one another, but over the course of the film (and thanks to several manufactured plot devices) forge a bond that will result in three or four more big-budget, blockbuster films.
So, what works?
Well, for starters, the cast is strong. Any initial skepticism about replacing Shatner and Co. with a bunch of attractive twenty-somethings is erased pretty early on. It’s helps that Orci and Kurtzman’s primary strength as a writing tandem are character moments, and the film has that in spades.
Christopher Pine and Zachary Quinto strike out their own interpretations of the classic characters (Kirk and Spock respectively), neither content with a simple facsimile of their predecessors and both fit snugly into their roles.
Zoë Saldana and Simon Pegg are also pleasant surprises, making the most out of their limited exposure. Saldana, as Uhura, is given much more to work with than Nichelle Nichols ever received in her entire career; expanding the communication’s offer role on the Enterprise well beyond just the token minority character.
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