05-14-2009, 11:39 AM
Quote:I went, I saw, I liked. It's a nice, loud popcorn movie with some good laughs, some nice nods to those in the know and some nice big space battles.I think you've summed it up perfectly. I'm no Trekkie -- the last time I saw Star Trek was probably 1970s re-runs during the school vacations -- but I appreciated the nods to (what now seems to be called) TOS. Karl Urban and Zachary Quinto are perfect ringers for their predecessors, even down to their mannerisms, and Chris Pine is believable in the spirit of a young William Shatner; even Simon Pegg's comedy Glasgow accent was an acceptable substitute for James Doohan's San Franberdonian. I was impressed and entertained (though, as someone else said earlier, the action was sometimes cut so fast as to be unwatchable).