To boldly go to infinity and beyond

The new Star Trek movie surprised me. I was expecting a boring re-telling of all the same stories but to my surprise it turned out to be one of the best movies to come out this year.

Star Trek (2009) is the story of how James T Kirk, the 20 something trouble-making, womanizer turns into the Captain of the Enterprise. And what happens in between can blow your socks off. There are two black holes, numerous fist/gun fights, lots of running around, time travel and some brilliant one linners. If you want to read the full summary then check it out here

I was not really a fan of the original TV series so you can’t say I am writing this as a hard core Trekkie, but I am writing this as a hard core movie fan and star trek did not disappoint me. The whole film has a great mix of humour, action and amazing visual effect but the thing that out-shines all of these is the level of acting in the movie. Most of the actors are relatively unknown but they all bring their own spin on a very old and out-dated character.

Chris Pine (that guy from Princess Diaries 2 and just my luck) and Zachary Quinto (Syler from heroes) play Kirk and Spock and I don’t think they could have found better actors. Chris manages to make you laugh out loud and then feel sorry for him in a split second, and somehow even though Spock shows no emotion Zach can make you feel the same way Spock does. These two actors are one of the main reasons why Star trek is such a massive hit.

Star Trek should not be seen as a geeky film that only people who have seen all the films and read all the comics will understand, but because there is time travel involved everything that has happened in those is pretty irrelevant!

I know it is a little late to go and watch it in the cinema but the DVD comes out on November 17^th so why not borrow it from blockbusters and see what you are missing out on. Even if you don’t like enjoy it as much as I do it is worth watching for the great CGI and Simon Pegg with a pretty bad Scottish accent!

-Jade xoxo

P.S even if you have no interest in watching the film it is worth watching the Zachary Quinto and Chris Pine interviews on youtube.com because they are very funny together.