Throughout the summer and fall season I watched many different shows and movies and I want to continue to review the good and bad aspects of these shows and movies.
To Start first of all the new Star Trek movie was as epic as I had hoped and was definitely the best movie of the year. Although no one can replace the legendary original cast the new bunch did extremely well. The standouts for me in the cast were Chris Pine as captain Kirk, Bruce Greenwood as Captain Pike, Zachary Quinto as Mr Spock and especially Karl Urban as Bones McCoy. It was a honor and pleasure to see Leonard Nimoy again as Mr Spock showing his gravitas and literally passing the torch to Zachary Quinto’s Spock. Although the story was not as strong as I hoped the camaraderie and the optimism of the film together with the solid cast made it an epic adventure. In these times of dark, gritty and broody films it was a nice change of pace. I have to say a few things about Chris Pine, he definitely has stardom in his future this young guy doesn’t just rely on his good looks but also does manage to act. He has a bright future ahead of him. Also Karl Urban’s portrayal of McCoy reminded me why Doctor McCoy was such a joyous character and why he is a necessary part of the crew. His McCoyisms were a joy to watch and he definitely needs more scenes in the sequel. The only one of the cast that I’m unsure about is Anton Yelchin as Chekov, he is not bad but looks a little too young and the producers seem to rely on his accent too much for comic relief. One thing I didn’t like about the film was the usage of a brewery as the engine room, this is a starship not a factory guys can we please have our old warp drives and warp cores back together with a proper engine room. Anyways here is a toast to JJ Abrams and the new guys on a job well done: keep on trekking guys.