51 Star Trek (2009)
Rewatch. The eleventh Star Trek film. The first set in the
'Kelvin Timeline'. A Romulan mining ship, the Nerada, and
Ambassador Spock inadvertantly travel back in time, creating an
alternate reality. A good film, if not entirely based on the original
series. However, Chris Pine does make a really good Kirk. The scenes
near the beginning with young Kirk in the car, serve to introduce the
character as he is in this timeline. A young hotshot eager to proove
himself. Someone that Captain Christopher Pike sees potential in.
The film then jumps forwards to his attempt at the Kobyashi Maru
test. (After he met's McCoy, while enroute to the Academy.) This is
consistent with how it is described in The Wrath of Khan (not
that it needed to be). Overall the film is rather good. A good way to
rejuvinate the franchise after it had gone tired earlier in the
decade (not that Enterprise was bad). It could havve been
better, though. The concept of the 'Red Matter' isn't that
scientifically sound, nor is the galaxy threatening supernova.
But that is just the setup. The rest of the film is rather good in
it's presentation. The destruction of Vulcan is appropriately
dramatic and poignant. The scenes (mainly the rescue scenes, and the
scenes on the drill platform) leading up to it are rather good too.
Although killing off Amanda may have been too much, but that plotline
does allow Kirk to meet the Spock from the Prime 'verse, and bring
Scotty into the mission. This sequence is rather well done, showing
that it is the same Spock from the original series and first six
films.
However, while well acted, Nero isn't that good of a villain. It
isn't really explained why he is taking out his anger on the
Federation, given that Spock may have been working alone in 2387 to
defeat the supernova. But this doesn't take away from the fact that
the film is very well presented (despite Abrams' lens flares).
Another great rewatch. 9/10.
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