Goes to Star Trek.

WOW! this is probably old news to most of you, but if there are other fans of the one and only, i.e. the original Trek, out there who have avoided this movie, having grown exceeeeeedingly gunshy over the past million years of weak ripoffs…I can’t over-recommend this movie. It would be good with just the casting, which cast very believable “young” versions of all our beloved characters. Good with just the SFX, which were beautiful and make me regret not seeing it on the big screen. It would be good with just the caliber of acting of every single speaking part. Good with just the directing and cutting, which made for a slick, seamless, experience, with a superb balance of tension and comic relief, good with just the sound which for once kept the sound effects eerily proper for a space-based story (the only one to use it as effectively that I can think of was 2001) For the sound balance which, such a thought, kept the focus on the (gasp) DIALOG.

Of course, they could do that because they didn’t have a single syllable to disguise…

Because the real star of this movie is the writing. OMG. One of the best parts of any story about characters is the way they meet and how the relationships develop. One of the hardest things to do is a prequel to a well-established universe. They solved the prequel problem brilliantly and believably and just allowed us to sit back and revel in those magical “beginnings”  I don’t want to say too much, because I don’t want to ruin it for those who haven’t yet seen it, but bottom line, it was one of the best movie experiences I’ve ever had.

I wish I knew a bunch of people who haven’t seen it so I could watch it with them and share the joy all over again, sort of like we did with Star Wars.

Hmmm…I wonder if OSG has seen it…..