Thursday, May 14, 2009
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Live Long and Prosper
There aren’t many summer Blockbuster’s that can make you misty eyed before the title card, but, when James T. Kirk screams his first baby cry, letting his father hear him just once before he dies crashing his ship into the bad guys to save the rest of the crew including his wife and newborn son, I couldn’t help but feel my eyes start to swell.
J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek has you emotionally invested from the very first battle. It, then, powers through the childhoods of both Kirk and Spock with speed and poignancy giving each the back story they need without wasting any time; a rarity among action tentpoles. The rest of the cast is appropriately introduced as Kirk makes his way to and through Starfleet Academy, where he garners unwanted attention from Spock for ‘cheating’ on a Starfleet test. The two finally meet face to face just in time for the Enterprise to be called into action, but before the two could come to terms with there opposing values.
The rest of the movie negotiates ideas of identity, friendship, and faith all while fighting an expertly rendered alien bad guy whose athleticism is intimidating and motivation is near humanizing. With just the right doses of reality and extraterrestrial shine, every moment between the first shot and the final breath, which reminds us space is the final frontier, proves Star Trek will continue to live long and prosper.
J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek has you emotionally invested from the very first battle. It, then, powers through the childhoods of both Kirk and Spock with speed and poignancy giving each the back story they need without wasting any time; a rarity among action tentpoles. The rest of the cast is appropriately introduced as Kirk makes his way to and through Starfleet Academy, where he garners unwanted attention from Spock for ‘cheating’ on a Starfleet test. The two finally meet face to face just in time for the Enterprise to be called into action, but before the two could come to terms with there opposing values.
The rest of the movie negotiates ideas of identity, friendship, and faith all while fighting an expertly rendered alien bad guy whose athleticism is intimidating and motivation is near humanizing. With just the right doses of reality and extraterrestrial shine, every moment between the first shot and the final breath, which reminds us space is the final frontier, proves Star Trek will continue to live long and prosper.
Monday, May 4, 2009
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