Seen it twice now; figured I might as well give my take. CAN NOT BELIEVE MY FATHER-IN-LAW HASN’T SEEN IT YET!!! What’s up with that!?!
(could be spoilers below…..you’ve been warned)
Story: I liked how they handled ‘wiping the slate clean’ and starting over (Suzanne rolled her eyes at another ‘time-travel’ story). Some pretty dramatic plot changes make this a lot different than what I guess will now be called “old” Star Trek. Didn’t really care for the new romance though….
Characters: Gotta give them a lot of credit; if any one of those characters really didn’t nail the part it would have stood out and every one of them fit like a glove.
Special Effects: Too much underneath, flip around, follow the path of stuff for my taste…good, mind you, but, I like the more traditional shots better. And didn’t think there was much of that; really enjoyed when the shots lingered on the new Enterprise, but, wish there had been like a second more each time. Not sure that I’m crazy about the nacelles either, and that comment alone earns me my Trekkie-dork badge for the night. Not like I already didn’t have a doctorate in that though….
Music: Happily, am really enjoying the soundtrack.
Best Part?: From the time that Spock says ‘Thrusters on full” to the end of the movie is something I could watch about 50 times in a row and not get tired of it.
