I’m about two years too late in seeing Star Trek. I meant to see it, especially when I heard good reviews of it in 2009, I even had a copy of it for half a year, but finally got to it this week!

It lives up to the hype, I give it a 4/5 stars. I’m not a hard core Star Trek fan, so the retcon of the history is not a big deal (and they have a clever way of passing it off). Perhaps it’s because I haven’t watched any Star Trek in a few years, but it felt fresh. There was a lot of variety and new situations, but everyone had an opportunity to say their cliché one-liners. Thus, it was new and memorable at the same time!

I thought the plot was polished, as if it had gone through several iterations. It felt like a good, quality script from TNG era. That’s probably what makes it a good movie – not the sci-fi, nor the special effects. It’s not thought provoking or mind busting, it’s just a solid quality action movie.

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