Yes Rissa, you should be excited to see Star Trek. You should all be very...very excited. What can I say? Maybe it was the fact that I finished my last big exam yesterday afternoon. Maybe it was the fact that I drank all afternoon starting at the end of my exam until I sat down in the movie theater at 10 PM. Maybe it was the fact that I was drinking while walking 2 miles to the movie theater with my friends, and just making it in time to see the most ridiculous trailers I have ever witnessed (Night at the Museum 2 looks like it was written by a 2nd grader, and GI Joe looks AWESOME!). But all I can tell you is SEE STAR TREK!!!
I'm not 100% sure that you all won't berade me for recommending a movie that was, need I say, ridiculous and silly and awesome and amazing all at once, but I don't care. That was the most entertaining and fulfilling 2 hours of my life since the first 2 hours of The Dark Knight. Things I loved about Star Trek:
1. It was action packed. From start to finish it did not stop to take a breath. It was not fast-paced because there was no story line...in fact it breezed through areas where it could have easily wasted an extra hour on 'developing' the mood, but it knew better. It was a wild roller coaster ride and I was happy to be aboard.
2. Leonard Nemoy. Need I say more? I don't care if they had to invent an absurd time-travel plot to get him in this movie...it was worth it. This is not some throwaway cameo or unfortunate casting decision that is a throwback to the fogies in the room. Nemoy is the shit, and he made this movie better. If it had been Shatner that got the cameo...it would have been a disaster.
3. Terrorism. That's right, I said it. Nothing makes for a great Trek bad guy more than a good old fashioned terrorist. Why? Because there's no silly political reasonable back story. The dude wants to destroy some planets? Done.
4. Hoth. See the movie and you'll understand what I mean. I'm pretty sure Lucas let them onto the set of Empire Strikes Back in this one...awesome.
5. Gene Roddenberry. The man, the legend. He created a universe filled with mystery, entertainment, and a string of one liners that function well in all scenarios. These lines can be throwbacks to a classier age of television ("Damnit Jim...I'm a doctor not a...") or they can be novel spins on an old theme ("Spaaaaaaaak!")...either way I'm sold. Good work sir, good work.
I may expand the list later...but that is all for now.
