Editorial Review Description The greatest adventure of all time begins with Star Trek, the incredible story of a young crew’s maiden voyage onboard the most advanced starship ever created: the U.S.S. Enterprise. On a journey filled with action, comedy and cosmic peril, the new recruits must find a way to stop an evil being whose mission of vengeance threatens all of mankind. The fate of the galaxy rests in the hands of bitter rivals. One, James Kirk (Chris Pine), is a delinquent, thrill-seeking Iowa farm boy. The other, Spock (Zachary Quinto), was raised in a logic-based society that rejects all emotion. As fiery instinct clashes with calm reason, their unlikely but powerful partnership is the only thing capable of leading their crew through unimaginable danger, boldly going where no one has gone before.
Amazon.com J.J. Abrams' 2009 feature film was billed as "not your father's Star Trek," but your father will probably love it anyway. And what's not to love? It has enough action, emotional impact, humor, and sheer fun for any moviegoer, and Trekkers will enjoy plenty of insider references and a cast that seems ideally suited to portray the characters we know they'll become later. Both a prequel and a reboot, Star Trek introduces us to James T. Kirk (Chris Pine of The Princess Diaries 2), a sharp but aimless young man who's prodded by a Starfleet captain, Christopher Pike (Bruce Greenwood), to enlist and make a difference. At the Academy, Kirk runs afoul of a Vulcan commander named Spock (Zachary Quinto of Heroes), but their conflict has to take a back seat when Starfleet, including its new ship, the Enterprise, has to answer an emergency call from Vulcan. What follows is a stirring tale of genocide and revenge launched by a Romulan (Eric Bana) with a particular interest in Spock, and we get to see the familiar crew come together, including McCoy (Karl Urban), Uhura (Zoe Saldana), Sulu (John Cho), Chekhov (Anton Yelchin), and Scottie (Simon Pegg).
The action and visuals make for a spectacular Big-Screen Movie, though the plot by Abrams and his writers, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman (who worked together on Transformers and with Abrams on Alias and Mission Impossible III), and his producers (fellow Losties Damon Lindeloff and Bryan Burk) can be a bit of a mind-bender (no surprise there for Lost fans). Hardcore fans with a bone to pick may find faults, but resistance is futile when you can watch Kirk take on the Kobayashi Maru scenario or hear McCoy bark, "Damnit, man, I'm a doctor, not a physicist!" An appearance by Leonard Nimoy and hearing the late Majel Barrett Roddenberry as the voice of the computer simply sweeten the pot. Now comes the hard part: waiting for some sequels to this terrific prequel. --David Horiuchi
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Customer Reviews
A solid Blu-ray release, 2010-03-15 It's not like you were worried it might be a substandard Blu-ray release with poor video or audio quality, not in a big-budget effects-heavy J.J. Abrams movie made recently. They were planning the Blu-ray during filming, you know it.
The bonus stuff is pretty good too -- Abrams is always fun to watch behind the scenes because he looks like how we, the fans, would probably be on the set, occasionally so overwhelmed by how freaking cool it is to be there and how cool is everything going on, that the enthusiasm is infectious.
My favorite movie of '09, 2010-03-14 As someone who grew up watching the original series, I wasn't sure what to expect from this movie. I was thrilled with the result. This was a great script, with great actors, and it just brought me back in time. Chris Pine was superb as Kirk, Karl Urban nailed McCoy, and Zachary Quinto was a compelling Spock, although the 'human side' was more of a departure from the series. I'm ready for that to be explored, however. I'm sure some devotees would disagree, but I think this movie did it right by capturing the essence of the characters, but not copying them. I look forward to the next installment of this series - if done as well as this one, it will undoubtedly be my favorite movie again.
Minus 1star for the TERRIBLE Villians, 2010-03-14 Great Movie Terrible Villians...CGI 5/5-Top notch special effects...Casting 5/5-Great casting, everyone fit into their roles nicely, there was noone i didnt like...Story 3/5-same old story, "im mad at you cus you didnt save my planet"...Villians 1/5-tattooed romulans with a case of misplaced rage, i was hoping for a Strong villian like Khan or Borg type, maybe in the sequel...
Star Trek Reborn, 2010-03-14 Excellent work in establishing a new timeline. Story very weak in following standard grandfather timetravel paradox. Hopefully this movie will kick off a new story line.
Star Trek BR is awesome, 2010-03-13 I was hoping that the blue ray disc would be able to live up to the very high standard that the movie had set in the theater,and I was not disappointed. The clarity and detail are even better than my 1080i could keep up with. I guess now I need to go out and buy a 3d 240 1080p to make sure I see all the detail.
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