Rating

Star Trek, directed by JJ Abrams (creator or co-creator Felicity, Alias, Lost, and Fringe; director Mission Impossible III) succeeds because of the character development prevalent throughout the movie and not because of the plot. This is an old time movie where understanding the motivation, passion, and reality of each individual are more important than the special effects, the gratuitous violent scenes, or the special effects. This movie, designed to revive Paramount Pictures’ Star Trek franchise, brings us back to the beginning of the Star Trek saga and its main protagonists. There is James Tiberius Kirk (played by Chris Pine) as a rebellious young man that joins Star Fleet Academy simply because there is nothing else to do in the middle of Iowa’s farm country. There is Spock, played by Zachary Quinto, who delivers the best performance of the entire movie. Quinton’s Spock is an exquisite mixture of Vulcan

logic and very human emotions that are kept in check. He, Spock, decides to accept a commission to Star Fleet because of the obvious racism shown by the Vulcan high council against his mother and his human side. This, of course, was a tribute to Star Trek – the original TV series, where serious societal issues of the 60’s in America were confronted on a weekly basis.... More