Blu-ray Movie Reviews

Star Trek: Holy Crap They Made a Great Movie

NeoKirk, NeoSpock, and NeoBones are back for a movie that is mercifully and brilliantly not a reboot of Star Trek III.

Geoff: Do not, under any circumstances, judge or assume anything about this movie from the trailer. It’s so bad, I didn’t even link to it. I’m actually blown away at how bad the trailers made this movie look. I can’t think of a instance where the quality of the movie was so diametrically opposed to the quality of the trailer.

No, wait, I can. Pearl Harbor, but the opposite way.

Not only is this a great adventure in its own right, the cast has settled into their roles like comfortable shoes. This is a better Star Trek movie than ST ’09 while maintaining that movie’s sense of energy and excitement. They hit all the right beats, nailed the tone, told their own story (well) AND had time to have some great character moments.

It also has some of the best action scenes in the series, including some awesome zero gravity fight scenes, great stuff with the ship, and the best running through upside-down corridors since Inception.

Rank: 4th

Carolina: Let me start by saying this, props to Simon Pegg and Doug Jung. They’re the real heroes of the movie with a fantastic script all around. It’s just superb, and the directing just compliments the story so well, with crazy camera angles and such because the story sometimes needs it.

The pacing of the movie is fast, everybody gets to shine, and by separating them into their own little stories you get to see why are they're so vital to making the Enterprise crew the best around. Plus, just when I thought the villain was weak, they give him some backstory soyou can understand his motives and why is he so passionate to destroy the Federation and more.

The fact that one of the subplots in this movie is a tribute for Leonard Nimoy, and another is a nod to Anton Yelchin, is moving and very classy. They didn’t need to address it, but it was very well done.

And we can’t ignore the passing of Yelchin, since this ended up being one of his last performances. He really did a great job in this movie, and I am incredibly sad that we won’t have him around anymore, he will be missed.

Tragedy aside, this is a very well made movie. It leaves me wanting more adventures with this crew. I can not wait for the next one.

Rank: 2nd