There was a lot of hype and anticipation when it was announced that Lost create J. J. Abrams was going to helm the new Star Trek film which was to be released in 2009. Many die-hard fans who have affectionately been dubbed Trekkeis either boycotted the movie or were overly excited about it’s release.
The star line-up for the film included actor Chris Pine (Blind Dating, Princess Diaries 2) playing James Tiberius Kirk and Zachary Quinto (Heroes) as Spock as the main characters.
Overall, the film was action packed, despite it’s relatively unknown actors who made this film worth it. I have never seen a Star Trek film or watched the series as they weren’t of my generation, but after seeing this film for the first time, I went back and saw it four more times and began to watch the older versions of the films. The story line was a much different take than I had expected, but it brought to life the characters and how they developed into the heroes of television history as most people know them today.
The movie was well worth the money spent to see it and I will be adding it to the collection of movies I own in the future. Though perhaps it got bad raps at first because it was a different approach on how the famous Spock and Captain Kirk became life-long friends through their radically different child hoods, J. J. Abrams has given fresh life to franchise and now eagerly await the sequel.