Star Trek: An Early Review!

I was lucky enough to attend an early screening of Star Trek, starring Chris Pine as Kirk and Zachary Quinto as Spock. Pine gives a fine performance, Quinto is rather one-note though. Eric Bana plays an amazingly well written villain. Leonard Nimoy gives a surprisingly good performance as Spock from another dimension. A great thing about the movie is the accessibility, I have seen approximately two episodes of Star Trek and I completely understood everything that was going on in the movie. I many not know the name of these planets, I may not know what "red matter" is, but I was still invested in all the story lines from start to finish. I usually don't give a plot synopsis, but because this is an early review, I will. The story follows Captain Kirk from his life as a child, to him becoming captain of his own starship. The film doesn't spend a lot of time on Kirk's days in Starfleet Academy, basically he cheated on a test and was put on probation. He later fakes his way on the the USS Enterprise, gets himself kicked off again, meets Spock from another dimension, fakes his way back onto the USS Enterprise and is immediately sent on a mission. He becomes first officer because Captain Pike, knew about his father. As you can see, the plot is pretty average. Once the movie gets passed the Starfleet Academy stuff, its pretty much non-stop, very exciting action. Star Trek is a great start to the summer movie season and can be enjoyed by anyone.
Star Trek will be released this Friday, May 8th.
Star Trek - 3.5 out of 4
-Zach