Resonant Constellation

I saw Star Trek last night. Wow. I don’t want to provide any spoilers, but let me say this: I always enjoy movies when I am watching them in a theater, but I have never before wanted to stay and watch it again directly afterwards. As the movie was drawing to a close, I found myself wishing it wouldn’t end.

The action was mind-blowing, the plot was solid, it looked absolutely beautiful, but Sci-Fi is character driven, and this movie came through in spades on that department. Chris Pine played the perfect brawling, womanizing, brilliant Kirk. Zachary Quinto not only looked spot on Spock, the writers did a great job portraying his internal conflict between Human and Vulcan identities. Look, I could go on, but all the actors did an incredible job. Simon Pegg deserves special mention, as he played a perfect Scotty-a brilliant engineer and physicist with a touch of humor.

Okay, so it wasn’t a perfect movie-the science behind most of it was at best shaky (a supernova threatens to destroy the universe, everything they did with black holes), but having read the prequel comic, I found I was able to suspend my disbelief rather readily. Several people around me complained that the movie was about half made of lens flares, and that anytime there was a window, the light became blinding. I noticed this, but it didn’t bother me as much as it did others.

So, really, I urge you to go see this movie, even if you don’t like Star Trek. Hell, you should go even if you DO like Star Trek.