Star Trek review from a non Star Trek fan

i have not, nor will i ever be, a trekkie. But I grew up watching the shatner trek with my dad. He wasn't a trekkie either, just liked the show. As much as I liked the show as a child. I always found the movies to be somewhat "lame". I watched this new Star Trek movie last night, and found it to be quite amazing. I remember most of the characters from the original, and found that almost the entire new cast did amazing recreating the characters, giving them their own special flavor, and bringing them up to date. The only one I thought needed improving was Bones which I hate to say because I find Karl Urban to be an amazing actor. But his recreation of the character just seemed to be the same damn character.

OK, I was not a fan of the original series. I've only ever seen bits and pieces of a few episodes. Don't think I've ever watched one all the way through. I am a big fan of TNG, as one of my friends talked me into watching it when it first came out. I also enjoyed DS9, although I haven't seen the whole series.

First off, yes, they make the movies to make money. If they weren't going to make money, they wouldn't and couldn't make the movie.

I've read a few of the review here and it seems that sci-fi fans always think they can do it better. "They did it this way, why didn't they do it THAT way?" Seriously, some of you people on here have lost your ability to sit down in a movie theater and be entertained. Which is the whole point of going to the movie.

At this point, yes, they are going to retell stories. Why? Because it's damned near impossible to come up with a new story that would be entertaining. The way to make a movie, book, story, etc.... good is in HOW it's told. In that respect I think they did a fine job. Even with the "eject the core" ending, as it was a nod to all the times Scotty saved the ship in the time line we're familiar with.

I think they did an excellent job with the casting. Pike did an amazing job as Kirk and my favorite acting performance was Urban's take on McCoy!

The visuals in the movie were awesome! Some of the scenes just grabbed you and held on. I was also happy with some of the scenes in the engineering sections of the ship.

I plan on watching this again at least one or two more times while it's in theaters. One of those is going to be on IMAX for certain, as I'm sure the visuals will be even more impressive on the bigger screen.

Definitely looking forward to the sequel!