I loved, loved, loved ‘Star Trek’

I’m the furthest thing from a Trekkie that you can imagine.

When my old roommates in the early 90s were watching late-night Star Trek reruns in our Newport Beach apartment, I’d be on the sofa, indifferent, reading a copy of People magazine or something and would occasionally look up and ask things like: “Is that dude human?” or “What planet are they on right now?”

But I wanted to see the new Star Trek movie for some reason and my pal Eddie did too. So we went to the 3:45 showing at The Grove on Friday and I gotta say, it was a fantastic time! The dreamy Chris Pine becomes a major movie star in this film as Capt. James. T. Kirk. He is strong in the action scenes but funny and sexy in others. And Zachary Quinto is wonderful as Spock, making Leonard Nimoy’s iconic role his own. The fact that Nimoy is also in the movie as an older version of Spock (I admit, that was the only part confused me a little) makes Quinto’s triumph all the more impressive.

Kudos to Eric Bana who proved that he could be completely stripped of his good looks and give a standout performance (he’s the bad guy in this).

The movie tells the story of these characters from the beginning – how Spock and Kirk meet, their family histories, and hoew the crew of The Enterprise comes together. So now I’m up to speed and I’m ready for more installments with this terrific cast.