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While Jenn and I were in Nebraska for BIG Omaha (post forthcoming on the Social Lites blog), we decided to catch an early IMAX screening of the new Star Trek movie.

First, allow me to just get this out of my system:

OHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGOD!

…Okay, I feel better now.

Now for an actual, constructive review. Let me preface this by saying that I don’t know nearly as much about the original series as I do about TNG, DS9, or Enterprise. So take anything I say with a grain of salt and understand that I’m not the biggest Trekkie evar. That’s Greg’s department.

YES, THERE ARE SPOILERS, so stop reading now if you don’t wanna know. Don’t say I didn’t warn you!

I thought the casting was awesome. Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto were amazing (and HOT!) as Kirk and Spock, and (”Dammit, Jim!”) I loved Karl Urban’s portrayal of McCoy. I also really enjoyed Simon Pegg’s Scotty, although I pretty much love everything Pegg does, and the actors playing Sulu and Chekov were great, as well. It took me forever to place Zoe Saldana, the actress who plays Uhura (who FINALLY has a first name!),  but I realized today where I know her from.

Drumline.

Shut up. It was on HBO one time and I was bored.

Anyway, casting… great job, JJ.

The plot I thought was pretty well done. I definitely like the backstory of all the characters and their relationships with one another, and I love the way they injected pieces of the characters’ personalities into their younger versions.

I didn’t like the whole thing between Spock and Uhura. (And NOT just because Spock is my new boyfriend and I wanted her to stop making out with him every 5 minutes.) It seemed out of character for Spock to have that kind of relationship, even if he is half-human.

I also wasn’t a huge fan of the whole time-travel bit. I’m not one of those people who can stop being a nitpicky asshole long enough to enjoy a movie when there’s time travel involved, especially when the character meets his future or past self. It just creates too much confusion for me, and I can’t wrap my brian around multiple timelines and all that crap.

As far as the special effects go, I was pretty impressed. They were realistic and done in a way that added to the plot and storyline, rather than detracting from it. Plus, things went ’splodey.

I like ’splosions.

Overall, I have to say this is one of the best movies I’ve seen in years. It ranks right up there with Iron Man and Dark Knight for me, and I would definitely reccomend that you go see it.

Right now.

Go.

And stay after the credits. I hear Nick Fury shows up.