Patwoman Reviews Star Trek (Finally!)

Almost flawless.

I just can’t say enough good things about this movie. The actors were great. The writing was great. The sets were great. Stunts, costumes, FX… great.
I can’t even narrow down one performance that outshone any of the others.


Chris Pine was awesome as Jim Kirk. He had it down. (Of course, he sold me from the trailer, when someone says “We have no captain…” and he sits down in the chair “Yes, we do.” Is that not Kirk?) Loved the way he sat in the chair, too. (Not a perv comment.) He just sat in that chair the way Kirk sits in a chair. He was Kirk.


Zachary Quinto I already love from Heroes. (Sylar is the best Heroes character, btw.) Did a great job as a conflicted Spock. Sure, he looks like Spock, (and boy, he really does!) but he also acted the part really well. Think about this… how much can you convey with your eyes? He had such subtext with his!

And I’m not bothered at all with the Spock/Uhuru romance. Hey, Spock is half human, right? And he’s young. And he has not completed the Kolinar. So, I think it’s (ahem) logical for him to seek emotional comfort in a time of crisis.

And Bones! OMG, Karl Urban just channeled Doc McCoy, didn’t he? Just made me smile every time he delivered a line. I think I liked his performance best of all.

Of course, we all love Simon Pegg in everything he does. And his Scotty was fun. It’s interesting, though, when I talk to people about the movie, they say “Well, I don’t know about Scotty…” Please! That’s Scotty. He was playful like that. It’s just, in the Shatnerverse, he’s older.

That’s what I really love about these characterizations. You can imagine all of these guys growing up to be the guys in the earlier series and movies. They’re just a bit rougher, a bit less jaded, a bit less experienced.

Loved all the little nods to the Trekkies. When the guy overshoots the platform and dies—after maybe 2 lines total of dialogue—T pointed out the guy was wearing a red shirt. Or how about when Kirk tells the engine room to increase power and Scotty says “I’m givin’ y’ all she’s got!” Good job writers! I, for one, can’t wait until the next movie.

Now, at the beginning of this, I said the movie was almost flawless. The only thing I didn’t like about this movie was, as I left the theater, feeling excited and pleased and seventeen different kinds of happy… I thought “This is what the Wolverine movie should have been like.”