Star Trek (2009)

Star Trek is a 2009 American science fiction, action film directed by J. J. Abrams and written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman. It is the 11th film in the Star Trek franchise, and is also a reboot that features the main characters of the original Star Trek television series portrayed by a new cast, as the first in the rebooted film series. The film follows James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) and Spock (Zachary Quinto) aboard the USS Enterprise as they combat Nero (Eric Bana), a Romulan from their future who threatens the United Federation of Planets. The story takes place in an alternate reality that features both an alternate birth location for James T. Kirk and further alterations in history stemming from the time travel of both Nero and the original series Spock (Leonard Nimoy). The alternate reality was created in an attempt to free the film and the franchise from established continuity constraints while simultaneously preserving original story elements.

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This is an alternate timeline version of the Original Star Trek series. We get to see the parents and birth of James T. Kirk and his unusual catapult to infamy. The characters have slightly different personalities and interests, I personally appreciate the attitude of Bones, and how he got his nickname.

There is a whole knew storyline and plotline from the entire series and I very much appreciate it. Bones the hypochondriac, Chekov the young genius, Scotty the eccentric, Kirk the risk taker, Spock the unyielding, Sulu the unexperienced fencer, and Uhura communication expert and sexpot.

I also very much enjoy one of the last appearances of Leonard Nimoy.

My Ranking: ★ ★ ★ ★