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So I did, indeed, go to see Star Trek today. And I absolutely, hands down, with glee in my heart, loved it.


Even though it had me crying before the title card. Apparently my complete inability to have any sort of connection with Cameron is more about Cameron than Jennifer Morrison. That, or I continue to be a complete sucker for tragic stories involving babies.

It was funny, and really good looking, compelling, brilliantly cast, and exciting. I thought the young James Kirk was horrible, but young Spock was CREEPILY like Zachary Quinto, and brilliant. Quinto and Nimoy on screen together didn't at all disrupt the illusion that the former was the latter's younger self. I think the most amazing casting was Urban, though. I will admit to not having been a fan of the original series, but I was a fan of all the original films, and there was something about him that I actually found my self having a freaky sense of not knowing if I was watching old "Bones" or new one. It's not so much that he looks just like Kelley, but he definitely seemed to have done his homework.

I loved the skydiving scene; it was much more interesting than it looked on the trailer, and I was pretty interested in it then :) I thought the 'in' jokes were almost overdone, but they got a hearty laugh from the whole theater every time, including me, so I think the reality is that they were pitched perfectly. I was worried, REALLY worried, that they were going to destroy the Golden Gate bridge, and I would have had to cry again, because I cannot bear when they break the Golden Gate bridge. I actually did start crying in X3 when they uprooted it. A fact which I am somewhat ashamed of, and yet, here, I tell you about it.

I was surprised to find the Kirk/Spock much slashier when Nimoy was on screen than when Quinto was.

I really really want to see it again.