Not a Trekkie, just a nerd

But like all good nerds, I quite like the odd sci-fi action movie. And the new Star Trek movie has it all! Action, humour, characters, lasers, alien monsters. You name it, it's in there. And - surprisingly - it's really well done.

I went along to the local Odeon on Wednesday only because it was buy-one-get-one-free with the Orange Wednesday promotion and not really expecting much from this film. After all, I'd seen the trailer and everyone knows they only put the best bits in there, don't they?

There's not much to give away - the film concentrates on how the original Star Trek members got together and ended up on the Enterprise. It's been really well tied in to the original 60s TV series, and you can see the relationships between the characters building up and there are plenty of references back to the old series to keep Trekkie fans happy (I didn't get a lot of them, but a lot of people gave a knowing laugh at various points in the film, suggesting that if I knew a bit more about Star Trek in general, I took could get in on the joke).

Even if you've never watch William Shatner et al in the original, this is still a movie worth shelling out for - and on a big screen with the effects and fantastic sound system, it's far better than watching a pirate copy downloaded off the net in a tiny little 320x240 window.

In short, it's great. Go see it!