Runtime:
105 minutes
Directed
by: Leonard Nimoy
Starring:
William Shatner, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Christopher Lloyd
From:
Paramount
Yep,
I have gotten back to doing the original Star Trek series. For sure I
know I'll see IV before Wednesday night, where I'll be watching both
the '09 Star Trek and the new film on the big screen back to back.
After that I'll try to watch the previous 5 Fast & The Furious
films (the fifth I of course won't review as I already reviewed it)
before I see the sixth on the big screen Memorial Day Weekend. I'll
be back tomorrow and I will actually pick a movie themed for Mother's
Day, but don't worry it's different from what you're probably
thinking.
Now,
onto this movie, one that of course I saw who knows how many times as
a kid and more than once after I had gone through Pon Farr, so to
speak. The plot you probably know already, but... Spock dies at the
end of Wrath of Khan while fixing the ship. His body is placed in an
empty photon torpedo and launched onto the planet just created by the
Project Genesis device. Turns out, being on that planet caused Spock
to be reborn; I always thought that aspect was pretty wacky and how
the growth of the unstable planet matched the rapid growth of Spock
from child to what he was before he died. Anyhow, a rogue Klingon
Captain (Lloyd) finds out about Project Genesis so he goes to the
planet to get the weapon for its destructive power, as Kirk and gang
hijack the Enterprise to go to the planet also as before he died,
Spock mind-melded with Bones and left all his memories with him.
While
I think it's wacky how Spock was reborn and how both Lloyd and John
Larroquette were Klingon's, I think this is an entertaining-enough
film, even though it definitely isn't as good as Wrath of Khan. It
doesn't seem as epic and the deaths you see here (including that of
Kirk's son David) don't seem as impactful as you'd expect. Still,
it's a fun movie to watch as there's still drama and cool moments
(such as the idea of the whole Genesis project failing, as you
probably shouldn't try to mess around with Mother Nature and
evolution, you know), and Kelley gets to shine as a different version
of Bones than usual. It's certainly better than Star Trek V. I do not
know yet if I'll get a chance to watch that and VI. It depends on
what's available at the videostore, which I'll probably go to
tomorrow.
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