Well, I am happy to announce that [1] J.J. Abrams is indeed THE MAN!

[2] Star Trek was absolutely fantastic! I was half way through the movie and wanted to watch it again. There wasn’t a slow moment; the two hours just flew by. Just one spoiler (skip to the next paragraph if you don’t want to know), thank you J.J. for showing us how Kirk cheated on the Kobayashi Maru exam. So awesome!

Each actor did a great job of bringing our beloved characters to life. I could sit here and type all day about all of my fave actors in the movie (because I love them all) but I want to give special props to [3] Anton Yelchin and [4] Zachary Quinto who played Chekov and Spock respectively. While Anton didn’t have as much screen time as Zach, his accent was perfect and he was just so darn adorable. Zach, I love you on [5] Heroes and in this movie you made me believe you really were Spock, which is saying something. Spock was always my favorite and I had a crush on [6] Leonard Nimoy when I was a kid. Not sure what that says about me other than the fact I’d rather have a rational, logical man than a swashbuckling womanizer (ahem, Kirk) anyday! I don’t want to say much else because you really need to see this movie. Even if you’re not a sci-fi fan per se you’ll enjoy this film. You don’t have to be a Vulcan ear-wearing, suit-donning Star Trek convention goer to like this film. For the record, I have never, nor will I dress up for a convention. I may wear a T-Shirt but that’s the extent of my nerd-dom.

There’s plenty for fans of the series and movies too. Everyone cheered at the appearance of each character and when the catch phrases were uttered. Just another teeny tiny hint: see if you can catch the voice of one’s of Zach Quinto’s Heroes cast mates in one of the scenes. If you can’t figure it out I’ll post it at a later date. Bottom line, everyone of the actors were superb, the action and special effects were amazing and I could watch this movie 100 times and not get bored.

Before the movie they showed a few trailers for the next movies I’m looking forward to seeing: [7] McG’s [8] Terminator Salvation opening May 21st and [9] Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen opening June 24th. You can see Anton Yelchin as Kyle Reese in Terminator Salvation as well (see, everything comes full circle). They also showed a longer version of trailer that premiered during the SuperBowl alongside Transformers. Now, don’t laugh, but [10] G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra (which opens August 7th) actually looks pretty awesome. I hope it lives up to the trailer!

That’s all for today kids. I’ve got some homework to do and packing to leave the fair city of Palm Springs because I’m off to see my Mom just in time for Mother’s Day.