Star Trek movie review

"I am and ever shall be your friend." Those were the last words spoken by Spock to Captain Kirk in "Star Trek II-The Wrath of Khan." Like "Star Trek," Star Trek II helped save the Star Trek franchise that was started by Gene Roddenberry. As a result, Star Trek fans went on to enjoy Star Treks III, IV, V, and VI, as well as Star Trek The Next Generation, Star Trek Deep Space Nine, and Star Trek Voyager. After 9/11, Star Trek went back to the beginning. The problem was it went too far back. Star Trek Enterprise didn't last long on the air and it seemed as if Star Trek was about to pass into history, where every man has gone before. Then J. J. Abrams stepped in. Whether or not you've heard of him, you've certainly heard of his works, which include the popular TV series "Lost" and the movie "Armageddon." Star Trek starts with the death of Lieutenant George Kirk, who dies holding off a vastly superior foe while the rest of the crew and passengers escape, including George's wife, who is going into labor. As the fight continues, we witness the birth of George's son, James Tiberius. As the movie progresses, we see Jim become a rebel without a cause from growing up with an abusive step-father (we hear verbal abuse that contains threats of violence over the phone in one scene). After an ugly confrontation in which Kirk deliberately provokes four husky Starfleet cadets into a fight, Captain Christopher Pike, who worked with George Kirk before George's death, implores Jim to join Starfleet. Jim's story isn't the only story we're exposed to. On Vulcan, Spock is constantly being picked on by his peers for being half-human. Spock takes it fairly well until one of the boys insults Spock's mother. Spock attacks him after that. After the fight, Spock is reprimanded by Sarek, his father. "Control your feelings so that they do not control you," he says. Years later, Spock is ready to join the Vulcan Science Academy. He had also applied to Starfleet. He explains to the members of the board that it was logical to consider more than one option. When one of the board members (the only board member in the scene who talks) regards Spock's "human mother" as a weakness, Spock politely declines entrance into the VSA and instead joins Starfleet. Kirk and Spock meet in an unfriendly way: Kirk has been caught cheating on the Kobiashi Maru, a simulation program that Spock designed. The hearing is cut short due to a distress signal from Vulcan. As the advertisments for this movie say, this isn't your father's Star Trek. How right they are. There is more violence (including a man being impaled and a Vulcan being crushed), some strong language (the strongest word used is b****rd), and one sex scene that involves Kirk and a female student. All in all, the movie is entertaining, although there isn't a moral lesson behind it ("save the whales" and "don't follow blindly" come to mind from Star Trek IV and V, respectively). I give this movie 4 stars out of 5.