As a Trekkie, I really liked the 2009 Star Trek film. In fact, it was that movie that first got me interested in Star Trek in the first place. When it came out, I had no interest, but my friend insisted and dragged me to go see it. I’m glad he did though because I really liked it and soon after I watched the original series.
Watching the film again after watching the original series, I liked it even better. They did a great job with the characters and there were plenty of little references to the show that I didn’t get the first time, like the “I’m a doctor, not a physicist!” line. I thought it did well to be able to appeal to both Trekkies and people who don’t know anything about Star Trek. The only thing that I wasn’t so sure about though was Spock. I do think that Zachary Quinto made a really great Spock and he acted the part very well, but I was thrown off by how surprisingly emotional Spock was. Of all the characters, he was the one that had the love interest. That didn’t really make any sense to me because yes even though Spock is half human, he still adopted and lives by the Vulcan philosophy of pure logic with no emotions. In the original series, Captain Kirk literally had a different girlfriend every single episode pretty much. If anyone should have had a love interest, it should have been him. The only time Spock got emotional at all was in a couple episodes where he was incapacitated in some manner that caused him to lose control over his emotions like the one with the spore things that made everyone go loopy. Even though I found Spock’s emotional struggles in the 2009 film to be out of character, it was still done well and I still liked the movie and Quinto’s portrayal was still very good.
In the upcoming sequel, Star Trek Into Darkness, Spock is reportedly going to be even more emotional. It is going to go even deeper into his emotional struggles and his relationship with Uhura. I’m not sure how I feel about this. Even though it threw me off in the first film, I could still go with it and enjoy the movie. If they go even further with that, though, I think it could go too far out of character for Spock to the point where he doesn’t feel like Spock anymore. It could still work if it’s done well though like in the first film. Of course we’ll have to wait for the movie to find out. I’m really excited for Star Trek Into Darkness and I certainly hope it will be good.
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