Star Trek (2009): This reboot wore out its welcome
Star Trek, 2009, directed by J.J. Abrams, Fandango At Home digital library, 2.5 stars. I stumbled across this in one of my digital libraries, didn't realize I had it. I have no memory of acquiring this, must have gotten it as some sort of promotional giveaway. Having enjoyed the original Star Trek series about 50 years ago and having seen a few of the early theatrical films -- and being a bit of a fan of J.J. Abrams -- I decided to give this a whirl. And I enjoyed this movie for awhile. The film looks spectacular, and I enjoyed getting the origin stories of James T. Kirk and Spock. I had no idea what was happening in the early battle scenes, didn't much care about them. But not a problem. That wasn't what I was interested in. And then we get to a scene about an hour in where Kirk discovers Leonard Nimoy hiding in a cave or something -- obviously as a senior-citizen version of Spock. And he starts going on about some time-traveling gobbledegook and the meaning of friendship ...