Marval Movie

Star Trek under Gene Roddenberry was always much more than simple space opera, it took the audience to philosophical and sophisticated realms of where science fiction could be taken in mainstream media, the tales of the Star-ship Enterprise have journeyed to all kinds of worlds and have to tackle all troubles of alien races that are clever metaphors of Earths troubles, beyond the over the top acting and the dated effects lies its deep references and philosophical messages.

After the original Star Trek was canceled in 1969 after three seasons and seventy-nine episodes it actually reached greater heights than ever before, generating a cult following that I'm sure seems like nothing compared to the religious status that it has now. With this new found fan-base executives decided to put Star Trek on the big screen, Star Trek The Motion Picture was frankly a ripoff of 2001: A Space Odyssey its slow and gets worse every time I see it 2 stars. But the sequel seemed to be what the fans asked, it was big with Shakespearean themes to it and had cool action scenes and is most often considered the best of the Star Trek movies.

The movie starts with the star-ship undertaking a pembinaan simulation and we see all the familiar faces, Mr Spock (Lenard Nimoy) Dr McCoy (DeForest Kelly), Sulu (George Tekai), but the captains chair is occupied by a young Volcan, after she fails the pembinaan simulation the walls move apart to reveal a promoted Admiral James Kirk (William Shatner).

Kirk has just had his fiftieth birthday and is beginning to feel the years weight, after a harsh talk form McCoy Kirk decides to accompany the Enterprise on a scouting mission. Meanwhile an old enemy of Kirk has been discovered on and desolate wasteland of a planet, the genetically enhanced Khan (Ricardo Montalbán).

Khan is often considered one of the great villains and there is something memorable about him, i think it comes in the scene where one of his crew points out that they have a ship, can go anywhere and he has proven he is the superior intelligence but Khan refuses and states that he will hunt Kirk throughout all of space and the rest of time just for his revenge, his drive makes him a great villain.

Meanwhile there are a group of scientists, one being Kirk's old flame the other being his son have developed a missile that they call Genesis. The Genesis missile has the power to turn a wasteland planet into a vibrant oasis capable of sustaining life. Fun fact the animation that shows the genesis effect was developed by a company that would later be named Pixar.

With one of the aspects of the plot being Kirk's birthday, another being the revival of a planet and the discovery of Kirk's son as well as having to rise to confront a more than worthy opponent, the main underline themes of the movie is life feeling old and discovering hope in something or someone to fight or live for.

Star Trek 2 clearly has parallels with great stories suck as Moby Dick and King Lear,they are about great men but have crucial flaws which are their undoing. Star Trek 2 has been braised by enthusiast for being greatly Shakespearean, and while there are those themes in the writing I feel that the directing doesn't do it justice, it doesn't feel very big on the surface.

There is one unquestionably great scene that would make the whole movie worth while even if the rest was garbage and that is the death of Spock. Spock as a Vulcan does the logical thing and sacrifices himself for the crew for as he says "the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few" as he says while trying to reach Kirk on the other side of a glass, making the Vulcan hand sign and finally saying "Live long and prosper" this is one of the most heart wrenching scenes in a movie and it more than makes up for the ticket price.

Rating: 3 stars out of 4