Last night I went with a few people to see the Star Trek movie in IMAX. I can honestly say that I have never watched 10 consecutive minutes of Star Trek related material in my life. When I saw that this movie was coming out and and that Harold was in it, I considered this movie an urgent, code red, MUST SEE. I have actually met Harold before. Roaming the streets of Florence a couple of years ago, Como and I bumped into him window shopping with his wife/gf/sister, not really sure. We spoke for a few minutes about how we were students studying abroad (which wasn't true) and then he told us to go get drunk, and that we did.

So the movie was entertaining, and if you didn't already know how I rate my movies, you should probably read TML more often. There was not too much dialogue throughout the movie but there was an actual storyline that the viewer could follow, unlike James Bond: Quantum of Solace (that movie was a waste of my nine bucks). I never knew the background of anything Star Trek so I watched this movie as if it were just another sci-fi movie that didn't really have a back story. I think other than the actual terms used (pardon my spelling), including Vulcan, Gromulan, red matter, I think it was pretty self explanatory. You can figure out that "The Federation" is a group of "peace-keeping" organizations, essentially a universal police. At some points I found myself scratching my head saying, what the fuzz just happened, but then after a few moments of extreme concentration I was able to figure it out and jump right back in.

As I said, I am not familiar with the TV show, so I do not know if the attempts at comedic relief are typical of the series, but there were a couple of laugh out loud parts where I just could not hold it in. Seeing Harold in a serious role was probably the first instance. There was another really funny part but I do not want to write about it and ruin anything. There was the guy from Hot Fuzz and the kid from Alpha Dog, and of course, Tyler Perry (no link needed, I think we have all heard of the crap Tyler Perry is responsible for). I think Tyler Perry was the president of the Star Fleet Academy, and in the words of UBBALLER- "If that's how the future is, please kill me now."

The IMAX experience (or lack thereof) was a complete joke. A waste of a 25 minute drive to get to the theater. The only difference between this theater and the smaller ones where I can jiggle my balls in the back row is that the sound volume in the IMAX is loud enough to make your ears bleed. I can honestly say I have never been to a movie where the volume was that high.

All in all it was entertaining, but the relatively weak dialogue combined with zero nudity make me give this movie a 2.5 out of 5. SHOW SOME BOOBS NEXT TIME!