This weekend is our "birthday weekend." My Birthday is tomorrow, while Nick's is next Sunday. For the past three years we have celebrated our birthdays together. It is already May 16, and we haven't planned a birthday party, nor do we have the time during the month of May. Since Nick finished finals yesterday (yay! for the end of year #2 of 4) and our birthdays are coming up, we decided a hotel get away was in order, so we are in far-away and exotic Burnsville. Thanks Marriott rewards points!
Friday before leaving we discussed getting a laptop. Happy Birthday to me! We purchased a pretty inexpensive lap top yesterday. Since we made this purchase, I agreed to go see Star Trek with Nick in celebration of his Birthday. Yup, laptop for me, Star Trek for him-sounded like a fair deal to me.
Honestly, I did enjoy Star Trek. I have never seen an episode of Star Trek or a movie. I knew the very basics, likes there were guys named Spock and Kirk and Scotty, there was a lot of space involved and things blow up. Oh yeah, and Scotty "Beams people up." So I went in with pretty low expectations, virtually no knowledge and hopes of not being bored for the whole movie.
I was pleasantly surprised that I enjoyed it. They made it so that a person knowing nothing about it could follow along, for the most part, and true fans would still be entertained and kept interested. The humor was pretty good. Some of the characters were pretty hilarious! The movie really did combine character development and blow-stuff-up plot. It was a good mix that did keep me entertained. Many of the "old school" lines were brought back and well placed. I laughed a lot.
I did not feel like my matinee ticket was wasted. Even if we had paid full price, I think it would have been worth it. If you like action movies, I think you will enjoy Star Trek.
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