Puntabulous

Yes, of course the whole movie is awesome, but it’s a lot of the little things that make me love it even more. Here are some of my favorites:

1. The frenzy on the bridge of the U.S.S. Kelvin after it is attacked. It comes across very authentic, as if it were out of a war movie rather than a Star Trek, and I really like that about it.

2. The music during the birth of Kirk scene. In fact, I love the whole score, but that scene in particular gets me every time.

3. “Is there a problem, officer?”

4. Bruce Greenwood as Christopher Pike. For someone we hardly knew from the original series, they certainly made the best use of him as Kirk’s mentor and father figure.

5. Karl Urban as Bones. A perfect impersonation, while still being new and fresh.

6. Bones’ several inoculations of Kirk.

7. The pause and head tilt Spock makes as he rides the turbolift to the bridge of the Enterprise just before we see it for the first time.

8. The fight on top of the drill. I absolutely love this whole sequence from the dive, to the poor red shirt’s demise, to Sulu’s sword, to getting teleported out of there. The only bad thing that it was such a good action sequence that it was hard to beat for the finale.

9. “Are you out of your Vulcan mind?”

10. “I have been and always shall be, your friend.” And the entire inclusion of Spock Prime while I’m at it.

11. The trifecta of awesomeness that comes out of Scotty’s mouth when he’s on the bridge for the first time. “I’d rather not take sides.” “Um, yes. Can I get a towel please?” “I like this ship! You know, It’s exciting!”

12. The acknowledgment that Star Trek villain’s ships make absolutely no sense whatsoever. “If there’s any sense to the design of the enemy ship, I’ll be putting you in the middle of the cargo bay.”

13. The look Kirk gives after he sees Spock and Uhura making out on the teleporter. To me, that made the whole unnecessary romance plotline worth it. Okay, maybe not worth it, but better.

14. The punch that comes out of nowhere when Kirk and Spock infiltrate the Narada. Five times in the theater and I still jump every time. And yes, five times in the theater, shut up.

15. The phasers blue/red light thingy. Yeah, I was leery of them changing the phasers from simple hand-held boxes to “cooler” looking guns, but the light switching thing totally won me over.

16. The shot of the torpedoes heading towards Spock’s ship and then the Enterprise jumping in to save the day, along with the shot of everyone on the bridge firing away. Very Millennium Falcon at the end of Star Wars, but that’s a good thing.

17. “I would rather suffer the destruction of Romulus a thousand times than accept the help of a Federation starship!” “You got it!”

18. The pause and silence as the Enterprise is sucked into the black hole, just before it bursts out.

19. “I am not our father.”

20. “Since my customary farewell would appear oddly self-serving, I shall simply say, good luck.”