‘Star Trek’ at 10: J.J. Abrams' 2009 Film Reboot Reinvigorated the Franchise with a Perfect Cast

TWIN PLANETS IN A UNITED FEDERATION

That scene after the bar fight in Iowa, where Kirk is talking to Captain Pike (played with great gravitas by Bruce Greenwood), is so well done that it becomes almost transcendent when Pike says, “Your father was captain of a starship for twelve minutes. He saved eight hundred lives, including your mother’s. I dare you to do better.” Sitting there watching that scene, you feel like you’re the one being dared not to “settle for a less and ordinary life.” You feel like you’re the one “meant for something better, something special.”

REVIVING HUMANISM WITH FRESH FACES

With his memorable music theme from the opening and closing credits on TV, Alexander Courage left some big shoes to fill, but composer Michael Giacchino wears them well. His score is its own character in the film. There’s a sweep and — at key moments — a poignancy to it that gives the movie lift and bears it aloft, in new ways, to the soaring heights we’ve come to expect from Star Trek.

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