Star Trek and Intro

My experience with film is not very deep, but I do love to watch all different types of movies. One of the reasons why I am taking this class is to gain more insight as to how a movie is made and what goes into making a movie, the lighting, camera angles, special effects and so on. I enjoy experiencing different emotions that can be drawn from certain types of movies. Whether the emotions experienced are anger, happiness, etc. I do not really have a favorite type of movie, but some of my favorites include comedy, drama, and action. However, my two favorite movies are “Sweeney Todd” and “The Dark Knight”. Both of those movies have a sort of sick and twisted plot and venture into the minds of two psychopaths. Movies such as those would most likely be my first choice for a movie.

J.J Abrams “Star Trek Zero” serves as a prequel to previous films and show. This film focuses on James T. Kirk and his journey to become Captain of the U.S.S. Enterprise. He is portrayed in a form that has never before been portrayed in a Star Trek film. The opening sequence has the audience witnessing the birth of James T. Kirk. He was born upon the U.S.S. Calvin during an evacuation in which his father saved nearly eight hundred people, including his wife and child. He received his name after his mother’s father, and his middle name, Tiberius, after his father’s father. We are then introduced to James Kirk as an adolescent, and he displays daring, adventurous behavior. Soon thereafter, we are introduced to him as an adult. The scene has him hitting on a member of Star Fleet and other members of the crew get involved. A fight occurs in which Kirk is strongly outnumbered, but he puts up a good fight nearly until the end. During this fight he displays a rebellious attitude towards authority and no fearful concern for his well being. He also lacks no confidence in any situation. These are some characteristics we learn about him in the short time the movie has been running. Captain Pike then enters in an attempt to persuade Kirk to join Star Fleet. He is described as an under achieving genius who will be stuck in the same town for the rest of his life. This propels him to actually make a move and do something with his life that can benefit the well being of others. Somewhere deep down inside he had an admiration to become captain and follow in the footsteps of his father. James T. Kirk would go on to become captain and the rest is history. During the duration of the film the audience sort of grows up with the character during three stages of his life.