Okay, so I don’t write for weeks at a time and now I writing my third post in one sitting…It’s not that I’m A.D.D. it’s just that…oh look, a bunny!

Anyway, if you’re just seeing this one, make sure you get the other two, they’re being published every three hours, kind of like James Patterson only he puts out novels that fast!

Anywho, this is the closest I’ve been to a movie on opening day since Trilogy Tuesday allowed me to see ‘The Return of the King’ two and a half hours before anyone else in the United States got to see it. I guess it opened yesterday and I saw it today. I am not a Trekkie, I’m barely even a geek but I used to enjoy the original TV series and I even liked one or two of the original movies. TNG was okay and I never saw any of the other spin offs like Babylon 5 or anything like that. I was simply excited about seeing a good movie with a lot of special effects and things blowing up in space (don’t get me started on the ‘no oxygen in space for things to be able to blow up’ thing).

Let me just say quickly that this movie is great. Run, don’t walk, and take every member of your family with you. No nudity, only a couple of cuss words, and lots of action packed scenes with a little romance thrown in for good measure. The new Spock and Kirk are completely believable as younger versions of Nimoy and Shatner and there is only one scene where you can actually see the special effects. It’s on the ice planet, when Kirk’s running from the monster with the flower shaped mouth. Trust me, you’ll see it, it’s distracting, but it’s the only time it happens so you’ll be alright.

I really liked Zoe Saldana as the new Uhura but I’ve got to say that the surprise for me was Karl Urban as McCoy. He did a great, great job of totally being the young ‘Bones’. I didn’t even completely realize who it was until halfway through the movie and then I really started paying attention. Karl seemed so one-dimensional in the Lord of the Rings that I just never expected to see him play this kind of role.

Overall, really a movie that it’s worth to get out and see. I may even try to go see it again this weekend though my diet can’t handle another box of popcorn…