Mayhem in May - Star Trek lifts off

To be totally honest, I have a very bare-basic idea on Star Trek, be it the series or the movie franchise. The less operatic version of Star Wars, that’s my take on the series. No offence intended to the followers of the ever popular space adventure.

So except for the fact that the 11th movie comes in the action packed summer season, there isn’t much which makes the latest Star Trek appealing to me. I loved the way director J.J Abrams treated Mission Impossible 3. His TV series, Alias and Lost are quite good too though Lost has lost its grip. So definitely he has done his homework before working on this major reboot of a franchise which has seen its share of ups and downs.

If the opening weekend numbers are anything to go by, then he has either done his job well or the marketing team has done its job better. A production budget of $150 million has been splurged on this one and the movie grossed a fine figure of approximately $76 million in its first weekend. Not so punchy a number as Wolverine’s outing, yet fabulous.

Definitely Star Trek will take will take a huge share of the box office away from the Mr. Retractable Claws a.k.a Wolverine. But the shadow of Angels and Demons looms over Trek as the former is expected to hit shores on May 15. So more to fear than to cheer about. May the best movie win.