Star Trek: Mark Cappuccio's IMAX experience
As this site has already covered this new re-boot of a tired old wagon the stars TV show called Star Trek I thought that I would review the Imax version to fully put across why you should not only rush to see this when it comes out this weekend but God book ahead and see it in Imax on the biggest screen you can find! 
The story prologue you already have seen revealed partially in the last trailer, where Kirks father fights a massive squid like ship full of Romulans intent on destroying the U.S. Kelvin that he has had to take over when his Captain travels aboard the enemy vessel, then cut ahead some years and we encounter a young Jim Kirk getting into all kinds of trouble until he is persuaded to join Star Fleet by Captain Pike (yes the one from the original TV Pilot) to be all the man he can be. Then cut again to 3 years later (handy that) and we see Kirk take the infamous Kobayashi Maru test for the third time and pass, but before he is cautioned by the Academy and some pointy eared bastard (Spock) all the cadets are called to war (convenient again), and then the story is off and running. The prologue and rest of the film is in high definition Imax and it looks astounding, although the film was not shot on the DMR camera format like Chris NolansDark Knight which fills the whole of an Imax screen, the 35mm print has been digitally re-mastered and blown up to fill most of the huge Imax screen to give an experience your not likely to get down your local cheesy multiplex. Having seen both versions within a week of one another although the digital print I saw looked crisp sharp and astounding I would say that I prefer the IMAX one for the sheer sense of scale of the film. This is what a Star Trek film has needed for years, epic space battles that fill the screen and are more than a match for the opening of Star Wars Revenge of the Sith which took my breath away. In fact God knows why George Lucas has not only blown up his films to 3D but made sure that they are expanded to the IMAX format to truly stun and awe his fan base. JJ Abrams has created something here that not only cleverly pays credence to all the years of Trek history by containing enough action scenes to satisfy old school fans but great character introduction and development that will introduce new fans and with screenwriters Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman they have successfully put in enough references to the old Trek we know and love but kept if fresh for someone who God forbid had never even heard of Spock, Kirk or his motley crew! My only criticism of the film is Eric Bana as Romulan Nero, who at best is pantomime villain as only Star Trek ones can be. This works for this film but if you really want to push the crew to the limit in the already green-lit sequel then bring back a young Khan or come up with someone or something that will truly make the next film better than this one, there are also a couple of plot holes that fans will enjoy picking apart on geek forums for years I am sure like (where are all the fleet?). Also I noticed with the IMAX print that in some places when the action is really fast onscreen the print blurs as if it cant keep up and in other close up scenes with Spock seems to go out of focus but this is a minor technological quibble or tribble and can be solved by the next film. So see this for sure but see it in IMAX to truly enjoy this awesome summer spectacular.