A few weeks ago we posted about director Kevin Smith seeing Star Trek, well he recently shared his experience with MTV Movie Blogs. This is the first time he has discussed it openly.

Smith stated,

“It’s really strong. J.J. Abrams was rejiggering the opening few scenes. It’s one of those things where you first heard about it and were like, ‘No they’re not going to redo Star Trek!’ And then you see the movie and you think, ‘Wow he did pull it off! He turned it into a viable renewed franchise’.”

He then went on to say,

“Chris Pine is fantastic. It is a star-making performance. From his first scene forward, this dude is not doing an impression of Shatner. He is doing young Kirk. He doesn’t have the slow delivery mannerisms of Shatner but it’s totally James T. Kirk, the bravado, the self-assuredness. It’s such a great performance. You can’t take your eyes off the guy. Anytime he’s not on the screen you’re waiting for him to get back. And the chick [Zoe Saldana] who plays Uhura is really great. They made Uhura really interesting.”

This is great to hear…though I have always thought Smith is more of a Star Wars fan he is still the embodiment of a fanboy, regardless of what level of Star Trek fan he is. That being said the disclosure he has given on Chris Pine’s performance is nice to hear. I like actors playing the character based on all the source material and description given, not impersonating someone else’s performance of the character. It will truly be hard to see a new Kirk, since next to Bruce, Shatner is the greatest actor of our time but I guess I will have to be ready for it. I say this though, if Pine sucks then I will not be happy. Thank you to Jordan for forwarding this link to us…we appreciate it!