Welcome to Thursday Movie Picks, a weekly series hosted by Wandering Through the Shelves where each Thursday you have to pick three films to match the week's topic.
It's TV Series week, which is great because other than watching a lot of movies, I do watch a lot of series. What can I say? I enjoy other people's lives more than mine. Anyway, there are so many movies fitting this category, and at first I was going with three different movies. But then I realised I could do a theme within a theme, so here you are, stuck with me and my three Star Trek picks. Not three random picks though, the best ones.
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
In the 23rd century, Jim Kirk is resigned to the fact that he is on his last mission, but then Khan Noonien comes back, an infamous conqueror from the 20th century, and Kirk and his crew must stop him. This should have been the first movie in my opinion because it's compelling, thrilling, it has great special effects and Ricardo Montalban is simply spectacular as Khan.
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
To save Earth from an alien probe, Jim Kirk and his fugitive crew must travel back to the 20th century to retrieve a humpback whale, the only being who can communicate with it. I know it sounds ridiculous. Actually, ridiculous is the least I could say, but it's still an exciting and charming entry in the franchise, and definitely the funniest. Spock trying to understand human behavior is the best thing ever.
Star Trek (2009)
As young Jim Kirk tries to live up to his father's legacy and Spock keeps him in check, a vengeful Romulan creates black holes to destroy the Federation, one planet at a time. Hands down to the best film of the new trilogy. It is exciting, thrilling, packed with action, it has a solid story, there's a good dose of humour, and the new cast is amazing.
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