Kirk v. Wolverine

	Star Trek Movie, 2009 Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto
	X-Men Origins: Wolverine Hugh Jackman

Don’t choose. Watch both, if you still have any doubt.

Star Trek is nostalgic as well as formulaic. It rekindled my passion for this old TV series that became a franchise.

Honestly, I stopped watching after the Next Generation. I never got into Deep Space Nine or Voyager. I watched Enterprise for a while. It did not stick. Not for the lack of effort, I wanted to become a modern trekkie. But none of them hooked me like the original series or Next Generation did.

Most Star Trek movies are second rated. The Wrath of Khan was the best. The Search for Spock was great. Nemesis was disastrous. First Contact was OK. Yes, I watched them all. This one is worth going.

Non-trekkies need not worry. You don’t need to know anything about Star Trek to enjoy it. It is simply a well made, action packed, sci-fi flick.

Wolverine touched me deeper. It is a poignant story of one fighting to hold onto self amid betrayal, exploitation, massive manipulation, and deep-rooted discrimination. We would watch Wolverine losing everything that was loving, kind, or descent. And we watched him trying so, so hard to stay true.

As a movie, however, Wolverine is not for someone who did not know X-Man. In a way, this movie targets the cult more than Star Trek.