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Originally Posted by pylon
I went into it thinking there is no way anyone but Shatner can do Kirk or Nimoy Spock or any of the other characters, but with the exception of Uhura, I felt they all captured not only the essence of the original characters, but exceeded all my expectations.
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Well said.
One of my biggest question marks going in was the role of Kirk and how someone else would even approach playing it without being too silly or over the top, yet still maintaining the character.
I don't remember the actor's name, but he did a fantastic job. I was surprised how well he pulled it off. He had just the right amount of smug-ness at the right times. He also did a great job of knowing when to slip in bits of the over dramatized delivery. It was really well done, and you could tell he studied Shatner, but didn't come close to copying or mimicking him.
They also did really well making Kirk a winner from a young age. Showing that he could do no wrong right from the start and was always a clutch performer really endears the character to new audiences who don't know a lot about the original character.
That was something almost everyone casted pulled off. They had just the right amount of the original character pegged down without taking it over the top.
The same reason the original characters are like-able really come through in the performance of just about everyone casted in this new film.
Bones was also great. The way he mixed in the "Damn it Jim!"'s were well timed and funny.