shirleyfuller Star Trek is an unnecessary reboot in my opinion. JJ Abrabs is a talented filmmaker and it is easy to see his enthusiasm (he is almost like a fanboy giddily recreating all his favorite childhood movies) and rigor but the reboot and especially the cast will always suffer from comparison with the original TV series. Furthermore, although the film is interesting and gets everything sorted- in as much as one can in less than 2 hours- there is a rushed feeling to the proceedings. The special effects are good but we've seen it all by now, the razzle and dazzle only goes so far. The Star trek reboot isn't a bad film as much as an unneeded one.

Lover Of Long Haired Women (m-48664) I know he is the Hollywood brass now, but what does this supreme hack have on the Hollywood brass that makes them give him all these assignments? Does he have compromising photos? Is his new wife (now that he is divorced) one of them? Does he have a gun he points at people? JJ Abrams is such an unoriginal, uncreative tool yet he gets to rip off Spielberg, gets Star Trek, gets Star Wars and more and yet he is so devoid of any integrity, any clue about the projects and brings no merit to his work. Star Trek is here turned to Star Wars (but a bad one), Star Wars was destroyed by our buddy JJ here and everything else he touches is a script from the treasury department. How does Mr Rip Off operate?

Alex Cutler (acutler) I am a Star Trek fan, a ST:TOS fan. And therefore I was (as many were) sceptical of a reboot of our favourite characters.But from a character point of view, I think the casting was great, the dialogue fun & witty, I enjoyed the pop-corn ride and wanted more from this crew at the end of the film. In sense, this film was a resounding success, great fun, I've re-watched it a number of times, because I enjoy my time & journey with the characters. It is also surprisingly respectful of TOS.There are problems - and the biggest is the plot is awful and the motivations are totally unbelievable. There is no just credible way that Spock would have been blamed for failing in a last ditch attempt to save an already doomed planet. The Romulans were never that illogical! But I still rate it highly because the whole experience is just such fun!

johnsone-5 Kirk (Chris Pine) is the deliciously evil villain. That role is solidified early on when he steals and destroys his father's classic red Stingray. Nothing is bad enough to happen to this obnoxious character. Never before have I stood up and cheered when a villain got the daylights beat out of him, over and over again. Other than that, there's nothing redeemable about the movie. It's full of confusion and chaos. It's constant sensory overload quickly leads boredom. The deus ex machina conclusion confirms this film as a boom.