Not too bad, but not too great

Rating: 5/10 (9 May 2009)

People seem pretty passionate about this movie. Honestly don't see why. The story is okay. Characters aren't bad. Still, something is missing. There's no soul in this movie. All the action scenes happen so fast you can't see anything. When someone gets punched in the face I wanna see them get hit. I wanna see their head snap back. I wanna see them crumble to the floor. I wanna see them sweat. Look frustrated.
What I don't want to see is a jerky camera cut away and two second later show me a guy with a bloody lip. Come on directors. Wasn't there ever a fight in your high school? Ditto for every other aspect of this movie. When a space ship is flying. Let's see it fly in open space, without a lot of crap around it, some dramatic music.
When characters are flirting, let them flirt.
To all future directors of space movies: Watch "Pitch Black" "Wrath of Kahn" "Alien" Season 3-5 of STNG. Ask yourselves 'why did this work.' Than watch the new Star Wars and ask 'why is this so terrible.' New Star Trek? Watch it on TV. It's better than Deep Space 9, I guess.