fun but disappointing

Rating: 6/10 (15 May 2009)

the movie was really cool and entertaining, i loved the graphics and the dialogue was pretty good for a star trek movie. i enjoyed myself.
that being said, there were several issues i had with the movie. kirk's character remained static and he didn't really show his honorable and true side, only his cocky and hilarious one. spock saved the day, not him; i have no idea why he was awarded with the title of captain (i guess everyone was like "well he made a good captain in that alternate universe, so hell definitely make a good one in this one!"). there were also several unnecessary action scenes like when sulu pulls out that stupid sword to "fence" the romulan guard and when kirk is being chased by the random ice monsters on Hoth...i mean that random M-class planet.
this is more of a thought than criticism, but wouldn't it be more federation-like to beam the romulans aboard the enterprise whether the captain wanted to or not? lol picard would have done that! oh well.
and, btw, are we really SURE that the vulcans Didn't cause the star to supernova? it didn't even turn into a red giant or anything first...ud think the romulans would realize their star's lifespan was coming to an end, especially since theyd have a few thousand years to prepare once it started to expand...