ridiculous

Rating: 1/10 (1 December 2009)

This was a joke. The story was bad - even nonsensical. Since it involved time travel (and nearly anything is possible in that scenario) it was especially bad. The plot contrivances were laughable. The "logic" flow that puts Kirk in command of the Enterprise was super silly. Dr. McCoy had no real purpose in the movie. By the time Mr. Scott was introduced I had forgotten he was even in the script. The guy playing Spock probably did the best job, especially with the crap script he was working with. However, Spock getting it on with Uhura in the elevator was ridiculous, and just so foreign to the original character. The "special effects" were childish when they were not down right stupid. The hand phasers looked like they were shooting rubber-headed suction darts. And what was with the "recoil"? I half expected to hear someone say "bang"! Why was the "laser" drilling rig suspended on a giant electrical extension cord? LOL! The craft that Spock piloted looked like something out of Tom Terrific. Why did the Enterprise have water-powered turbines? Wasn't this like 300+ years in the future? If someone had opened the steam engine door and thrown in a shovelful of coal it would have seemed perfectly reasonable. It was almost like a spoof of Galaxy Quest. Didn't anyone on the set actually watch the original series? The photon torpedoes were about as effective as bottle rockets. The ship's phasers couldn't melt a frozen popsicle. I don't think the shields protected the ship from anything. The Romulan ship was even worse. What was with all the gangways to nowhere, with no railings and sheer falls of several stories? And wasn't this ship a complete ripoff of the vessel in Star Trek: Nemesis? The whole Kirk-is-born-20-seconds-before-his-father-dies-as-a-hero is just SOOOOO lame. Apparently, even in 2300 A.D. they still like the sex of the child to be a surprise. This whole thing stunk. J.J.Abrams should be run out of town on a rail. I can't believe anyone is letting him actually direct a sequel - or ANY other movie. Unbelievable. And, yes, MI-3 also sucked big time.