Not In The Same Spirit Of Star Trek

Rating: 5/10 (17 September 2015)

I'm not a trekkie by any means. I have only seen two Star Trek movies in my life. When I was young, I watched the one where they go to San Francisco (back in time) to save the whales. I watched this a few times. I also watched Star Trek First Contact a few times. I liked both of those movies because the struggles of the characters felt authentic. It felt like space combined with the dramas we face in real life, but put into a science fiction, almost super natural light.
This Star Trek merely wants you to go weeeee, uppppp, downnnnn. It's like a ride. Don't we have enough of this? Honestly, are people really impressed by twenty minute action/explosion scenes?
There were some tense and good moments, especially with Spock, but overall, really not that interesting, and I'm sorry to say I don't have very high hopes for Star Wars because J.J. Abrams seems more concerned with gloss and sheen than true style and spirit