there must have been a story somewhere

Rating: 6/10 (8 March 2010)

I imagine that there was a "time warp" in which both the characters and the screen writers got mixed up, thereby producing this hopelessly confused film. In tune with "Lost", characters appeared, disappeared, and reappeared, leaving the viewer in bewilderment. Leonard Nimoy's performance as Mr. Spock was excellent as usual. We watched the final scene of a lifetime defined by a single role. It was a good scene, though. In contrast, the character of his father was wooden, at best. We watched three scenes where James Tiberius Kirk clung to life at the edge of a precipice, but we knew there was no real danger because he was the star. The scene in which he leaped from a speeding Corvette was beyond all physical reality. The gorgeous woman in green body makeup was lovely to see, but the green color was obviously fake, and her bright red lips made the shallow attempt to create an alien seem silly. The film was long, too.