Doesn't live up to claim of best SF film since 'Empire Strikes back'

Rating: 2/10 (23 May 2009)

First off I won't give a biased Trekkie fan boy 10 out 10 review.
I was really looking forward to this. It started off good and then went down hill fast. It's way too geeky for me. The Motion Picture up to Search for Spock are superb, but this new film won't be remembered. The stand out points are the effects. The CGI doesn't look overdone. The Enterprise looks fantastic. Cast standouts for me are Spock, McCoy, and sexy Uhura. Cast downer's are Kirk, ridiculous sounding Checkov and the rest of the hammy cast including the original Spock. Simon Pegg as Scotty is good but isn't perfect casting. The bad guys didn't look alien enough to me. More like biker's with tattoos! There is also the usual American rock track included to make matters worse. The deep Vulcan bits drag on terribly too. This film is only for hard-core Trekkie's. I won't be in a rush to watch this again. Weak plot with lot's of padding. No doubt I will get a grilling off the Star Trek fan club and shot down with phaser's for this.