Not bad, not excellent, but happy to see Star Trek again in theaters

Rating: 7/10 (9 May 2009)

OK, I understand some bad reviews, but the fault's of this movie are not more than the good things (contais spoilers):
THE GREAT

Star Trek again in theaters

FX, at last we have outer space CGI that look real, the spaceships, planets and cities look REAL, not just...well, CGI.

The cast is great, I really believed I was watching Kirk, Spock and Bones...Bones is the best, with his expressions and complain talk. Kirk is Kirk but younger, and Spock is Spock, less experienced more emotional. Those who complain of Spock being a loverboy must have forgotten TOS episodes like The Enterprise Incident, This Side of Paradise or Amok Time. It looks weird with whom he is a loverboy, but this is an alternate timeline, something common in Trek.

With the alternate timeline the writers and producers avoided cannon, it was just impossible to establish a new Star Trek with 40 something years of cannon, hundreds of TV episodes and books and 10 movies. An intelligent choice.

THE GOOD

The main story is entertaining, it was fun to see the character's origin. I have no problem with Vulcan and Romulan destroyed (to Boldly Go...remember?).

There's some mild humor, people in the theater really laughed some times, humor is very welcomed as long is not like Tbe Voyage Home (an overrated movie) or The Final Frontier, humor will always be a healthy choice in the right doses.

THE NOT SO GOOD

Eric Bana's villain is good but there's lack of exposition for his character, the real motivation is revealed at the 2/3'rds of the movie, and is just revenge, something not very new for a Trek villain...I'm sure writers could have come with something wackier and more vision.

This lack of exposition is also true for Scotty. An outsider is just chief of engineering just as he comes aboard? I did'nt buy that

The music: I found it uninteresting, not worthy of Trek. Even the music of bad Trek movies as Star Trek V is much more impressive. I missed the lush and beauty of previous Trek scores: The Motion Picture, The Wrath of Khan, The Search for Spock.

I would have appreciated a little more depth, Trek depth, some small learning and trippy coolness, but I got more punch and action than brains.

THE BAD

That shaky camera in action sequences...it was too much, if the CGI is great, why ruin it? A little of that I would not mind, but the editors exaggerated.
Anyway, my overall experience was of some joy and definetively I was very glad to see Star Trek again and see the franchise reborn. I'm sure there will be sequels, lets hope producers will add some things lacking here and keep the vitality this movie has.