Not bad

Rating: 7/10 (9 May 2009)

Not a bad Star Trek movie. Not a bad film. Perhaps the best of the "odd numbered" Treks. Far better than the last "even numbered." The acting was good. The characterization superb. The special effects were well executed and not distracting or over the top. It was certainly entertaining. The plot was a little unnecessarily convoluted. Apparently reading some prequel comic makes it clearer. But, for me, the film's major downfall was an overabundance of smarmy meta-textual in-jokes that hampered the pacing of the film combined with some glaring logic errors. Some of them are quite clever, but they're a little to frequent and seem a little to "oh look how clever I am!" They don't ruin the film, just hold it back a little.