Dreck

Rating: 5/10 (26 November 2009)

Disappointingly juvenile treatment and attempt to "reboot" the franchise. Several authors have commented about the cheesiness of the original series, but there was often more original ideas (until they started repeating themselves) in one of those 48 minute low budget TV episodes than in this entire film. The movie also has gaping plot holes and a time- travel aspect that is wholly unnecessary and a poor justification for bringing back Leonard Nimoy. The young actors aren't given much and they don't do much with the slight exception of Quinto's Spock. I thought Abram's writing in MI3 was excellent and I am a huge fan of "Lost" but he apparent ran out ideas when the deadline for this turkey came due.
PS: Who in world thought it would be a good idea to conjure a love triangle between Kirk, Uhura, and Spock?