JJAbrams should be given the vulcan death grip

Rating: 1/10 (22 November 2009)

i sooo looked forward to this. The trailer looked really good. But it didn't deliver. Another comment described it as 'fast and furious in space' and that nails it. A ridiculous pointless back story for Kirk and Spock about them being wild crazy kids does nuthin but cheapen the original characters. It would be forgiven if the film delivered but the story was bad. I not sure exactly what happened- time travel element was needless, the red-blood material thingy was just stuck in from nowhere, scenes like the one on the frozen planet were just an excuse to show some action ending in coincidence that was just too far fetched. This must have been made for 12 year olds as no adult could have found anything to watch in it- except for the length of Uhuru's skirt. The writers have a lot to answer for- in the DVD extras in an interview with them they say they wanted it to be more like star wars. The space scenes are good, very similar to star wars battles but the films' story showed a real lack of structure and character.
As a standalone sci-fi it does hold its own.