Horrible storyline

Rating: 1/10 (23 June 2010)

Casting and acting was well done, visual effects as well. Shaky camera in some scenes did not seem appropriate. But the story was just horrible and I don't understand how it got so many positive reviews.
I am not a big Star Trek fan so it's not like I am offended that they wiped the entire Star Trek history, even though that sucked too. Yeah, yeah, it's "just" an alternate universe, I get it. I could live with that. But the story is just a collage of things that are
a) original Star Trek history elements re-created even though this is an alternate universe in which Kirk's childhood along with many other things should be vastly different, and still he gets reunited with all of his original time-line pals, on Enterprise, of course...
b) completely unrealistic segments, like the whole sequence of "oh look I stumbled upon the very cave on this deserted icy planet (very clean and breathable atmosphere by the way) that just happens to be inhabited by old Spock who will take me to an almost abandoned station which just happens to be the workplace of Scotty, and even though all of this had to take at least several hours, during which Enterprise was moving away as fast as possible, it will still be close enough for us to beam on it using this formula from the future". Ugh.
c) completely unrealistic technology details. Red matter? Creates a black hole, but you have to put it in the center of the planet using an easily destroyable drill, but that's OK because among the billions of Vulcan and Human inhabitants none have any firearms to shoot it down. By the way, red matter can also be ignited by simply shooting lasers at it but hey the drilling thing was just too cool to skip.
d) clichés like the "if they are not humanoid enough they are just for decoration" aliens and of course the obligatory bar fight of cadets vs locals...
Overall a vast disappointment for me.