not as much of a disappointment as I though, but...

Rating: 6/10 (19 May 2009)

it was still not a very good Star Trek movie IMHO. I was worried about this movie from when I first saw the trailers (and thought that Kirk & Uhura were going to hook up!) right through to when I saw the director openly say that he wasn't a fan of the original Star Trek series. Ugh...
Well, I WAS a big fan of the original series, and every other Star Trek series had to grow on me some before I would "accept" it (except for Voyager...that was just a bunch of baloney IMO).
So, I am left with many, many questions now that this movie has apparently "rebooted" the entire Star Trek universe (and yes, I know that it was just a bunch of TV shows).
What about Kirk's brother?? He dies in one of the original Star Trek TV episodes. Was he born before Jim Kirk was, or do they even have the same father now (or then, in the original series)?? Captain Pike never commands the Enterprise on missions with Spock to that forbidden planet (from The Menagerie), where he will apparently end up after being crippled at a much later date? Spock has no Mom now?? What about his half-brother from Star Trek 5?? Where the heck did HE come from?? Kirk gets to be Captain of the Enterprise *immediately* at the end of this current movie without having to train as a lower-ranked officer on other Starships?? That seems like a rash move by Starfleet...they let him skip 5 or so ranks just like that?? I can understand him being "promoted" to acting First Officer during the initial crisis when StarFleet didn't have enough personnel to go around, but give me a break! I think this next one is already in the "Goofs" section for this movie...but in the Star Trek original series, no one had ever seen a Romulan before, so no one knew that they looked like & shared an ancient ancestry with Vulcan, but yet no one gets excited about seeing them as they really look (pointed ears & all) in this latest movie. Huh?? At least Kirk didn't sleep with Uhura, but Spock does?? What the heck is up with that??? Basically, if you believe this current movie, then everything that has basically happened in the entire Star Trek universe (from the original series onward) has either never happened now or it will now happen in at least a slightly different way. I wonder if Spock will still die like he did at the end of the Star Trek 2 movie?? This current movie is a pretty good action movie, and I agree with the director that it might even be better if you come to this movie with little to no knowledge of the Star Trek universe. However, as a devoted Trekkie myself, I'd say skip the entire thing.
If the next movie tries to re-write even more of the Star Trek universe, I might even pass on that movie altogether!