Better than expected...except for Bourne nonsense film work.

Rating: 8/10 (11 May 2009)

Yes, we (my wife and I) watched Star Trek when it was first released to television. The hokey costumes, the plastic phasers, the cardboard looking sets...it still beat most Sci-Fi of its time. We enjoyed the movies...Khan, the whales and the final conflict; but didn't care for the New Generation series, nor the second or third installments for television. We went to this with mediocre expectations and were, for the most part, pleasantly surprised. Not for the overall plot, but for the development of the characters we had known for so many years. Other than a relationship which had never been brought forward and a girlish replacement for Chekov, the characters were believable and entertaining. Our singular complaint was the filming. As with practically every movie made since the 2nd Bourne movie, the directors insist on sticking the camera up so close to the action that it's impossible to watch -- not only can't you see what is going on, it will give you a headache from eye strain if you try. For goodness sake, wake up, Directors! If Cecil B DeMille had filmed the Ten Commandments that way he would have ended up a bum begging on the streets. As for those nay-sayers decrying this movie was a bust, perhaps they went with different expectations. What we saw was a new beginning with familiar characters. I'm not sure what else you might have expected.