Well that boldly went nowhere

Rating: 4/10 (12 May 2009)

I can't say that I was excited going to see this movie but seeing as it was Majel Roddenberry's last film I decided to spend money instead of waiting for the DVD release. I should have gone with my first instinct and not wasted my money because this was simply not a good film. I am a lifelong trekkie but I am also a film fan and I have most certainly been pleasantly surprised before so I was willing to give it a shot. What I ended up seeing convinced me of what the previews had given me an inkling of, that JJ Abrams should be in a mental institution and not on a Hollywood set. First problem with the film has nothing to do with the canon question, in fact I'm willing to take the events of the film as canon, but many of the shots were too busy. Throughout much of the movie I wasn't quite sure what I was supposed to be focusing on there was so much going on at one time. Second problem is the fact that the production designer needed to be kicked in the face. By all means make the new Enterprise your own but don't make the interior sets look like some disaster of a factory when you're supposed to be on a starship. Starships are like submarines, everything has to do its job and take up as little space as possible otherwise you'll end up with some monstrosity which can't fit into the hull.
On the upside I thought the acting was solid. With the exceptions of John Cho and Ben Cross everyone managed to pull their weight and put out a decent performance. I also did like the script, wasn't great but I've seen plenty worse so I'll roll with it seeing as they did try their best to make their own Star Trek without ignoring the original.
All in all I don't think this movie is worth seeing and I hope that if a sequel or spin off series is made Paramount decides to kick Abrams to the curb and bring in a competent director to handle it because Trek deserves better and frankly so do the actors.