J.J. Abrams Completely missed the point.

Rating: 1/10 (14 August 2009)

I've thought about this movie a lot since I saw it. Not sure exactly what I wanted to say about it. I can't really go into all that I find wrong with it, there are just too many things. It would take far too long to write about.
But I think the fundamental problem is that J.J. Abrams never fully understood what Star Trek was about. It's not about epic battles and wars and clever characters. At it's core, it was always about the voyage of discovery. An optimistic view of the future. A view that problems can be solved with the mind, not brute force. It was about hope and discovery and life. Not destruction and death.
In some magazine I read a quote from Abrams that really stuck in my mind. He said: "I was never a fan of Star Trek. I always liked Star Wars. But after making this movie, I'm now a big fan! I can't wait to see what happens to these characters next!" (That's the closest I can remember his quote.)
I can't help but feel I'm hearing someone say: "I never liked the taste of white wine, I was never a fan, but one day I poured out the bottle and filled it with Pepsi and now white wine tastes great. I'm a fan!"
J.J. Abrams has poured the essence out of Star Trek and filled it with absurd, contrived, poorly thought out fluff.
This movie is nothing more than Michael Bay nonsense dressed up in Star Trek drag. It has only the surface trappings of Trek without the heart.