confusing plot

Rating: 7/10 (14 May 2009)

The special effects were lame for 2009. Looked like FX of 10 years ago. The plot. Well, there wasn't a cohesive one. It was a jumbled mess of time traveling Romulans, and black holes, and something called red matter, and some drill, etc. Then Spock shows up out of nowhere. He tells some jumbled story about a super nova, and him trying to rescue Romulus with his red ball... or some such utterly confusing story. OK, and _why_ is it up to Spock to save the Romulans? What is he the Superman of the future?! Here I come to save the day!!!... It's a bird, it's a plane... no it's a pointy eared 120 year old Vulcan! So why blame anyone for a naturally occurring event? It's like me blaming my neighbor if his house is picked up by a tornado and lands on mine.
So the Romulan ship goes back in time (how I was unable to understand), but instead of warning his planet about what will happen, Capt.Nero sets out to kill Spock... oh, wait, he has to wait 25 years for Spock's ship to appear(for some strange reason). And what did The Federation have to do with any of this? And is that the _only_ Romulan ship that is in space and survives? FAQ: "IDW published a comic prequel series entitled "Star Trek: Countdown" that fleshed out Nero's back story and the reasons for Old Spock's involvement." How nice. And how are film goers supposed to know that info?
Now, at the end a question was asked as to why the older Spock didn't go onto the Enterprise himself to tell what happened. Aha! The reason is that Capt.Kirk and Spock have to bond as they have many adventures to look forward to... genius!