Good, but not Star Trek

Rating: 8/10 (22 February 2010)

For a nerd like me, this movie is worth it just to see the new going-to-warp computer animation. The movie however, is not very Star Trek-ish. Star Trek is, as many have pointed out before me, about the ideas. Ideas like in the future, we have so advanced technology that no-one needs to be poor. Abundant energy and replicator technology make everything almost free. Thus famine and greed have been eliminated, and people of this future are instead working to improving themselves and working for their ideals.
The original Star Trek ideas was, for instance, problems is possible to solve without violence, racism does not exist and compassion and dialogue is used actively in diplomatic situations. Ideas that say we shouldn't interfere with the developments of aliens on other planets, but wait to make contact until they have developed warp technology. Ideas like if we create robots or an android with artificial intelligence, it automatically have every right a living being would. If they are alive, we have no right to abuse them as laborers. Watching the older Star Trek series and films can teach you a lot.
The Star Trek 2009 movie have very few of these ideas. Star Trek 2009 uses the amazing sci-fi from the Star Trek universe, but leaves out this interesting future culture. It's an action-blast with little of the Star Trek soul. They try compassion, but fail with a smirk undertone and no real effort in saving an enemy. I find this very alien to the older Star Trek. Maybe we can expect two star trek types in the future, one for the kids and one for young adults.
The Star Trek Enterprise series from 2001 seems to be a mix. We get perspective and good insight because of the high intelligent scripts, but also a lot more action and violence.