The back story of how It All Began...with some comedy tossed in

Rating: 5/10 (13 January 2010)

This was neither horrible, nor was it that good either. I grew up, somewhat, watching the original series, and have seen a few of the movies, and what could have been a fairly decent account of how they all ended up on the same ship just did not cut it for me. I think we could have had a fairly decent movie, you know, how everyone ended up where they did (Enterprise) and some basic history on more than just Kirk and Spock, without so much falderal concerning some Romulan with a grudge against a Vulcan. Needed more about the hows and whys on that one; or I dozed through it. And portraying Kirk as some James Dean wannabe was a tad over the top for me. Though I did like the fact that the young Spock was "getting some." Lots of plot holes that needed to be filled, and about 30 minutes that could have been sliced too. But if you are a Die-Hard Trekkie, then you'll love this movie. If you are only a somewhat DHT then there will be some eye rolling, but for the most part you'll feel like you did not waste your time.