WARNING: Overdose on Lens Flaring and Droning Soundtrack

Rating: 6/10 (7 May 2009)

Good Grief! Why the overuse of lens flaring? We get that this movie is an attempt to be a reboot for the masses and that you have to upgrade your stylistic approaches to film making and such to catch the attention of "tweens" and the like...but jeez, almost half the film consisted of this technique which made me feel nauseous 3 minutes into the movie.
Mind you, this technique can be masterfully executed if used correctly (example: Very end of The Dark Knight with the lens flare as the bike drives off into the darkness).
Soundtrack in my opinion was very uninspired and the same dramatic theme was overplayed through several of the movies jarring scenes. Although not expecting much from the movie, I was hoping to here the epic Jerry Goldsmith theme thunder through the film at some point (was that expecting too much?), but sadly it was given a whimper at the end.
The ending BTW felt tacked on as an attempt to appease loyal Star Trek fans...I just didn't buy it. As one reviewer mentioned, it definitely felt like watching "OC" or "90210" Space Opera at times.
By the way, I'm not hating on this film. Picture a ride at Disney World which throws a bunch of action scenarios at you as you proceed through the ride. It's a lot of fun as you go through and you may remember some good parts, but the experience itself as a whole is forgettable (well, not as forgettable as this film, as there are some excellent rides at Disney World :). Some great FX, funny scenes and character interactions make this a movie worthwhile seeing in the movies at least once...Enjoy the ride.
Star Trek rates a 6.5/10.