A good action movie, but not Star Trek

Rating: 7/10 (11 July 2016)

It's a good action movie, it has good drama, acting, special effects and is very watchable. But it's not true to Star Trek - take that as you will. Despite this I think that would be pretty much fine and forgiven for the most part *if* they weren't also rebooting the original and recasting characters. If it was just a telling of some kind of Starfleet crew where they could actually use the creativity, writing and budget to craft truly unique characters, relationships and situations I would be far more open to it. I felt that all of the actors were cast well as their respective characters, so I don't know why they couldn't have just used this to generate a new set of circumstances involving a Starfleet crew, which could have existed as an action movie while not offending the original vision of Star Trek as a true science fiction.
I'm hoping for something very much different for the new TV show but I would be lying if I said this didn't have me worried. In my opinion, Star Trek *should* be considered "boring" to the average viewer who is not interested in sci-fi.