Enough different to make it not a remake

Rating: 6/10 (20 May 2013)

It became clear pretty quickly that this film was basically a remake of the 1982 movie The Wrath of Khan, which is not surprising since both movies are the second movie in the series, though as I had debated with some people this reboot of the Star Trek franchise is not necessarily a reboot because all of the older Star Trek films happened, it is just they were rendered completely obsolete when Kirk's father was killed in the previous movie. Thus it is clear that they are attempting to resurrect the Star Trek franchise (which had pretty much died after three and a half series as well as a number of movies – I'm not entirely sure what they are up to now).
I must say though that the previous movie was a lot better that the original movie that was made years ago because the original movie pretty much put me to sleep, and still puts me to sleep, which is generally why I don't watch it (but also because I really don't have all that much time to watch them all again, not with the pile of DVDs that I am gradually making my way through as well as the number of movies at the video store that I want to watch but didn't have time or couldn't be bothered watching at the cinema).
The original Wrath of Khan movie pretty much resurrected the Star Trek franchise, and spawned all of the above that I have previously mention. I am not sure whether this film will necessarily do the same, though I get the impression from a number of people that they did really like the film. Hey, I am one of those people, but then again I am not really a big Star Trek fan, and in reality Star Gate and Doctor Who (as well as Star Wars) pretty much wipe the floor with Star Trek. Okay, people can love both, but I am not one of them. Mind you, I have written elsewhere quite extensively as to why I don't like Star Trek, so I won't repeat it here. However, I still decided to go an see this film, and I still liked it, however I doubt I will be running off to see it again anytime soon (not that I have time to watch films multiple times in the cinema, with the exception of The Hobbit of course).