Ugh!

Rating: Null/10 (25 September 2013)

Never has a movie made me more furious than this cacophony. Not only does JJ Abrams coddle Star Trek fans with this drivel it's so predictable my eyes almost rolled out of my head. Below is a detailed breakdown of my problems with this movie: 1. Screwing the Prime Directive in the first 5 minutes of the movie WHAT WAS THAT??? It's the most important guiding principle of the Federation and they have Kirk just casually break it without a thought to the responsibility or magnitude of his decision. And where the hell was Spock's "we cannot break the prime directive" BEFORE they decided to put him inside the volcano and have Kirk steal a precious artifact from the locals. And what's worse KIRK LIES ABOUT BREAKING THE PRIME DIRECTIVE AND STILL GETS TO THE BE FIRST OFFICER ON THE ENTERPRISE! (And through a remarkable twist of fate, captain again).
What was the point of that entire sequence if in the end breaking the Prime Directive didn't change a damn thing and didn't have any serious ramifications for the character??? It takes something away from the reverence that previous Star Trek movies and the TV shows placed on the importance of this rule. As a Trekkie I personally found that insulting.
2. Could Karl Urban have over-acted anymore??? 3. Chekov's accent is so annoying every time he speaks I wanted to punch him in the face and push him out of the nearest airlock 4. Uhura They had the opportunity to have a strong female character in this role and all they have her do is be constantly whining about her relationship with Spock. Oh yes and she occasionally gets to play translator and shoot a phaser. She could've been so much cooler and kick ass. JJ Abrams really needs to have a talk to Joss Whedon about the portrayal of strong female characters in film and TV.
5. Spock Yep still don't buy Zachary Quinto as Spock. To me Spock is supposed to have this silent strength where as Zachary has "bored-strength". It's not enough to just look blank, I have to FEEL the strength and calmness. One of the two stars I gave to this review however is for the speech he made to Uhura in the vessel on the way to the Klingon home planet. That was actually pretty good.
Oh and Spock yelling "Khannn!!" LAME. MORE LAME THAN ANYTHING THAT HAS EVER BEEN LAME BEFORE.
6. Special Effects Okay yes the special effects weren't bad (especially Kirk and Khan flying through space) but seriously JJ you need a new colour scheme. That red forest almost blinded me.
There's more but right now in my infuriated state I cannot articulate them.
Basically it comes down to this: insulting, boring, cliché and predictable.