Meh

Rating: 4/10 (3 June 2013)

In all fairness, I wasn't going to go to this movie. I wasn't impressed with the first one. While it wasn't terrible, it was pretty forgettable. Not a hallmark of a great movie. But some friends talked me into it so here I am. Déjà vu.
And much like the first movie I'm kinda torn here. While there are many things going right for this movie (it looks beautiful) I still can't get past the feeling I had 3/4 of the way through it as the (SPOILER) Enterprise is falling toward Earth in what should have been the most intense part of the movie...I was bored, so bored that as the ship was falling to Earth I actually thought that this would be a good time to run the credits over the scene. Maybe it had something to do with the fact that this scene seemed to tacked on (like many other scenes) that its hard to imagine they actually did it. Or maybe it had something to do with the fact that I didn't care if the ship did crash, killing everyone on board.
The first part of the movie was smart. The plot and the character development seemed headed in an interesting direction. But ultimately, it fizzled. And so to make up for it, they throw in some really unnecessary scenes to create the tension that the main story arch should have provided.
I dunno....after watching both movies, I really think they should refocus their energy into doing a TV series....that is where Star Trek has always shined. That is where Star Trek was always the most interesting. A medium where they can create more substance....and fewer explosions. Action scenes and explosions were never what Star Trek was about. I actually feel that these movies are doing Star Trek a disservice.