Leave your brain at the door.

Rating: 3/10 (29 May 2013)

The movie was a rip off of The Wrath of Khan and has action just for actions sake and had very little story and character development and none of the philosophy that made Star Trek great.
There are so many things wrong with this movie when compared to the original series and movies. Yes it's in a different timeline but many things should remain the same.
-When the Enterprise traveled to the edge of the neutral zone in order to torpedo Kronos the planet could easily be seen from their position which would place it in the neutral zone.
-When they took the trader ship down to the surface of Kronos you can see the moon, Praxis, partially destroyed. The movie begins in 2259 but Praxis is supposed to be destroyed 34 years later in 2293.
-They really messed up the look of the Klingons. I can't really describe it, you'd have to see it to understand but they look horrible.
-There are cars on Earth. 99% of humans in Star Trek don't even know what a car is. They use trains, shuttles, and transporters, but not cars.
-How close is Kronos to Earth? It's supposed to be 4 days away at warp 4.5 but it seemingly takes less than an hour to get to and back from there in this movie.
There's other things wrong that has nothing to do with Star Trek's history.
-When Pike calls in Kirk and Spock to chew them out for breaking the prime directive he says that it's based on Spock's report. He mentions that the inhabitants of the planet they saved now worship the Enterprise. How did he know? It wouldn't have been in the report because it happened after they left the planet.
-The engines of the Enterprise now leave some kind of vapor trail. This was never in any of the original series or the 2009 movie.
-Why didn't the Klingons know that the Enterprise was on the edge of the neutral zone when it was within eyesight of Kronos, the Klingon home planet?
-Why could the Enterprise contact New Vulcan which is several light years away but not Earth which it was orbiting?
-Why didn't Starfleet know about this huge battle happening in orbit between two of it's own ships? If they did know they would have attempted contact and sent other ships to investigate.
I know I'm missing some things in my list but it shows that this movie has more holes than a block of Swiss cheese.
Also, no "the needs of the many out weigh the needs of the few" quote when Kirk's dying or even a "second star to the right and straight on till morning" quote at the end when they start their 5 year mission and were deciding on which direction to go. Myself and other people were disappointed when these were not said.
I sincerely hope that they do not base a new series on this F'ed up reboot. It would be a huge disappointment if they do.
All that being said, it did look good even though it was originally shot in 2D, not 3D. It's looks and a few (too few) good moments are the only reason I'm giving it a four out of ten.