So disappointed

Rating: 2/10 (3 June 2013)

I waited Four years for this? To Begin as to why I felt this was the most disappointing moment in my cinematic history since Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, I feel I must work at this chronologically in list format...
1) The first Star Trek movie went to the trouble of creating a new story in an alternate timeline which in my opinion was to avoid needing to follow continuity of the original series and maybe have some new ideas. So why have a new idea for the first if all that will comprise the sequel is a wrath of khan remix? 2) What is with the constant need to make Spock a human? I understand the desire to give him some emotion, but I believe they went in excess on this one. He rarely seems to be the Spock we know who has a good dose of Vulcan moments as well as human moments.
3) The tongue in cheek references to Wrath of Khan got to be a little much. At first it was an attitude of "oh thats interesting, they're referencing Wrath of khan" to "Okay are you serious!" even right down to the point where Kirk and Spocks spots are reversed and Kirk dies, only to have Spock Shout "KHAAAAAAAAN!!! This part drew more laughter than any kind of emotional release from the audience. Drawing on nostalgia to hold the fan's attention is a sign of laziness and poor scripting.
4) The resurrection of kirk was incredibly anti climactic. There was an entire movie devoted to Spock's resurrection in The Search for Spock, but here, we are treated to a deus ex machina solution of using Khan's "Super blood" to bring Kirk back.
5) Another inclusion of leonard nimoy was contradictory to what happened in the last movie. Old Spock told new spock that he could not count on interference with their lives or destinies, and just because Khan rears his head again, he decides to overrule his previous conviction and tell the enterprise just what they're dealing with. If Old Spock truly didn't want to have that responsibility, why does new spock seem to just have old Spock on Speed dial? Old spock should have just disapeared from the galaxy and never contacted the enterprise again. " To boldly go where no man has gone before"?, try "To casually go where everyone who has seen Wrath of Khan has gone before" Anyone who truly knows Star Trek should've left this movie in disgust at what the franchise has become. Mr Abrams, your future endeavours with the enterprise are no longer necessary and you shall be where you truly belong in the Star Wars universe, where flashy colors, weak story, weaker dialogue, and fond memories of the better trilogy fed ox office revenue to the garbage prequel trilogy that fell victim to a poor director and a nameless rabble of cronies who told him only what he wanted to hear.