Embarrassing

Rating: 1/10 (16 May 2013)

Probably one of the worst Star Trek Movie ever. As much as the previous Abrams movie was fun, creative and rejuvenated the franchise, this one is dull, with an unrealistic plot and looks like a mix of a bad Star Wars and any of a hundred cliché super hero movies.
It starts with a frantic and jugged pace, that has the only purpose of providing the thin emotional theme of the story (what it means to be friends, one guesses) and then takes us into the movie proper that settles down at a more regular pace.
The movie proper is a ton of explosions and chases and hand combat alternating with close ups displaying teary feelings. The unrelenting amount of video-game action seems to completely ignore the premises of the franchise (humanity sense of wonder, best qualities, and love of exploration). Amazingly, the tears on the cheeks do look like computer animations, and so do the emotions that such tears punctuate with alarming regularity.
The plot? There is almost none, besides destruction on a grand scale at the hands of a villain who is upset at the Federation, and a huge number of unrealistic twists and turns that go from the absurdity of a space ship apparently without any security (you can just walk in, and access its most vital functions), to minor scenes such as when Kirk looks overwhelmed by the sight of Alice Eve wearing a sporty, almost Victorian Age, two pieces undergarment. A scene so obviously targeted to juvenile audience (in 2013?) and to the PG13 rating that is embarrassing, indeed like the movie.