Tedious and uninvolving

Rating: 4/10 (24 January 2015)

This is such a bland boring exercise.
I cannot fathom how the writing team of Orci, Kurtzman and Lindelof still manage to get writing jobs because they have little to no talent.
Everything is so telegraphed and lazy and boring and generic.
The script is going through the motions in the blandest of manners with the hope that the visuals pull it through. But unfortunately, despite the endless lens flares, it doesn't.
I really have to questions how Abrams can't see that he is directing trash and hence I hold him responsible for how poor the film is.
So many things that one could criticise: the endless repetition (can you beam him up, no but I can beam someone down - this phrase was repeated twice in the last 15 minutes), why bring old Spock back when he references a different Khan than the one we are seeing - what is the point rather than really lame attempt to be cool, the tiresome space chase through the structures with the oh so familiar "we're not going to fit" line.
I'm sorry but this film really is generic, tedious pap and I despair for the how Star Wars might turn out with this 'resting on his laurels' director taking the reins.