Poor

Rating: 4/10 (29 September 2013)

I didn't like this film. I found it predictable and boring. I've seen too many of this kind of film by now, and every time I come out in the other end feeling empty and disappointed. I really should have known better. To me good sci-fi is a combination of reasonably believable tech, good story-writing, great character-development and plenty of suspense. This film had none of it. Granted; It's got loads of cool explosions, a very good Cumberbatch, and a Simon Pegg who made me smile, but apart from that I found the whole thing quite laughable and childish. It wasn't even a good space-opera.
The tech is not believable: Maybe that's OK. Maybe that's just what star-trek is all about (what do I know), but it doesn't have one shred of credibility which just get's annoying in a film that doesn't have anything else going for it.
The story-writing is thin: Random, somewhat contrived and illogical and submitting to cliché after cliché.
No character-development: All characters - pretty much - are wooden, flat, two-dimensional. I didn't care for any of them - possibly a bit for Spok, but that's maybe because I already knew him. Kirk was just plain irritating.
No suspense: The one thing you can hope for in a film like this, is a fair deal of suspense. But there was none in my view - none at all. Not that there wasn't plenty of opportunities. But maybe that was the problem - too many opportunities and not enough time to dwell properly at any of them.
All in all, I'm giving it a 4.