"More Abrams's Star Trek - it MUST be good!" Well, no...

Rating: 5/10 (24 August 2013)

Please don't be taken in by the hype. If you love Star Trek, that's fine - I love Star Trek too. But I do not like this movie, to the point that I would say that I did not enjoy watching it.
The writing and pacing are both equally awful. The initial scenes were completely pointless and would have been far better spent setting up the main plot. Until practically mid-way through the film, nothing much happens, and then comes such terribly-written exposition that just brings the film grinding to a halt. There is no character development whatsoever, and Cumberbatch is wasted on the woeful script. There isn't even any time or reason to dislike the antagonist.
Once again, this is a film that falls foul of the concept of thinking you do not need tell an effective narrative in order to make a film; just slap together a host of random sequences and dialogue and it'll be fine.
To draw a parallel that I really didn't spend too much time thinking up, I really felt (ironically) like Spock: I failed to feel anything watching this movie - no like/dislike for characters, no investment in the plot.
I'm not a fanboy. I watch movies objectively. I urge you to do the same; and when you do, you will see that ST:ID is not a good movie.