It didn't work for me really

Rating: 7/10 (17 February 2016)

I guess I'm not an Abrams fan. There, I said it. I think he's almost ruined the Star Trek franchise. Sure, he's producing the action-filled and CGI-based sci-fi that young men 16 to 21 years of age want to see, but his work seems to lack originality, thoughtfulness, cleverness. I just don't find it that entertaining. He's good at fast-paced adventure, but that's not really what I want out of a movie.
What can I say about the rest of it? It was all competently done, but it just didn't seem new, original or exciting. It dragged on.
The return of the old cast was an interesting twist, but to me it just highlighted how the later movies have failed to develop a cast of equal impact.
The high score has been bestowed on Abrams by his teenage male fans. The rest of us just didn't like it that much, I suppose.
My heart sank when I saw that Oscar Isaac was in this movie because I think it's beneath his talents. But I appreciated his part in the movie. I like everything he does, really.
So I want to give this movie about 7.5. I'm going to round it down to 7 because I spent most of the movie on my smart phone.