I tohught it was a better watch than Wolverine, and an acceptable refhreshing of the Franchise. The cast was ok, and Karl Urban was excellent. I rate him as the best thing about the reboot.
Things that bugged me:
Spoiler:
1. The time-travel storyline. Ever since Brannon Braga started Star Trek down this road , the Franchise lost its appeal for me. If you want to do an alternate universe plot, why not just do one? Why feign continuity whilst at the same time erasing it?
2. THe "ship in a lightning storm" effect. Ok, nevermind the whole black hole becoming a wormhole thing, I felt as if this was purely a vehicle for making the Narada more impressive. Also just to serve as a hook so that Kirk could "save the day" by making the "ship in a lightning storm" link to the destruction USS Kelvin when the description came in of the threat to Vulcan.
3. On the above note, why would the ship appear to be a lighning storm a second time? It didn't exit the singularity again. And why didn't Spock's ship have the same effect when it emerged? Again, I felt that this was just to make the Narada more impressive.
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