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I give this movie two ratings. One is for a Star Trek fan concerned with accuracy and the integrity of the franchise with a rating of one star. Two as one new to Star Trek or is not concerned about the accuracy of the Star Trek universe with a rating of 3.5 stars. If one is not concerned about the accuracy of the Star Trek universe it was a good movie that would keep your attention. Great special effects although there are some scenes that would need further explaining. Although I am not a diehard Star Trek fan I am concerned with how the latest movies hold up to the accuracy and keep the integrity of the Star Trek franchise. The following is my opinion and is not meant to infringe upon others feelings or thoughts regarding the new Star Trek time line. And any negative reviews that I agree with will not need to be repeated. I still do not like the ship's new design. The nacelles are overly big and the secondary hull is too skinny through out the last half. Over all these design defects create a ship that looks out of balance and top heavy. The interior of the secondary hull reminds me of a university warehouse with a bunch of disorganized projects thrown together and not like an advanced orderly constructed starship. The phaser firing sounds whimpy and I prefer the continuous phaser blast rather than the multiple pea shooter idea now being used for phasers. Taking the story line about Khan and re-writing it dishonors the original, and the timeline according to this website is way off from the original. Than on top of that re-writing Star Trek II and III into this movie is poor story creating. Seems like Directors and writers can't come up with anything original anymore. While the actor playing Kirk does a good job, the new Kirk is not respectable. There is no way a first year disrespectful and irresponsible graduate is going to be made first office and than given command of the fleets flag ship. And it is as ridiculous to think that any high ranking body would continue to put up with his disrespect of the rules on a continuous basis. This Kirk has no credibility what so ever to be captain of any ship. At least the original Kirk took 8 years to earned his command according to the timeline on this respectable website. A ridiculous scene in the movie is when Kirk and Scotty are hanging from a gangway somewhere in the secondary hull near engineering. Not only is it ridiculous to have this gangway with a large opening designed into the ship (reminds me of Galaxy Quest) , but it is ridiculous to think that Kirk could hold himself and Scotty by one hand hanging from the railing of the gangway and than have skinny Chekov to pull them both at the same time up over the railing to keep them from falling. This movie as the first is just riddled with to many inconsistencies with the original Star Trek universe that even a new timeline cannot fix. These facts plus the other negative comments from this review section I give my rating of one star. |
