Reply #8: Just saw it, and found it pretty darn good.

[Noodleboy13]

Is it as good as Khan? No. Is it better than pretty much every other Star Trek movie? IMO, yes. I've read several posts lamenting the lack of Roddenberry's 'vision' of social commentary etc. while there is some validity to that, I feel that the main focus of this film was to get the audience to accept these new actors in established iconic characters. In that capacity it succeeds. Karl Urban absolutely nails McCoy. Quintos? does an admirable job as Spock, and those are some pretty big ears to fill. The new Kirk does a subtle job of incorporating some Shatner-esque quirks into his character without devolving into parody.

The film is pretty darn good looking too. The Enterprise is gorgeous. The action/space battle scenes are more kinetic both in editing and what is presented onscreen; it's a little busy, but not as chaotic as say, Battlestar Gallatica dogfights.

I saw it as a $5 matinee, and it was worth it. I left feeling "OK, we got the crew together, and they're pretty cool, and this has potential. I want to see what happens next."

Feel free to tell ask me if I'm out of my Vulcan mind.


peace
Noodleboy