... unfortunately marred by too-high fan expectations. At this point, the "Star Trek" franchise has practically become holy, and fans expect -- well, they expect what they expect.
Judging from some of the other reviews, many fans didn't get what they expected out of this one. As other reviewers have stated, this is more of an action movie than most other "Trek" films. Personally I appreciated this for what it was (the action was really well done and a lot of fun), but many fans seem to want a one-pointed focus on character development. In my view a certain amount of that is great, but this is an entirely imaginary universe, after all. A well made franchise film does not need to be slavishly "backward-compatible" with all the rest (particularly at the expense of artistic or entertainment value), and any fan who feels it does has slipped into the "fanboy" mentality and richly deserves to be ignored.
8/10, an excellent and entertaining addition to the "Star Trek" universe.
Judging from some of the other reviews, many fans didn't get what they expected out of this one. As other reviewers have stated, this is more of an action movie than most other "Trek" films. Personally I appreciated this for what it was (the action was really well done and a lot of fun), but many fans seem to want a one-pointed focus on character development. In my view a certain amount of that is great, but this is an entirely imaginary universe, after all. A well made franchise film does not need to be slavishly "backward-compatible" with all the rest (particularly at the expense of artistic or entertainment value), and any fan who feels it does has slipped into the "fanboy" mentality and richly deserves to be ignored.
8/10, an excellent and entertaining addition to the "Star Trek" universe.