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Good acting, good story, surprisingly funny, very few slow parts, plenty of special effects and fighting. It makes the recent Star Wars movies look like boring crap.

But I didn't like how Kirk/feelings kept winning out over Spock/logic. That always happens in movies!

It might always happen in movies. But you'll find that people even in real life follow those who are passionate and show it. When someone is passionate about something they have a vision. It's that vision that makes them someone to follow. It thought it to be rather good and thought provoking in some sense regarding the "battle" between Spock and Kirk.
 

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Agree, he was uninspiring and I usually like him.

Although, it was a nothing character. I suppose any time they would've taken to flesh out that character rightfully went to introducing the main characters. Hopefully the sequel will improve this, just like in Batman Begins the focus was very much on Batman so Ra's and Scarecrow weren't as developed and compelling as the Joker in TDK.
 

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it was phenomenal. I haven't really been into Star Trek until now, and seeing the movie, I was amazed I'd never gotten into it before. My dad used to watch all the old episodes and he said they kept it pretty real, character-wise. The theme was amazing. 10 out of 5 stars no doubt. I think I like it better than the three newest Star Wars, (old Star Wars is unbeatable). I'm going to rent the Wrath of Con soon.

Loved how they used the original Spock as the father in this one. It's awesome.
 

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Although, it was a nothing character. I suppose any time they would've taken to flesh out that character rightfully went to introducing the main characters. Hopefully the sequel will improve this, just like in Batman Begins the focus was very much on Batman so Ra's and Scarecrow weren't as developed and compelling as the Joker in TDK.

Good point on the Batman reference, hopefully the next one will have a more interesting bad guy. Everyone loves a good bad guy, heh, but establishing strong main characters for continuations can be considered more important. Hadn't thought of it that way.
 

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it was phenomenal. I haven't really been into Star Trek until now, and seeing the movie, I was amazed I'd never gotten into it before. My dad used to watch all the old episodes and he said they kept it pretty real, character-wise. The theme was amazing. 10 out of 5 stars no doubt. I think I like it better than the three newest Star Wars, (old Star Wars is unbeatable). I'm going to rent the Wrath of Con soon.

Loved how they used the original Spock as the father in this one. It's awesome.

Did they use the original Spock for the father or for the old spock from the future?
 

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Future spock was the original.

I really liked it but I figure there will have to be another one coming out to fix it.
 

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Less departure from canon than anticipated, far too many cuts and close-in shots, apt use of redheaded actresses, odd but defensible casting for villain, inclusion of Scott's cuddly cohort that piques interest, no shortcomings significant enough to make it less than two hours well-spent.
 

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Not a Star Trek fan at all but I enjoyed the movie immensely.

Remember that reboots always have the added baggage of having to define all the characters from the beginning. You can anticipate that the sequel will have a lot more room to work with.

One criticism: Bana's character felt under-developed.

Also, Simon Pegg as Scotty was marvelous.
 

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Just saw it, it was an awesome movie. Not what I was expecting at all. Go see it, now.
 

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Saw it. Was great. I have very few complaints. It made me immediately want to go play EVE, though. Mmm...space ships and lasers and missiles.

I agree that it did feel rushed, but I am pleased that all the time travelling didn't turn into a mess as it easily could have.
 

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Great movie, just saw it. I also enjoyed the whole time-travel/alternate universe thing. It'll mean they can play around with and re-explore that classic Star-trek era without having to worry about continuity so much. And Winona was in it! What a milf!

My main gripe is the incredible trivialization of black-holes. Those things were lame. I was more outraged by their disrespect for black-hole lore than their fundamental alteration of the Star-Trek universe. Ever since worm-holes came into sci-fi vogue people are just getting a little too cute with the whole concept. Soon they'll be using singularities instead of bin-liners. Or "Hi, come in, come in! Sorry the place is a mess - we had a little party last night and I haven't gotten around to cleaning it up yet. You want a coffee? Oh, watch your step there, Kevin dropped a singularity. Just step over the event horizon, I'll get it later. Cream and sugar?"

Oh, and Eric Bana was definitely too inherently likeable to be a convincing/scary villain, but he is Australian after all.
 

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Future spock was the original.

I really liked it but I figure there will have to be another one coming out to fix it.

I know.

I just posed the question because someone had stated that Lenard Nemoy had played the Spocks father. I was like, "I don't think so.."
 

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I liked it a lot, although I was never a fan of 'first generation' star trek, and haven't seen the other movies.

The one thing that bugged me was that the whole red matter thing seemed very implausible - however in that way it's true to the series, lol. So overall, very entertaining and I anticipate the next one.
 
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