[quote name='winterice']This movie was very good. It was so action pack that you never notice the two hour run time. I had that problem with Watchmen. I really like how the weapons on the USS Enterprise fire. It really gives off the this-starship-got-firepower vibe. Hopefully at some point they add in photon torpedoes. Definitely looking forward to the sequel. And I like it a lot better than any of the comic-base movies or Transformer.
That said, the action to action pace IMO mask a weak story/villain. Honestly, I don't understand Nero and the time traveling part. I know why he is doing what he is doing but the time thing through me off. Also, just how exactly does he get his ship? I may have heard wrong or my member may be off but I think don't he was a soldier. His ship also didn't have any cloaking technology, which makes me think it's not a Romulan ship.
Some other things that I felt was sort of off was Scotty. When he first shows up, I was thinking "whoa! that's kind of left field". The destination of the final battle was underwhelming. It looked so defenseless that I wonder why Captain Pike was even needed.
One other opinion, I think this film will get a lot people into star trek. However, at the same time I don't see them really getting into star trek; if that makes any sense. Basically, I don't think people who will like this star trek are going to like the older star trek. This was like a action-base star trek, while others before this was more of a science-base star trek. Not necessarily a bad thing, just my 2 cents.[/quote]
i think they did all that to change things. now you dont have to worry about the usual that didnt happen in the original series bs. things are the same but slightly diff so now they can take more liberties with the storyline. not to mention with them making such a big change in things it does make you wonder how much of an effect
will have on the rest of the universe.
you change one thing in a major way everything across the board will be effected. im really curious to see what the klingons will look like and some of the other trek species. also they did a damn good job with the way the tech looks. hell even the sound effects were great as far as weapon blasts go.
they succeeded in this movie in a way the 3 star wars prequels failed. i didnt really dig cloverfield much but the guy won me over with this film.