'Star Trek' ... On A Scale of 1-10?

This is the best Star Trek film I've seen in ages. Zachary Quinto should get an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of Spock because there were times when I couldn't tell whether that was Quinto on the screen or not.

The only other Star Trek film that tops this one is The Wrath of Khan. Overall, I still give this movie four stars.

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Withen 3 minutes into the movie I said to myself "This is going to be a great film". Most films I cant stand speacial effects because it drowns out the story, or it's too clean to be real( Examp: The latest Star Wars). This movie had it's own visual musical beat that bounced back and forth with good acting and gritty realistic visual. When I saw Wolverine I left thinking it was an okay movie...but with this Star Trek, I was wowed. My vote for a second movie..engage

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Best Trek Yet, Ive seen them all on the big screen. Loved it. When Vulcan vanished, and was gone, i was flabbergasted. can't wait to see what they do next.

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As an infant I was afraid of the original series aliens. I grew up on all the treks after that. If you've read trek books you know that the universe is filled with possibilities. Star Trek is about the best of those instances, and this movie hits an intense one at Maximum Warp! Here we have a trek that can actually be appreciated by non-trekkies, yet has plenty for the long time fans as well. Most complaints I have seen are from people who got mixed up about the details. Many people can enjoy a movie without understanding why for each little detail. But if u really dont get it, maybe your the type that can only understand what's happening if it's long, slow, and drawn out like Star Trek 1 the extended version. Sorry then, this one may be too much for ya. This movie is fast paced and packs a whole lot more into one movie than usually happens in 2 trek movies. I personally enjoyed seeing the guts of the ship, and hey they even used some metal in the sets not just plastic! I went in expecting to hate this movie. Change can be scary but it can also be Very Very Good!

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This movie was HOTTTT!!!

I never really was into Star Trek, never seen any of the original movies but did catch a couple of the next generation films, which out of those I only like "First Contact". But man will I tell you from the beginning to the end this movie had me hooked the whole audience was grabbed into it. Originally I was kind of hating on Chris Pine, but he really pulled the part off to a tee and I like him more as an actor. So I gave this movie a 10. I really like what Abrams did with it he's moving up in the line of my favorite Directors right behind Cameron.

Im tempted to go see it again but well see how that goes lol.

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Great summer movie. Wonderful cast... Pine and Urban were perfect as Kirk and Bones (swollen hands scene was priceless). Same goes for performances of Spock, Uhura and Sulu. And having Nimoy back, what a treat.

I laughed, I cried, I ate popcorn. Couldn't ask for more.

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It seems like the only people who like this flick are people who enjoy empty, action-thrillers. Yes, this isn't the old Star Trek, but it was a huge slap in the face by Abrams to smash the original universe before starting his own. Star Trek fans will never accept this universe as the real one. Abrams and his crew would have impressed me if he jumped 50 years into the future in the original time line, and advanced the universe in a pretty way.

Star Wars fans get another win as this movie looked like a rip-off of Star Wars.

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This one grabbed you emotionally from the start and did not let you go until the final credit rolled in memory of Gene Rodednberry and his wife Majel. The key is knowing and loving the original. Kinda like sitting through three years of reruns of the series that had been turbo charged for the 21st century.

Thanks Mr. Nimoy for wrapping this present and putting a great bow on top!

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I was reluctant to become enthusiastic with the promotional hype, but had to give it a shot. After seeing it in IMAX today I am 100% sold. This is a splendid re-imagining of the myth and a fine starting point for a whole new series of films. Being an alternate reality, this Trek can run as far and wide as Abrams and his crew desire to take it without fear. I will be seeing this film again next week, then again the week after that, and the week after that..... Live long and prosper.

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none of the other movies really made any impact on me... this one has made me a fan of star trek... jj abrams is awesome!

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I Vote Abrams to Reboot Star Wars!

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On my above post I'd actually place Star Trek(2009) as number #5, oops.

Abrams reboot Star Wars? That's not a bad idea, the prequels were very disappointing (except being eye candy).

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Far from perfect and certainly not the best Trek movie of the fanchise.

My gripes:
Crew - once again the Federation flagship is turned over to the freshouts with a seasoned captain? Maybe for the Hubble mission Scooter should take a bunch of Co-ops instead of veteran astronauts (oh wait that was Space Camp the movie)

Uhura - was she a comm officer or just a Spock groupie. I thought she did a great job bringing out the human in Spock, but she barely did her assigned job on the ship. Her one translation of intercepted transmission was off screen and at the academy.

Nero - on a scale of motivation/back story I would say you knew just slightly more about why Nero was doing what he was doing than you did about the cylinder in Star Trek IV that was trying to communicate with the whales.

Nero's crew - could have been drones, robots, cardboard cutouts, clones. they had no personalities, did they all agree with the destruction of Vulcan/Earth? (especially after having to sit around for 25 years as they waited for Spock (TOS) to arrive. In Khan you had crew questioning if they really need to destroy Kirk and they interacted with him. Here Nero talks to the first officer maybe twice and that is it. not even a rousing speech - "this is the day we waited 25 years for, revenge on those who let our world die...." or some sort of interaction between captain and crew.

Plot -

25 years between USS Kelvin destruction and attack on Vulcan. no one hunts down the ship? the crew don't think maybe they are holding a grudge a little too long for something that isn't entirely Spock's fault. I worry the Star Trek Countdown prequel comic gave more backstory that was missing from the film (this is a bad habit they picked up from Star Wars - to understand the whole plot you have to have read/seen the books/comics/cartoons before the movie)

Jumping right from Vulcan to Earth seems not the most efficient destruction of the Federation (sure it is a very human-centric view that the Federation lives and dies by Earth) if the plan is to destroy as many planets in the Federation, why not hit a few pit stops along the way between Earth and Vulcan.

red matter had no problem creating blackholes to destroy the Romulan ship so why the need to really drill as a precursor? the drill was soley so they could use the discarded scene from Generations of Kirk Space jumping (which was replaced with that horrible rock climbing scene)


Homage to TOS or lazy script writing - are you trying to reboot/re-imagine the series and put your own spin on the ST universe or scrap together bits of plot/character nuances etc from old movies. Sure time travel and alternate universe gives you some leeway in terms of characters, but then was Checkov trying to channel Koening with the "nuclear Wessels" rift when interacting with the computer. or how do we know he didn't invent "transparent aluminum" I mean Transwarp beaming. speaking of which beaming can go from Titan to Earth (a spectacular 1,321,416,800 kilometers) but Spock's mom ( a bit of stunt casting as was Tyler Perry) doesn't stay completely still and they lose lock because she moves maybe a few hundred meters.

Enterprise - was a mix of Apple store (the bridge) and industrial powerplant. How is the bridge so sleek and futuristic yet engineering with its pipes and steampunk design are the same ship.

well I am sure there were a few other things like the constant lens flares. one or two is stylish, but this was ridiculously over the top and too many.

Action was good, the cast was good for the material they were given with the exceptions notes above. Is it more accessible or broader interest wise than previous Trek, I am not sure. JJ Abrahms maybe the flavor of the month but I am not sure how broad the appeal will really be.

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I loved every minute of it. I was hooked right after the opening sequence. Not only did it live up to all the buzz for me, it totally blew me away. Chris Pine just punked William Shatner in my book.

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OMG, I cant believe the top option in the poll was "DUDE, that was orgasmic" LOL Wtf, it was a great movie and it did seem like the whole theater was loving it. I got a twitter background of the star trek movie, and I guess it will be a TREKKIE month, lol. There was 4 backgrounds at http://tweetcustom.com if you want one. Hope ya liked the movie, be good!

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OMG, I loved the movie.

The whole theater seemed to love it as it was packed with true fans of STARTREK. I guess everyone has been waiting and the marketing was great. It lived up to the hype as well so we know there's gonna be a box office smash. You can get a free twitter background of the Star Trek movie at http://tweetcustom.com Mine looks hot! If you didn't see the move, GOOOO! lol

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