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[snogrog]

It's good. Real good.

[A.M. Thomas]

I'm going to see this in IMAX tomorrow night.  I will review it then.

I'm really excited.  I love TNG and think DS9 and TOS are good too.  I'm not the biggest fan of the movies, but this one looks promising!

[pete]

This was absolutely as good as I could have hoped.  The plot was fine, stretched a little at times, but more than good enough.  The cast was wayyyyyy better than I'd thought, and I was delighted to be proven wrong.  Everyone felt so natural and confident in their characters.

I guess this was commonish knowledge, but Tyler Perry?  What the hell?  Half my theater exploded when he came on-screen.  I was baffled.

[Denim Gremlin]

as someone who really doesn't like anything Star Trek related I gotta say I really enjoyed the movie alot. I'm really glad they threw all the boring shit out the window.

man, I almost jumped out of my seat when Sabotage came on. honestly, after that scene I didn't give a shit what else came after, it had won my heart.

[jbissell]

as someone who really doesn't like anything Star Trek related I gotta say I really enjoyed the movie alot. I'm really glad they threw all the boring shit out the window.

man, I almost jumped out of my seat when Sabotage came on. honestly, after that scene I didn't give a shit what else came after, it had won my heart.

Weird, that was the scene that almost lost me.  It felt really out of place and totally unnecessary (not to mention I saw it a million times in the trailer).

I didn't exactly love it, but I thought it was a lot of fun.  Kirk and Spock were pretty great, although I can't help but see Spock as Syler.  I guess I was expecting a more serious take on the franchise, just because that seems to be the trend these days.  I'm glad it didn't play that way because it would've been kinda boring without the laughs.  I laughed quite a bit, although in hindsight it was more "oh, I recognize that reference to a previous incarnation of Trek" than genuinely funny.  Not sure why they wasted Eric Bana, he was one of the most uninteresting villains I've seen in a long time.

Also, I think this is the first time I've seen Tyler Perry playing a man.

[Trotskie]

Yeah, I thought the Sabotage scene was rough stuff as well.  And on top of that I pretty much hate Star Trek.  But I found this one to be really engrossing.  For once I watched a Star Trek ep and did not feel like there were tiny people putting on a play inside my TV.

Although I don't think I these goings-on bode well for Lost.

[Come on, Jason]

I never got into any previous Star Trek thing, any previous JJ Abrams thing, or any science fiction at all, really, so I was shocked to find myself even watching this movie, let alone LOVING IT.

Thumbs way up.

[Trembling Eagle]

on a scale of 1 to 100 I give it a 65.

good:

-competent acting.

-good effects.

-fast paced.

-some amusing moments.

bad:

-story. I've seen this premise in Star Trek properties no less, at least a dozen times. stale.

-the cameo. why? exposition, exposition, exposition.

-Kirk. He's written as a annoying prick with almost no redeeming qualities. the actor here is good but hasn't got the level of personal charisma that let the admittedly hammy Shatner still be likable.

-plot convenience theater. Kirk's rise to power is completely unbelievable and doesn't make sense even in the logic of the movie's world.

[sushi cowboy]

I'm on board with the Tyler Perry bashing. Totally useless. And I may be insane but I swear, absolutely swear, that I saw a Dave Matthews cameo. There was about a 3 second cut to some Enterprise crew reacting to Kirk and Pike arguing and Matthews was standing there in a yellow Federation shirt. After it happened there was murmurs and giggling throughout the theater like, "Was that just fucking Dave Matthews?" Can anyone back me up on this?

[buffcoat]

I'm on board with the Tyler Perry bashing. Totally useless. And I may be insane but I swear, absolutely swear, that I saw a Dave Matthews cameo. There was about a 3 second cut to some Enterprise crew reacting to Kirk and Pike arguing and Matthews was standing there in a yellow Federation shirt. After it happened there was murmurs and giggling throughout the theater like, "Was that just fucking Dave Matthews?" Can anyone back me up on this?

"HEEEEEEEE WAKESSS UPP IN THE MORRRRRNING, DOEZZZZ HIS TEEETH, BITE TO EEEEAT AND HEEEE'ZZZ ROOOOOLLING!!!!!!!1"

[yesno]

I'm glad that a movie that left 6 billion dead still had a happy ending.

[Matt]

I'm glad that a movie that left 6 billion dead still had a happy ending.

Not to worry - there are still innumerable alternate realities in which Vulcan is still alive and well.

I saw this Sunday night and had a great time. Two complaints, though:

1) Not enough Simon Pegg.
2) The kid who played Chekov. I'm sure he's a great actor, but I kept thinking he was about to break a sweat trying to keep up that accent.

As someone who has never given a hoot - a hoot! - about STAR TREK, I'm now fully onboard...with this reboot. The last 40-plus years of STAR TREK, I will continue to completely ignore.

[iAmBaronVonTito]

as a kid, we owned the first four films on laser disc.  so far, thats been my general exposure to star trek.  im excited for this. 

[pete]

I saw this Sunday night and had a great time. Two complaints, though:

1) Not enough Simon Pegg.

Agreed on this one for sure.  But then again, every movie could use more Simon Pegg.

[Pidgeon]

I'm amazed at how many comments I've seen across the internet, complaining that Simon Pegg isn't Scottish (James Doohan was Canadian!)