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I'll start off by saying First Contact was better. There was a story
circulating around that Patrick Stewert (Jean Luc Picard) had asked for
changes to the original script to make the film more lighthearted. I'm glad
he did, as it's one of the things that really saves this movie. This Star
Trek film is probably the most comical of all the Star Trek's to date. The
movie had a lot of keynote scenes in it where something either funny or cool
happens action wise. But between those scenes there wasn't much storytelling
happening which made the film move along at a very fast pace. I am a Star
Trek fan, but a couple times during the movie I had to think about things in
the back of my head, trying to piece together how the events were happening
chronically. Non Star Trek fans may find themselves doing this too.
The other problem with this film was adding bits of stuff here and there
that was suited for the brainless ID4 crowd. Some of it was very typical
stuff, that you'd expect to see in every action movie that just came off as
bad. Other things was ignoring logic for emotionally gratifying scenes,
things I think wasn't needed. Plus there are some special effects eye-candy
that seemed to be thrown in there without any reason other than to give the
audience something "cool" to look at. As with First Contact, the women
characters take a back seat to the male ones. I'm well aware that it's
impossible to spread the spotlight on everyone because of the large cast.
But I don't want to see certain characters be left in the background in
every Star Trek film.
I already know Star Trek fans like myself will see this movie regardless of
my review. I recommend non Star Trek fans to go see at a matinee over the
christmas holidays. The film is funny and the rest of it is okay compared to
other blockbuster films.
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