The problem was that many of the things which were once distinctive about Trek have been copied and even improved by lots of other movies. The big fight on the gantry has become quite hackneyed (the last good one I saw was in Serenity). Two starships shooting lights at each other or even crashing into each other has become de rigeur. To make those things work now requires some serious choreography and some great plotting, not just an FX budget. The final Khan fight in Trek II works after all this time because it does that. No one will remember the finale in this latest movie.




I liked the idea that a mining ship from the future was advanced enough to do all that damage. The concept should have allowed for some great interior visuals, but even the external design didn't make sense. Why build a mining ship to look like Cthulhu?




Sulu's always been a blade enthusiast; hence his choice for a personal sidearm. All defending ships were kept at bay by the weapons capable of disabling a starship; only an advanced future-ship could avoid them. Pike had the defence codes because he wasn't due to go into space but was instead teaching at Academy until the crisis required him to set forth. Clearly future Spock was influencing the reactions of present Spock. No-prize please?




That's a technique that will cause many current movies to be criticised in years tio come.




I've enjoyed quite a few of the other Trek movies. This ranks somewhere around the middle.