Dissenters! -- Redefine your expectations. Watch it again.

[Danoz]

I think I went into this movie with relatively low expectations. The movie wasn't made for me, and I not the target audience. I enjoyed "Star Trek: Warpath (novel)" more than I enjoyed the new movie, but that's not to say the new movie wasn't really, really fun! You just have to consume it right now for what it is-- a reintroduction (and for the time being, Star Trek-Lite).

Did I care about Pike's torture scene when I've seen Picard slowly broken by the Cardassians-- an Orwellian homage that made bold statement about torture?

Did I care about Sulu's Jedi sword-fighting scene all that much when I've seen Worf challenge Gowron to death to rid the Klingon Empire of a corrupt chancellor?

Was I really all that impressed by a one-sided "Nero" when we've seen the likes of Khan, Sybok, Section 31, The Dominion, The Borg, the Gul Dukat?

Did I find Kirk's rebellious smugness all that unique when we've seen similar (yet more developed) attitudes from the original Kirk, Tom Paris, Will Riker, Mackenzie Calhoun?
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It's all about expectations! The Star Trek universe is a fine cognac that's we've been aging and tasting will all kinds of modern literature-- television, films, novels, comics. We'd debated and discussed these issues since we were children. When you do what Abrams has done and start from scratch, how could you expect anything but Kool-Aid at this point? Drink it and like it! It's sweet, it's tasty, it's sugary and delicious-- but it's certainly not a fine glass of wine-- yet!

 

[Sky]

I watched it twice and disliked it after the second viewing. Sorry, I'm not going to force myself to like something that's just not good.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

I don't try to avoid high expectations unless there's good reason not to hold them - just specific expectations.

If someone doesn't like or is dissatisfied by a movie, there's not a reason in the world for them to pay to see it again. It's not medicine, and it's not a relationship.