However, while people in this thread like to defend how articulate and intelligent Meyer is, I would have liked to have seen more intelligence in the script for TUC, which had some really cheaply-written dialog and scenes.
I am by no means claiming he is a god amongst writers and film makers, just someone who is more respectable than most. He states a lot that he doesn't like to modify his films, but he still tends to do so, and he also has said he doesn't like to do commentary tracks, but he's done three of them for Star Trek already (All of which are really good. Blankets!).
Not everyone always makes a great movie after another. Even Spielberg has made films I ultimately loath. And even with what we got in TUC, it's still a more enjoyable Trek outing than any of the TNG movies, especially Trek09.