Because very few Star Trek movies prior to this one were particularly good movies, that's why.
Well, of course the previous movies weren't all that good, but I fail to see why this movie is any better. I'm always for a series taking on a new direction with different folks both in front and behind the camera. Does it always work? No. For me, this new direction didn't work because the film didn't do anything for me in general. Not as a Star Trek film, not as a sci-fi film, but as a film in general.
You may have wondered - or perhaps you haven't, but should - why most people never bother to go to see a Star Trek movie. Here's a clue: it's not because Trek fans over the last three decades have been smarter or exercised more discerning taste than the population at large.
Well, I can't really tell you if I've wondered about it or not because I have no idea what that even means. Are you saying Trek fans don't have a broader idea of what they think is good entertainment compared to the rest of the population?
Well, if you want to appeal to the wide audiences, by all means feel free to dumb down the source material to a typical action movie with pointless camera shaking, in your face douche bag characters, dumb excuses for plot and character development, fan fodder moments that distract more than they add, and most of all, hiring writers who wrote the Transformers movies.
This was not a good movie for me and it just happened to be the one film I've been waiting for ever since I saw the teaser almost two years ago.
Ya, I don't want JJ back. Anyone who says "I'm more of a Star Wars fan than a Star Trek fan" and actually makes Star Trek look like Star Wars gets no points from me.
