To me it felt more like Trek because it was at least occasionally philosophical and moralistic. Not just a stop-the-terrorist action movie.
It was fast from a perfect film though, don’t get me wrong. Plot holes and idiot plots. I’d still choose to watch a lot of other stuff before it. But it’s middle of the pack for Trek overall, IMO. Still beats ST: 3, Insurrection, Nemesis, etc
Unfortunately Pegg was brought in to write it once they were deep into filming so he really had no chance.
I have never understood the notion that it was the only one that felt like a Star Trek movie, none of it made any sense.
Why was Kirk navel gazing about being captain?
Why did the bad guys wait on the planet when they had a working starship…
Destroying The Enterprise is Terry?
To me it felt more like Trek because it was at least occasionally philosophical and moralistic. Not just a stop-the-terrorist action movie.
It was fast from a perfect film though, don’t get me wrong. Plot holes and idiot plots. I’d still choose to watch a lot of other stuff before it. But it’s middle of the pack for Trek overall, IMO. Still beats ST: 3, Insurrection, Nemesis, etc