Johnny Ringo said:
The important part that you need to remember is - maybe you didn't like this film but it might open the door for a future film you will really dig. For example, i can barely stand the motion picture - but it paved the way for the wrath of khan.
Funny you should say that because the only Star Trek film I really like is TMP because it's the only one where the Enterprise crew actually do much in the way of exploration (even if it is lifted off a couple of original series episodes...TWOK is too and nobody seems to mind about that).
It's also the most cinematic of the films (even tops ST11 in the epic sweep stakes).
ST11 is an average Star Trek film, not that different from Nemesis or Season 3 of Enterprise, I couldn't see why they were panned or why this has been praised as a bold new direction, most of it is just as good (and bad) as it been for some time.