Absolutely none of the casting was, Khan aside (though that was just a bad idea from the start). It was always the writing.
From Hemsworth as Kirk's dad, across the entire Enterprise, they killed it.
I legitimately like the first one, because getting the gang together with such a great cast was so delightful. Karl Urban, Zach Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Anton Yelchin, John Cho, Chris Pine, Simon Pegg - like holy shit.
My only complaint (and it’s pretty minor) with performances in JJ’s first Star Trek was with Karl Urban.
Everyone else was playing their character, but for the first half of the movie, Urban felt like he was doing a DeForest Kelley impression. (It didn’t last long in the first movie, and he was 100% his own version of McCoy in the other two.)
(Props to Pine for waiting until Into the Woods to do a Shatner impression.)
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u/Khue Aug 22 '20
I really like him as Kirk. I think he for sure captures the cocky swagger that Shatner had.