J.J. Abrams did a great job remaking Star Trek. The plot was good, the characters interesting, the actors were all believable, and the action was appropriately paced. I know that Abrams tried to keep the characters like they were in the original Star Trek, and I like that he did, but I wish that he had fixed Chekov's accent. The Russian alphabet doesn't have a "w" in it, but it does have a "v".
I liked the Dark Knight, but I didn't love it. The acting was good, but Heath Ledger's performance wasn't exeptional. If he hadn't died, I wonder if people would feel the same way about him. I love Christian Bale and Gary Oldman and was surprised to see Anthony Michael Hall. There were some interesting scenes and plot developments. The character development was good and there was psychological depth, but this worked again the movie in a way. Because the characters seemed almost like normal people, I found it hard to believe (slight spoiler) that Harvey Dent went crazy under those circumstances, refusing pain medication and threatening children. I know the point of the Joker's actions was to create chaos and the movie did a good job of making the audience feel this chaos, but I didn't like the feeling I had when I left the movie. Instead of being excited about it and wanting to talk about it, I felt blah. The movie was just a gray blur to me and there were few scenes that stuck out for me. I definitely liked Batman Begins better.