Bolding going.....

Rating: 8/10 (11 May 2009)

CONTAINS SPOILERS
Very cool reboot. I thought all the cast were amazing, but especially Kirk and McCoy. You could really believe that they were younger versions of the characters we know, even down to the same mannerisms and tone of voice. Loved the production design, how the technology and uniforms blended with the original series and yet still seemed new. Loved the use of several lines from previous movies - "I am and always shall be your friend" is from Star Trek II and III, while Spock's line about whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth, is from Star Trek VI. Loved other little nods like how the Centauri slug is basically the same as the Ceti eels from Star Trek II. Loved how the first guy we saw wearing a red uniform was really gun-ho and stayed alive about 30 seconds, again in keeping with the original series. There was even a nod to Alias in there with the big ball of red matter.
Glad they didn't kill off Christopher Pike as I think that would have been rewriting continuity a little too far. It would have taken things into Alien 3 territory when they killed off most of the survivors from Aliens in the first 30 seconds of the movie, which it didn't recover from.
But established Star Trek continuity has been drastically rewritten now anyway. No Captain Robert April (first commanding officer of the Enterprise) and no more Vulcan, but let's face it Vulcans are very dull anyway. I could have done without most of their episodes in the TV series.
My only worry is that after this excellent start, things are allowed to slide again and we end up bored with Trek a few more years down the track. Unless of course they just don't make anymore, which might be a good idea. I'd like to see JJ Abrams lending his talents to other great films other than Trek, as he is once of the best creative minds out there.