What can I say?

Rating: 8/10 (11 May 2009)

Where to start?
JJ Abrams did a fantastic job with the special FX. He paid so much attention to detail everywhere. When viewing the outside of the Enterprise for the first time, one could almost feel as if it was he or she approaching her for boarding, it looked that real. Kudos to Mr. Abrams.
I also thought the casting was top-notch. The characters chosen to portray the classic figures were spot-on. From Kirk to Spock to McCoy and even Scotty.
It's kind of hard to write a story that could seem plausible using the technology at that time. While this may seem foolish because the technology is fictional, a writer still has to stay within certain parameters. For very short periods throughout the movie, I felt as if it was a little hokey, maybe it was all the hype, maybe it was just me.
I gave this film an 8 because, again, at times it felt a little hokey, not what I wanted from a Star Trek film, I've experienced to many hokey Star Trek movies in the past.
Regardless, of all that, I highly recommend this movie. It was a good swashbuckling space adventure, kind of in the spirit of films 50 years older without all the special affects.