Outstanding and fresh NEW ALTERNATE reality.

Rating: 9/10 (10 May 2009)

I think too many people are passing judgment on this movie BEFORE actually SEEING it. This is NOT CANON and it does NOT try to be. It is obvious from the FIRST battle that it is an ALTERNATE REALITY story. Too many people are mad about it not being just a remake. Well I'm glad for that fact. Similar to Dark Knight or even X-Men. The whole 60s sci fi story doesn't translate completely to today. That being said... I LOVE the original series. I have watched Star Trek all my life. However, this movie was definitely a wonderful restart to that great franchise. As I said it doesn't even attempt to be CANON. It's an alternate reality from the beginning.
It is an awesome take on a what if scenario. Even though the core elements are still there. the main cast is there if thrown together. But that's part of what makes it great. In TOS they took years to develop the relationship they had. In this movie they were thrown into it and maximized their potential immediately which I actually liked. They didn't have time to grow they were given a life or death situation and found that despite knowing each other as in TOS that they were just destined to be a team.
I won't go into spoilers or anything but the action, writing, and lore just seemed to fit nicely for this reincarnation.
If I have one complaint its simply that the villain could have had more time or the movie longer to get a better sense of motivation for them. It was a great movie and I hope there will be more movies. Even say a trilogy to FIX the time line... That would be amazing so then it could even be canon.
I see so many complaints about that. But if you are a real fan of the whole series you would know that there have been tons of alternate reality stories within the series itself. So this should not be such a surprise nor a fault.