It has everything! And this reboot was...logic!

Rating: 10/10 (8 May 2009)

This movie is even better than I had expected and than the trailers suggested! I deem it one of the best Star Trek Movies ever (if not the best) and one of the best movies I have seen in years.
Even though I had high expectations due to first reviews and the belief in J.J. Abrams' skills, I still was astonished by this film.
First of all I expected it to be action-packed - which it is indeed, but I never thought it would be so hilariously funny at the same time, as this is something the trailers do not reveal. It actually is great fun!
The second, even bigger surprise is J.J. Abrams' approach to Star Trek. As he himself committed that he had never been a fan of Trek, and as the franchise with it's out of fashion, nerdy image and rather unsuccessful recent outings seemed more or less lying to the ground (I personally doubted if we would ever see the final frontiers of outer space on the big screen again), I thought we would see a complete relaunch that does have the label "Star Trek" on it but is an overall new concept with a new feel for a new generation of viewers. To my delight I had to find that it is not(only)! J.J. really succeeded with a balancing act here: While he managed to shake all the nerdyness of the franchise, opening it for almost all kinds of viewers, he revealed so much knowledge about and respect for the Star Trek universe, that this film after all still has the look and the feel of Star Trek - it simply IS Star Trek!
If you are not a Trekkie, go and see this movie - and you will be one, soon! If you are or have been a Trekkie, you must see it! You will have the time of your life, getting wet eyes, discovering so much that is familiar to you in a completely new way. It's like meeting old friends again - boldly coming along with them where no one has gone before.
Annex:
Some words to those hardcore Trekkies, who are upset about this film, as it alters the known ST timeline / starts a new one: Don't get me wrong, I understand your point very well, being a Trekkie myself I am familiar with time travel and it's consequences and therefore know what this is all about. But after all as time travel is possible in ST universe, you cannot be a fan of Trek and at the same time deny the possibility of an alternative timeline as created in this movie!
Furthermore you have to face it: without this reboot ST probably would have been dead! The makers of previous ST movies and shows failed in breathing new life into this franchise. Therefore A reboot such successful, keeping the franchise alive, was only possible with someone from the outside. Thus it was to expect that nothing would be the same again with J.J. in charge. But instead of telling a story, based upon ST, but not sticking to the history that has been told in the recent 40 years, J.J. explained all alterations to the known history in perfect consistency with the ST universe's logic! Nothing more could we have hoped for. We can be grateful, that so much of the original ST has been preserved and now may live on!
If you still are upset, that all the things, that you have seen on the screen during the last 40 years now may not have happened / won't happen: grow up and face the truth - it's fiction! Check your DVD boxes: it's all still there!