Best two hour romp through space I've had in a long time

Rating: 10/10 (10 May 2009)

Trekkie purists the world over will probably be trying to fathom out where this fits into their tidy little space time line for some time to come but, what the hell, it was the best two hour romp through space I've had in a long time!! Resurrecting such an icon of TV and cinema and taking it back to its very beginnings was never going to be an easy task but hats have to come off to this cast and crew, they have done a magnificent job.
Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto were outstanding, each slotting into their role and maintaining many of the mannerisms of their predecessors. Karl Urban opened my eyes with his almost faultless recreation of DeForest Kelley's 'Bones' McCoy. Simon Pegg gave us a new, but highly enjoyable, take on Chief Engineer 'Scotty' and the rest of the core crew were equally magnificent (Including Chekov who was way out of his time line.) The inclusion of a Spock from the future, played (as excellently as ever) by Leonard Nimoy, was an interesting twist, as was the concurrent Spock's romantic involvement with Lt. Uhura. Getting Mrs Roddenbery's buy in by giving back her old job as a computer voice was a master stroke as well. From the other end, Eric Bana gave a very creditable performance as the Romulan 'Baddie', Nero.
What is clear is that this has been split off as a separate time line from The Original Series so certain discrepancies, not least Captain Pike's, can be quietly ignored.
So, did I enjoy it? Absolutely!!! Would I like to see a run of these films? Bring 'em on!!! Maybe they could even take one or two of the original story lines and bring them up to date their own way.