Bringing Back The Old, Fist-Fighting Kirk... Great Fun!

Rating: Null/10 (11 May 2009)

(Spoilers in the last paragraph.)
I find it amusing to read reviews of Star Trek fans slagging off this movie. I was a big fan of Star Trek as a teenager and even though I haven't remained a big fan, I still watch some episodes now and again on TV.
I grew up during the TNG generation with Captain Pickard and I have to say that while I liked the series very much, let's face it, it was very nerdy and could be quite dull at times.
The old series, on the other hand, was loaded with action scenes, fist fights, entertaining story lines and of course a macho-type Captain Kirk who was always busy flirting with short-skirted women. THAT was Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek, and it was a success. When TNG started, it gave us a bald, stuck-up captain (though a brilliant actor) and endless conversations about warp core blah anti-matter blah blah blah. Sorry, I loved the series, but I can see why so many people thought it was dull.
Now, the new movie brings the Star Trek universe back from the Pickard-era tech talk to the fist-fighting womanizer Kirk. Yes it appeals to a greater audience, but it does keep the very spirit of the original series. You can't make a movie just for hardcore Star Trek fans, movies are for the masses and they have to have a good story, character development, they have to be entertaining and they have to be comprehensible for a large audience and not only a selected few. I think this movie is a good mix that picks up the old Kirk-era elements.
For those fans complaining about how certain things don't make sense such as red matter etc: for god's sake, it's just a sci-fi movie and not a science dissertation. For me it all was pretty much plausible.
**WARNING: SPOILERS BELOW**
And those of you asking why didn't the bad guy, Nero, warn earth and the Romulans about the destruction of his planet: well, you may have a point there, but consider that if your wife dies and you are full of rage then all you think about is revenge. You don't think straight. On top of that, even if he warned them, that wouldn't bring his wife back -- it would only mean that his other self in a parallel time/universe would not lose his wife. Would that ease HIS pain? I doubt that. He just wants revenge...