Excellent Movie, but Gaping Plot Hole

Rating: 10/10 (10 August 2017)

The dialogue, the characters, the direction and special effects gave homage to the original cast and series. There was not one single moment that was dull. The film affected an alternate timeline when Nero destroyed the USS Kelvin, commanded by Captain George Kirk, the father of James T. Kirk.Nero is a Romulan, who for some odd reason, sent Spock to save his planet. Spock failed, but his attempt sent both Spock and the Nero's giant ship back close to 200 years in time. But rather than using the "gift" of time he has received to be able to save his planet and eventually rescue his wife and family, Nero spends his time idly plotting revenge against Spock.So, either Nero is a totally idiot, or the writers were. At least this could have been explained by having Nero's ship losing warp capability and throw to, say, near earth, so that he couldn't go back to save his planet. But that wasn't the case.It was also a bit of a stretch without explanation that when young Spock maroons Kirk on an arbitrary planet, it turns out to be the same planet that old Spock just happened to crash land on, and that same planet where Scotty has been stationed. That just reminds me of Bogart's line in Casablanca, "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine."