The rebirth of the Star Trek franchise.

Rating: 9/10 (16 June 2011)

WARNING SPOILERS! When I first saw the Trailer for this movie I thought it would truly suck or would be a amazing movie, I didn't think there would be any middle ground. This movie was amazing.
I am a Star Trek fan, by no means am I what people call a Trekkie. I will never play dress up for any show or movie outside of Halloween. I Still have some semblance of a life. Still I am a big Star Trek fan. I've seen about half the episodes of the original series, all the movies, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, about half the Voyager and Enterprise. I was sadly disappointed with the last few Trek films, they were huge disappointments. So I was hoping this would be a good film and I was right.
1. Story: The story was pretty good. Time travel plots and become convoluted, but J.J. Abrams and the writers did a wonderful job of keeping everything together. I like how the created a alternate time line so they can create their own Trek universe for the sequels guaranteed to come. The only flaw was the bad guy Nero/Eric Bana. I don't know he just didn't seem to fit in.
2. Characters/Actors: This was perhaps the best part of the film. J.J. Abrams and the writers again brought new life to these classic characters. Chirs Pine/James T Kirk did a amazing job, and I really did think that would be the young kirk. Zachary Quinto/Spock was great. I like how he brought Spock to life and took him in another direction than I thought they would go. Karl Urban/Leonard McCoy did a really good job. Unlike the actors above I've seen a few of Urban's films and he's a good actor. Leonard Nimoy/Spock what else can you say but fantastic. When I first heard he was going to be in the film I thought it would be for a few seconds, but he has a major role. Nimoy is as good as ever as Spock. When I think about it this movie really was about Spock and his life. Eric Bana/Nero was the only bad one in this film. I really like him as a actor but this film wasn't right for him or maybe it was how the character was written. All the other actors from Bruce Greenwood, Winona Ryder to Ben Cross did really good jobs.
3. Special Effects: Done by ILM were just stunning, and some moments will leave you breathless.
4. Music: The score by Michael Giacchino was riveting.
5. Directing: I was really surprised J.J. Abrams did a great job.
Overall: A really great film and the third best Trek film. Behind Star Trek II: The Wraith on Khan and Star Trek IV: The Undiscovered Country. Now I can't wait for a new Trek film.