Not too bad at all, even for a semi-die-hard ST fan

Rating: 8/10 (23 May 2012)

This movie has been out for a couple years and, being the Star Trek fan I am I had reservations about even giving it the time of day. I finally watched it today! I had those reservations because Rick Berman has gradually gone farther and farther from Roddenberry's vision, ending with the horrible Enterprise series. Voyager was far better, but not by much.
Berman bowed down to pressure to make the series more sexy and likable to young boys, thus the transition to believable smart women to over-the-top sexuality.
This movie didn't suffer from that at all. It got back to its roots in most ways and really effectively portrayed how a lot of the early Enterprise crew might have been in their youth.
I wasn't overly impressed, but I was still impressed!! 8/10!