It's all about balance!

Rating: 8/10 (12 May 2009)

Even through i've watched pretty much every Star Trek Show at some point(especially TNG), i've never been that much of a Trekkie. But what i've always been is fascinated with long running media franchises like Trek. And to make it possible for a franchise to be and stay successful it has to reinvent itself, which every fan should admit was the necessary and right thing to do for Star Trek at this point. IMO with this movie the task to give another Generation it's Star Trek was a absolute success, which should make everyone who likes the series happy.
Of course, the movie had its problems like obviously trying a little to hard plotwise, as well as far as the drama goes. But what made the movie as entertaining as it was to me was the balance, which from my point of view pretty much every single aspect of it reflected. Starting with making it as much enjoyable for Trekkies as for your average moviegoer. I actually watched it with a hardcore fan on one hand and another guy who pretty much doesn't know anything about Trek other than Kirk and Spock. And they both liked it.
Another thing was that they finally had some real good action stuff in there, but at the same time didn't forget to develop the characters. Furthermore did the movie not take itself too seriously, had a good amount of humor (something i've always liked about the later movies with the original crew), without being cheesy.
All in all, the only thing left to say is, that Star Trek is definitely back to live long and prosper.