Enjoyable

Rating: Null/10 (15 June 2009)

I saw and enjoyed Star Trek XI, in IMAX. It was well worth the couple of extra dollars. The film should be well received as shown in regular theaters. The IMAX screen is huge and the sound system is monstrous, both enjoyable with this film.
1. The opening scenes are grabbers and explain Kirk's family background in a exciting starship battle.
2. The new young cast has been very impressive to see how they brought the exact TOS roles to this film's new time frame.
3. CGI was NOT a scenes stealer or overused.
4. For myself, I was glad to see that many filming locations were in the SoCal area so filming helped the local sagging movie economy. Some of those spots were CSUN, Kernville, Tustin, Van Nuys and more.
5. You don't have to me a hardcore fan to enjoy this film. Hardcore fans might have a problem with some of the plot explanations of long misunderstood Trek 'canon' assumptions the fans have developed for themselves. But those explanations are plausible and fit the plot story line nicely.
6. The film was dedicated to Majel and Gene Roddenberry.