Why this is my favorite Star Trek

Rating: Null/10 (8 May 2009)

I just got back from seeing Star Trek with my 11 year old son. We both loved it! I am old enough to have watched every episode of TOS during its original run from day 1 and count myself as a fan, though I don't go around wearing a Starfleet uniform or pretending that I am a Klingon.
This is a fine reboot. Since it's Star Trek, and reality was changed, the inconsistencies in the film aren't really inconsistencies, just things that were changed by the Romulans altering the time line.
So here's my take on this movie; 1)Spock and Uhura being involved was surprising and a bit jarring, but getting hot for Zoe Saldana would be....logical. 2)Kirk has the tendency to be choked. They did that too many times. 3)Kirk has the tendency to hang from high places like the Coyote from Road Runner cartoons. They also did that too many times. 4)Romulans all look like Michael Stipe from REM, and have his disposition. 5)That hand held camera thing really makes me nauseous at times. They should have left that to The Blair Witch Project. 6)The actors playing Spock, Scotty, Checkov ,and McCoy managed to do the somewhat iconic speech patterns of the original cast without it seeming like a Saturday Night Live parody, though it was funny when the director intended. This was used to break the action up and it kept the movie from becoming too intense. 7)The actor playing Kirk wisely did not attempt to do the speech patterns of Shatner, which was good. It's hard to do Shatner without it being a parody. 8)Winona Ryder as Spock's mom was really unusual casting but worked fine. Didn't realize it was her. 9) Nero must have changed the time line so much that a giant deep canyon formed in Iowa, which is mostly flat with some rolling hills in our time line. 10) In this alternate time line Kirk does not know or has not yet learned that flying drop kick move that took every alien society, no matter how advanced, by surprise.
Overall, an excellent film that will satisfy those who are not Trek fans as well as those who are.