Good, but only in a superficial way

Rating: 7/10 (11 May 2009)

Gene Roddenberry would be happy that someone put some genuine story into the Trek movies. Unfortunately, they confused matters by:

Having a $160m budget, but still not be able to "afford" a simple tripod! (having a shaky camera does NOT make us feel any more a part of the action... Who started this trend anyways? - Not understanding the public's need for "hope" in the future Abrams does not seem to appreciate the sense of "wonder" the original series had. He probably thinks it's all been done before, and that people just want a soap with action. - There seems to be no reverence to the original score. The music in this movie seems to have been done as an afterthought, and seems to completely ignore the original opening theme altogether.

Given the above comments, I do applaud the producers for wanting to inject some new blood, and really enjoyed watching younger versions of the characters.
I still gave it 7 stars because I'm hoping they will improve the next one.