What about Continuity and Spock's Mom

Rating: 10/10 (7 May 2009)

OK, just seen the movie and Spock's mom Dies, but yet she turns up later in Journey to Babel. I know they were messing around with black holes and what not but Spock's mom is very much alive well after the crew joins and Kirk is in command.
But, Overall, Excellent movie. The cast members were thought out very well, without going over the top. Scotty and Bones nailed it. Chris Pine did an excellent job at playing Young Kirk and I look forward to a sequel to this prequel.
The Romulan's amused me somewhat with being Bald and tattoos all over their heads and didn't really captivate me as much as in the Original Series, with them being closely related to Vulcan.
Also, Vulcan is destroyed? I never knew this in the original timeline. I'm just tyring to figure out is with all the playing around with black holes and traveling through to the past is this the real reason for the continuity problems?