Bad Reboot by Bad Robot.

Rating: 4/10 (1 June 2009)

It was OK. Chris Pine was NOT Kirk. that dragged the movie down for me a bit. everyone else seemed to be in character. no it isn't a shallow "he isn't shatner" complaint. He just wasn't Kirk. effects were great, story was great, rest of the characters were great.
the thing i hate though. and please please forgive me for this, but why the F* do we have to overwrite the whole 40 years of Trek that have already been around. why a reboot? It is SO not necessary.
Now what a SMART writer / team would have done was what they attempted and failed to do with Voyager - Start the movie franchise about a whole new ship and crew.
Sadly, Star Trek will always be the Porshe that Paramount shows off, while it is parked in the garage.
IMHO - What they should have done, was taken Alan Ruck, placed him as Captain Harriman on the bridge of the Enterprise-B, created a WHOLE NEW CREW for us, and started working on that 80+/- year gap between the time that Kirk was lost to the nexis, and the start of The Next Generation. There is so much time to play with, and ALWAYS new characters to bring into the fold (Demora Sulu too.)
I wish someone would steal the Porsche and show Paramount what it can REALLY do.