Easy to enjoy.

Rating: 8/10 (9 May 2009)

Let me get my negative thoughts out of the way first: I was perturbed by the choice the creators of this film made regarding its odd relationship with the series (And the previous films). If you're familiar with Star Trek, you'll know what I mean. Once or twice during the film, I thought "Wait, this can't be right..." until I realized the unusual approach the filmmakers chose. In my opinion, it was a bad creative choice.
Despite that, I liked the movie quite a bit. If you aren't too familiar with Star Trek, you won't even notice the oddities. And in any case, the end product is a decent story, told with excitement and style.
I estimate that those behind the film were striving to make this acceptable to almost everyone, rather than trying to blow anyone's mind. They succeeded, as I can't imagine many people who wouldn't enjoy Star Trek. If you're a bitter hipster who only watches black & white films with just enough plot to deliver a sad ending, you probably weren't thinking about going to see this anyway. Everyone else, have fun!