Interesting, as Spock would say

Rating: 8/10 (7 May 2009)

Overall I felt satisfied with this movie. J.J Abrams has bought out a very worthwhile movie and completely blown the "Odd number bad, even number good" Star Trek myth completely out of the water in the process.
There were some nice nods to the original series but the movie did not feel constrained by that. There were some nice inside jokes. The cinematography was, by and large very good. I liked the way J.J. moved the camera around. And the special effects were very good without overpowering the story.
Mostly the cast were well selected. Pine's version of Kirk had a lot of similarities to Shatner's Kirk, but he was not a slave to that version of the role. Karl Urban (yay Kiwis! :)) does a great Bones, even getting the same vocal infections that DeForest Kelley used. Zoe Saldana's Uhura is very good as well. Zachary Quinto is very believable as a still maturing and evolving Spock.
But there were, in my mind, a couple of things that did not work well. Simon Peg missed with his portrayal of Scotty. While I was not expecting another James Doohan, there were certain elements of Scotty that I felt should have been there that just weren't. Also there was too much of that damned annoying camera shake in an otherwise static shot. It's overdone and outdated. Knock it off! Other that that I would say it was well worth the money.