It's Great but hard-to follow

Rating: 9/10 (15 June 2013)

No movie is perfect, hence the "9". If you want the complete storyline, read one of the other 700 reviews. (I really miss Roger Ebert.)This review is all about an impression of the movie from an avid Star Trek fan.
It's one of the best "Star Trek" films ever made. More action at breakneck speed and more killer EFX than several old Star Trek movies combined. Never a dull moment, although somewhat hard to follow. The CGI is flawless and everything looks real. Spock is a lot more "human" and Kirk acts like the school-boy we always knew he was. Carol Markus is amazing (and cut!) and what about those cat-aliens in bed? (At least they're not green.) Lots of humor. Plot holes abound: How was Khan planing on getting those "Human Popsicles" out of the missiles before they all exploded? Why is Khan the only revived superhuman? Why isn't Christopher Pike in a wheelchair? The director provides very little plot exposition about the main characters and assumes you already know everybody. This is both good and bad, but it saves 15 minutes of time, and that's good. As always, there are hundreds of crew members, but you only see a few of them except when the ship is being blown-up in a great "dogfight" between starships, in space. I love the alien with the "glass brain" in his head! A lot of twists on the old "Star Trek 2" plot. Some familiar lines reused (good). In this version, Kirk takes the massive fatal radiation dosage instead of Spock.(O.K.) The way he is revived and cured, with magic "Khan" blood via a Tribble, is hokey; but he can't die so early in the series, can he? In this version, Khan is almost a "Superman"; he's invulnerable, but can't fly. Spock is stronger too, as he chases Khan thru the skies in a fight on what looks like airborne "garbage trucks". Please get rid of "Scotty's annoying alien sidekick". A far better film than several "weak" ones in the original series. (Stay away from whales.)
Please, Paramount, reopen a new "Star Trek" museum, at a major theme park!