J.J. Abrams gives the Bird to Gene Roddenberry

Rating: 8/10 (19 May 2013)

While the film was generally more entertaining than your typical action flick, J.J. Abrams mocks the original vision of Star Trek as created by Gene Roddenberry, and replaces it with a dark, dangerous, contradictory, and dumb downed vision.
Per J.J. Abrams, we're suppose to believe that the "Starflleet" of the future is mostly dysfunctional and composed of murderous high ranking rogue militarists (as led by Admiral Marcus) and rogue immature idealists (Jim Kirk) who defy orders and lie at the drop of their silly German military style dress uniforms and caps. One of the most absurd points in the film occurred near the end where a rogue Starfleet ship plows into the heart of San Francisco; it causes epic destruction and makes 9-11 look like a fender bender. Sometime later, Kirk gives a speech at Starfleet HQ about lost Starfleet personnel as though the horrific carnage of San Francisco that was directly caused by Starfleet never happened.
In short, the films gives us a moronic and violent dystopia as though J.J. Abrams is giving the middle finger to Gene Roddenberry's creation. So if you can get past that and turn your brain off to enjoy the mayhem, action, and Star Treks humor, you'll probably enjoy it.