Now that was fun!

Rating: 10/10 (25 May 2013)

I like Star Trek. Always have. Right from the very first episode of the original series.
This does not make me a Trekkie. I haven't learned to speak Klingon (and by the way, for you "Into Darkness" detractors whining about how this movie is such a horrid, horrid travesty and how Gene Roddenberry is rolling over in his grave, it is spelled with a "K", not a "C". The latter stems from a tasteless joke about toilet paper) and I don't go around with that dorky hand gesture wishing others to live long and prosper.
Seriously, this movie is a blast from start to finish. Pine, Quinto and everyone else in the cast are thoroughly convincing in their roles, worthy replacements in an alternate universe. Sure there are plot holes, but like Kirk said in this film, "Big Deal!". It might also be worth recalling that the original series, TNG, and all the movies all had plot holes. In many ways, that's kind of what makes Star Trek, in all its incarnations, so much fun.
As soon as I saw the Enterprise on the bottom of the ocean, I knew IMDb would be full of howls of indignation about this movie and I was right. And I don't care. I do not want to imagine what it might be like to sit through a movie in the company such detractors because all it would do would be to ruin the tremendous amount of entertainment that this film offers.
As for the complaints about the Spock/Kirk switcheroo, I thought it was brilliant. If you cannot see why this was well done in the context of an alternate universe then you are not the Star Trek fan you claim to be.
Oh, and did I mention it's in 3D. Just about the only way you can make Star Trek better. Ignore the detractors, engage your inertial dampeners, and go enjoy every minute of this movie in the spirit that those who made it intended for you to do.