OK, I have to say that I did not like this movie. And when I say the movie, I mean the plot and storyline. The black holes and time travel seemed more confusing that necessary, and too much like LOST. Remember when time travel movies were easy, and made sense (Back to the Future I and II)?
However, the casting was really, REALLY good. I felt like they spent more time casting than writing the script. Scotty was my favorite, followed by Bones, Sulu, Uhuru, Checkov, and Spock, in that order. I thought Kirk was the weak link out of everyone. And watching him get punched in every scene kind of got old.
That's my $0,000.02.
yup. casting perfection. effects perfection. fight scenes were too shaky. too many glares and lens flares. i thought the plot was overly simplistic actually. they just quickly and craftily created an alternate time line so they can write new stories without having to worry about the original canon (some say that makes the new stories non-canonical). i thought it was very entertaining. aaand if it smells like lost... it's because LOST's producers had their hands ALL over it.