I agree with Reginald here. Particularly in the way the continuity problem was solved. Since the only Star Trek series that I ever really watched was the original, that suits me just fine.
I loved the new backstory on the original characters, including certain human/romantic elements that were never in the original series (as far as I recall).
Also pleased to see, as noted above, that the new film retained another tribute to the original: Uhura's uniform.
I think Leonard Nimoy was showing his age in the film. On the other hand, I loved "Sylar's" portrayal of Spock. In the original show Spock was conflicted at times, but it was more subtle. Here the tension was more evident, but I found that interesting.
Some of the cliffhanger CGI stuff seemed gratuitous, having nothing to do with the thread of the story, and of course you knew what the outcome of the cliffhangers would be, but ... I loved 'em anyway. Particularly on the Big Screen.
The ending was solid, without major lose ends. Ending with the beginning the Star Trek TV Show beginning (... 'Where no one has gone before ... etc ... um ... I could swear Shatner used to say, "Where no man has gone before ..." but maybe my memory is playing tricks on me, haha)
... I'm kinda wondering though ... without a strong hint at the end of this flick, where is it going to go from here?
I guess we'll find out.
P.S. It would have been nice for them to allow Shatner to do the ending narrative of the Star Trek theme ... instead of Nimoy. I heard Shatner was disappointed that he wasn't given some kind of role (though I don't know how that could have been done given the role of Nimoy in the film ... couldn't' really pull a "Stan Lee" cameo).
So yes, all in all, I liked the film a lot. But ... Reginald ... my wife hated it. But then ... she's the one that hurumphed throughout the first Spiderman film, and complained as we walked out, "I hated that movie ... It wasn't realistic at all!"
