Awesome!

JJ Abrams reboot is fantastic, bringing a freshness and lightness of step that has been missing from previous Star Trek movies. Even the overused time travel plotline works in this occasion because in rewriting Star Trek history as we know it, Abrams lets us explore a different Trek universe without being hemmed in by the dictates of canon. This was the problem that the tv show Enterprise experienced making for boring viewing.

This eleventh Star Trek is not boring at all. It's fast-paced and exciting with exciting action points and character development. We have fully-fleshed realizations of the TOS characters. Though Shatner plays Kirk best, Chris Pine did a remarkable job of capturing Kirk's arrogance and carefree spirit. I especially loved Karl Urban's portrayal of Dr. McCoy.
Zachary Quinto was excellent in capturing the simmering emotions beneath Spock's surface - a study of barely leashed anger and passion. All the other actors - Zoe Saldana, John Cho, Anton Yelchin and Simon Pegg - were also spot on in their performances.
Only poor Eric Bana didn't have to do as the evil Romulan, Nero. I didn't completely believe in his motivation for what he was doing - if the writers had fleshed that out a bit more, this movie would have gotten a 9 out of 10.

What was unexpected for me was the humor! Star Trek is really funny, a lot of humor are throwbacks to the old series and movies. My favorite one was the Red Shirt reference.

I had a great time watching Star Trek - I was on the edge of my seat at certain points, laughing out loud at others some great lines. I'll be watching this again.

8/10