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I was willing to forgive a lot of the things the Lost team (J. J. Abrams et al) were going to do to the new Star Trek movie.

They had to bring Leonard Nimoy in to push a few plot points forward and for the purists out there, probably ruined the movie.  We got some really good things in this movie -- limited predictability.  No red shirts got killed in the making of the movie, although most of the residents of the planet Vulcan bought it.

Loved how this was generally true to Star Trek.  Loved how the new portrayals interacted -- especially the twists (how Uhura and Spock are lovers in the new group).  

Hated the dueling Spocks.  Glad to see Chekhov and Sulu take a bigger role in the plot.  Hated how Leonard Nimoy Spock needed to mention things the new crew did in the future to push along the plot. Loved Nero as a villain.  Loved Captain Pike as a catalyst for Kirk's enrollment in Starfleet.  Loved Spock as programmer for the Kobayashi Maru scenario, which Kirk cheated on even in this origin movie.

I hope they don't put in any more members of the original television cast.  Let this group stand on their own.

Give this version three out of five stars.