When asked if it’s better than Wrath of Khan, I have to say no, but I figured out why. The best Trek movies are those with a longstanding villan from the series, so when you see that person on the screen (whether it’s Khan or the Borg Queen), you have a reaction and where the villan is as well fleshed out as the main characters

For me, at least, there’s one thing about Wrath of Khan that elevates it over all Trek movies, including this one: the climax of the movie is an actual ship-to-ship battle that Kirk wins by issuing commands on the bridge and being a better starship captain, as opposed to some sort of away-team hand-to-hand battle. Not denigrating the new one– it’s jockeying with First Contact for the #2 slot in my preference list– but that’s the special sauce on top of Khan.

This is what I wanted from Singer’s Superman Returns. Instead we got ridiculously reverential.

The only thing I didn’t like about the movie were the lens flares and the shaky camera work. Just don’t care for it — I wanted to be able to really take everything in, you know?

Hell, I was excited just after leaving the theater because I realized how perfectly the premise they’ve created leaves every “classic” Trek moment open to an equally vigorous reinterpretation (and in a possibly more dangerous universe, no less, given Act 2).

Bones was spot-on- the crankiness, the sparring with Spock, the black humor… I hope he gets a bigger role in the sequel.

I think they handled the spoilery Uhura plot-point well, upending expectations in the process.

I’ve always liked Captain Pike (based on “The Menagerie” & a couple Star Trek books I read as a kid), and was happy to see him have such a prominent role.

While I think all the crew members got their chance to shine, this movie makes no bones about being focused on Kirk and Spock.

While Uhura is brought in as the girl that Kirk wants to nail, she definitely does more than simply be eye candy. She’s definitely an emotional touchstone at times.

I really enjoyed the movie. I’m by no means a Trek fanatic. I have watched very few episodes of TOS or NG, and barely any of the more recent series. Most of my knowledge was by picking up the occasional book here and there, and watching Star Trek 2-5. There were definitely enough callbacks that I was able to pick up on, but you by no means had to be a walking Trek encyclopedia to enjoy this movie.

And I’m very interested to see where they go with the new status quo they created.

I felt Zachary Quinto seemed to be trying to play Leonard Nimoy playing Spock some of the time, rather than just playing Spock, but no-one else seems to have, so maybe it’s just me.

Good point about the villains above who seemed to be a bit generic bald tatooed violent thugs.