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Saw it Thursday...was thoroughly entertained. having grown up in the age of TNG with the original series always on in reruns, i have quite a fondness for the franchise. It's certainly the best looking of all the films (no surprise, given tech upgrades). And i didn't mind the "alternate timeline" - it's cool that there's some tension between Kirk and Spock. And Nimoy's turn was actually useful to the plot, not just a hollow cameo.

Lens flare was outta control, i agree!

But overall, a pretty nice set-up of the characters. great that Chekov and Sulu actually had something useful to do in this, versus the series and the movies. Briskly paced, full of action, characters you actually like, and being familiar/reverential to the original while putting a unique stamp on it.