Let me start by saying anyone who believes reboots are a waste of time and never live up to the original go see this movie. This is the reason for reboots. The movie is a fantastic blend of old and new. It respects it's predecessors, while not being a slave to them and not being afraid to occasionally make light of them for comic effect (SPOILER The Kirk green alien abbreviated love sequence was awesome). The cast injects new life into the series in every scene while simultaneously using classic lines from the original to great effect. The film even handles the tricky concept of time travel with apparent ease. This film is just what this tired franchise needed and don't be shocked to see multiple sequals and possibly dare I say new TV Franchises on the horizon.

As I say this is one of the most well cast movie's you'll ever see and completely destroys the myth that a young cast equals crappy acting. The most surprising thing I found was that with the exception of Dr. McCoy none of this young cast attempted to impersonate their predecessors and greatly succeeded at making the characters their own. If you were completely unaware of the existence of William Shatner and a show called Star Trek previous to this movie you would still love these characters and this film. The fact that it has such a rich history to play on is just the frosting on the cake. It's hard to pick a standout among the cast, but Christopher Pine who has the majority of screentime befitting Capt Kirk is a perfect blend of Rebel Without a Cause and swashbuckling hero and drives the movie forward with the extremely able aide of his supporting cast and the incomparable Leonard Nimoy who didn't seem out of place at all in this film.

The only flaws I can conceivably come up with are a slight lack of development on the sympathetic villain, not so much that he seems a hollow shell as in many lesser films, but he doesn't blow you away or chew the scenery like KHHHHAAAAANNNNN!!!! either and diehard trekkie's might conceivably have a problem with Zach Quinto's more emotional Spock who I found refreshing and completely at home in the bold new world. Fanatical fans which I am not may also resent the temerity of the plot which dares to re-write Trek history, but again as someone who's familiar with the Star Trek universe, but wasn't previously totally enamored with it I thought this was a genius re-boot stroke. I dare say for the first time in 30 years Trek may be on Par with Wars in my mind and I look forward to boldly going whereever this franchises inevitable next installment wants to take me along with I'm sure an entirely new generation of Trekkie's.