First off, I loved it. It worked for me. My husband and I walked out of the show discussing practically every nuance that has been discussed here in this thread. But the greatest moment was listening to a group of teenage boys. One boy said, " My dad always watched that Star Trek crap, but if they are anything like this movie, I'll watch them now!"
We smiled so big! I think that is exactly why this movie works so well. We were able to see baby Trekkors being born last night.
Ohhhhhhh, and to the earlier comment about that you should see it in a theatre full of Trekkors, for all the stated reasons. (I just have to share this)
We were at a sold out show in Uptown Whittier. After sitting in the theatre for almost 45 minutes, the movie still hadn't started. Surrounded by obvious die-hard fans as ourselves comments flew........"Set phasers to kill..............Arm the topedoes............." The best one.."I'm a doctor, not a projectionist, Damnit!"
Many of our commanding officers, kept going out to the manager to find out what the delay was. Finally, my husband came back in, and just announced that the movie apparently is still "downloading" (did you know they download movies, I didn't) and management was just giving attitude. "Set a course for the Regal, warp factor 10!" He shouted. Mass exodus. Everyone getting their money back, and a huge caravan driving to the neighboring town. It was like all of Starfleet racing towards the neutral zone!
It so added to the night.