Not as good as the best movie "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home" (the whale one) but generally a good and entertaining movie- obviously set up for a sequel(s). However, perhaps a chief criticism to me is that it's just too "noisy" in comparison to all other Star Trek tv and movies.
Alert: Watch for a big catfight in the sequel between Uhura and Nurse Chapell over a certain pointy eared intellectual.
Btw, when seeing it for the first time wait for Scotty's great scene stealing late in the movie and Chekov's way over the top accent.
And from the Los Angeles Times:
Alert: Watch for a big catfight in the sequel between Uhura and Nurse Chapell over a certain pointy eared intellectual.

Btw, when seeing it for the first time wait for Scotty's great scene stealing late in the movie and Chekov's way over the top accent.
And from the Los Angeles Times:
it was a role Pegg approached with care.
“I went to live in Scotland for five years and studied as an engineer," Pegg joked in his practiced deadpan. "I’m that method."
Pegg also got in touch with Christopher Doohan, whose famous father died in 2005. The younger Doohan plays Scotty’s assistant on the ship, too, which gives a bridge to the past -- as does the presence of Leonard Nimoy, the original Spock who turns up in this film as a time-traveling touchstone to the past of the series.
“I was able to feel a connection with James through Chris,” Pegg said. “That really helped. As for the accent, I just listened to my father-in-law.”
And what about acting alongside Nimoy?
“Oh, it was incredible!” Pegg gushed. “It’s a testament to his ability that he has created a character, which is essentially a pointy-eared alien, and has given him such dignity and sort of gravitas. To actually act with him when he’s doing it ... you get the feeling that you really are in the presence of greatness. To act with that character -- having known that character for so long -- was an extraordinary experience. To have him look at me and say, ‘You are Montgomery Scott,’ was kind of almost distracting to me because I was tempted just to sit back and watch Leonard Nimoy as Spock.”
“I went to live in Scotland for five years and studied as an engineer," Pegg joked in his practiced deadpan. "I’m that method."
Pegg also got in touch with Christopher Doohan, whose famous father died in 2005. The younger Doohan plays Scotty’s assistant on the ship, too, which gives a bridge to the past -- as does the presence of Leonard Nimoy, the original Spock who turns up in this film as a time-traveling touchstone to the past of the series.
“I was able to feel a connection with James through Chris,” Pegg said. “That really helped. As for the accent, I just listened to my father-in-law.”
And what about acting alongside Nimoy?
“Oh, it was incredible!” Pegg gushed. “It’s a testament to his ability that he has created a character, which is essentially a pointy-eared alien, and has given him such dignity and sort of gravitas. To actually act with him when he’s doing it ... you get the feeling that you really are in the presence of greatness. To act with that character -- having known that character for so long -- was an extraordinary experience. To have him look at me and say, ‘You are Montgomery Scott,’ was kind of almost distracting to me because I was tempted just to sit back and watch Leonard Nimoy as Spock.”
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