Loooooooooved it!! seen it twice so far, hoping to go next week for my third fix
The first time I went with mates (in proper geek fashion: see below). I was amazed by the film and it was more than I expected. The last time I felt this excited and hyped was when I was younger and saw "Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan" for the first time.
First viewing: Opening day, 6:30 showing (would of been earlier if the rest of my mates got the day off from work that is lol). Me, my brother and my Trek obsessed mates all went in Trek t-shirts/uniforms, I also dragged along two other mates: Kev (non Trek fan, finds Star Trek boring and the only Trek he has ever watched was "The Voyage Home" even tho I had to force him to watch it. He enjoyed it but only for the humour and chemisty between the characthers and not the "Trek" stuff), and Justin (not an extreme fan of Trek but likes some TOS eps and thinks Sisko is the best captain lol). They loved it, for non Trek fans, they found it enjoyable, epic and action packed. They were more shocked that they were watching Star Trek, and actually enjoying it and wanting more. It seems the Kelvin was there fave scene (as me, loved the whole part, it was sad, epic, great acting and special effects) and there fave characthers were McCoy and Chekov (even tho I felt that Chekov was the film's version of Wesley Crusher). Now the biggest test: The Trekies (me and my mates). The results were good. We loved the action, the effects the characthers/actors proformance and story (even tho I had worries about time travel and the idea of rebootness). We all loved Nero (even tho it's most likely the reason he reminds us of Khan), I always laugh when Nero pops onto the view scene and the way he says "Christopher!!" lol. It was also great to see Spock Prime (Leonard Nimoy) chatting to New Kirk was a nice scene and a nice little nod to the TOS show/films, loved the cockyness and the humour in the "Kobayashi Maru" scene (a scene we have all been waiting to see). So all in all we all loved it and can't wait for the sequel.
P.S. me and my mates were alittle disappointed that we were the only people dress in uniform/tshirts lol.
Second viewing: Monday 11th May 5:20 showing, me, my mom and my brother. After seeing the film on the Friday and how it was awesome and amazing I knew I had to get my mom to see the new film (after all she is the one to get my int Star Trek and start the obsession all those years again). She also loved it and her face lighten up when she heard Captain Christopher Pike name (loved Jeffrey Hunter, Pike was her fave captain and "The Cage" was her fave ep: "The Cage" was actually the first ever Trek thing I ever saw). Looks like everyone I know, Trek fan or not love the film and can't wait for the sequel. All in all it looks like Trek is back bigger and better!!