Perhaps because of the emphasis on the characters and the whole mythology of Star Trek, Abrams slips up a few times when it comes to the action, particularly the hand-to-hand combat stuff. The fighting is still great, and the special effects cover up a lot of this kind of thing, but there are moments when the camera is zoomed in too closely to what's going on, thus you can't see exactly who's hitting who and so forth. It's an irritating trend in modern action movies; however there's not nearly enough of it in here for it to be considered one of the worst perpetrators of this cinematic crime.
The developing friendship between Kirk and Spock is very much included here, embraced even, with it being a pivotal point to the story. Even to someone who's not a Trekkie (you'd have to have been living under a rock for the past 40 years not to know that refers to fans of Star Trek), the friendship between those two characters is well known. Not giving anything away, but there's an extended cameo appearance from a certain character that sets up the friendship that's inevitably to come between Kirk and Spock, and it's one of the things which gives it that bit more weight than a lot of other films of similar type. That has to be appreciated.
Above all, Star Trek is simply an entertaining motion picture. There is a lot in there to sink your teeth into as far as getting to know the new incarnations of these characters and the various mythology features (such as the eye-popping transportation technique, shown in a similar style as you would see in old cartoons when a character has just been knocked on the head), but for those not interested in all that, it's prime for just sitting back and relaxing with a fun movie for a couple of hours. With a few cheesy moments aside, and some faults with the action camera-work, Star Trek is a solid piece of sci-fi, one that sets up everything as the beginning of what's to come.
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