Every dissenting voice blathering “opinion” as fact should be expunged before you bore me to death! The Star Trek franchise needed a “main-stream” shot in the arm and this film delivered that, introducing the genre to a whole new generation of viewers. If you feel there are gargantuan plot holes that your mind can’t accept, then you probably have a problem with most cinema produced over the past 10-15 years (and you should stick with your video games). However critical you are of the new Star Trek movie, it was well accepted by the critics: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/star_trek_11/ and it should be stated that if you aren’t familiar with the Rotten Tomatoes website and still consider yourself a film buff, you should rethink your existence.

The problem that most superfans have is their close-minded approach to a remake or rebirth of a film genre they loved (I’m no exception, sincerely hating George Lucas for ruining my affair with Star Wars, but that’s another subject). That being said, even Roger Ebert who can be considered to be one of the most famous film critics of our time didn’t see the film for what it really was:

“Anyone with the slightest notion of what a black hole is, or how it behaves, will find the black holes in “Star Trek” hilarious. The logic is also a little puzzling when Scotty can beam people into another ship in outer space, but they have to physically parachute to land on a platform in the air from which the Romulans are drilling a hole to the Earth’s core. After they land there, they fight with two Romulan guards, using ... fists and swords?“ excerpt from Roger Eberts review of said movie on his website.
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090506/REVIEWS/905069997

Within the confines of the movie Spock explains why they can’t transport down to the “drilling platform” and why Captain Pike orders a space jump from his shuttle craft. Also, it’s not explained how far down the platform has been lowered into the atmosphere as pertaining to the comment made by Joseph. Maybe it’s lower than Mount Everest which has an altitude of 29,035 ft. (or 8850m), which is climbable without oxygen assistance by the way; the first of which was made by Reinhold Messner, an Italian in 1979. Although, we like to tout Star Trek “history” as cannon, the truth is: there is no race of Vulcans, there is no such thing as warp drive, and red matter- if it did exist, can’t effectively be contained in clear liquid gel in a steel-like structure. And despite Roger Eberts critiquing expertise, I doubt he’s read much about black holes or the new thoughts put forth in the scientific community based on physics, string theory and the like. To my knowledge no human nor probe from human society has every experienced a black hole or produced readings from one… but evidently we ALL KNOW how they work.

“This movie had absolutely no imagination. It was to easy, pointless, and the ending was very weak and quick. And how does a Starship escape a massive black hole that's strong enough to destroy an entire galaxy WITHOUT a Warp Drive?” –Quoted from ‘Joseph’

Joseph you sound like a geek that waits in line for a highly anticipated film so you can rag on it first, giving us your uninspired opinions that lack ANY examples to support your claims. The truth is you couldn’t write better if your life depended on it, and I challenge any of you to produce a film with the emotional weight of millions of dollars resting on your shoulders, as well as having to endure fanatical sycophants like you virtual hipsters! He was paid to take an old concept and make it new and different but still pay homage to its memory. You all should actually watch the special features on the new DVD/Blue Ray and witness Leonard Nimoy’s speech on his last day of shooting. I realize this is a late response to a series of posts made in the “heat of the moment” and replying to losers like you guys is a waste of my time. Most of you won’t even be able to comprehend what I’m writing because it wasn’t composed with emoticons and hacker-speak word replacements.

Live long, and shut up please.