I understand what you’re saying. When the whole Spock and Uhura thing popped up the first thing that came to my mind was, ‘WTF?! Did I miss something in the original series? I’m sure I’ve seen every single episode at least three times.’ That was nothing compared to the irritation brought on by the Spock on Spock scenario (I thought one shouldn’t communicate with one’s alternate Bizarro world self but apparently Vulcans do).

As far as the moving camera viewpoint goes it was decent compared to some movies and (especially) TV shows I’ve seen. I realize the effect gives it a constant action environment, but this fad is now passe. The only thing disturbing to me were the light reflections streaming through the screen at times (didn’t anyone check this during filming?).

All in all the film was definitely entertaining, and it showcased my new favorite star, Chris Pine. The casting was superb I look forward to seeing them again in future sequels (or is it more prequels?). For all of its storyline faults or misguidances, the thing to do with this film is take it all in perspective: no matter what happens with the future films, they all must lead back to the scenario of the original series, otherwise they wouldn’t be prequels but simply parallel universes of Star Trek. What a mind – scramble.