Excellent casting, smart, funny, emotionally compelling characterizations and dialogue. visually arresting, great performances, tight thoughtful, restrained editing, a wonderful way of allowing for openended creativity while remaining true to the spirit and even detail of the original, and opening new elements in the spectrum of character possibilites of the cast. Chris Pine - I don't know who this kid even is, but he nailed this. I loved this movie, but if you don't like or know trek, you'll love this movie. Not just best of the summer, among the years top 10, I'll bet