It was a good film, and I was pleasantly surprised, never really having enjoyed and previous Treks. The special effects were pretty stunning.
I really shouldn't have gone with my flatmate who is a mega Trekkie though, every 5 minutes I felt the seats vibrate as he sat their gleefully giggling or doing silent hand-claps. He must have been laughing at a lot of "in-jokes" which I didn't find funny, but I guess it's good that the film has a lot of references to the franchise and isn't a pure reboot.