I was never a Kirk fan or a Trek fan period. But this reboot to the series made a believer out of me. From thrilling start to awe-inspiring finish, this was a movie experience for the books. - Both times! ^_^
Basically, the best thing I can say about the new Trek is that J.J. Abrams did for Star Trek what Steven Spielberg and Michael Bay did for the first Transformers movie. They took a series I would hardly have risked a second glance at, and made them astonishingly cool. Here's hoping the next director and production team to be passed the Trek torch has as much fun as Abrams did.