Jesus that film is incredible! Seriously, if anyone is reading this post and doesn't believe what everyone has said so far, believe me and get your ass out to the cinema now to watch it! It isn't perfect, but as a film in its own right it is definitely the best film i've seen so far this year. It definitely beat Wolverine. The special effects are spectacular, they obviously took a leaf out of the new Battlestar Galactica with the camera angles and the general feel of the fleet, and the actors were perfect choices with some great lines - especially McCoy, he did a fantastic job of resurrecting the character. Matress was happy to see Uhura and the Orion girl get some screen time as well... 
But as I said, there are some criticisms. Don't read the next bit if you want to avoid spoilers but...
The warts-and-all-look of the engine room was a really good idea, but they also really should have at least attempted to dress it up. A 21st century factory building does not look like a 23rd century engine, especially when you can see the walls are made of that most space-faring of substances, concrete! The scene with Scotty and the water tubes didn't fit in at all with the factory either, because those tubes did look relatively spacey - although i'm not sure why you would have Deuterium feeder tubes running round the ship like that, and certainly not with a blender at the end!
As Billy said as well, choosing a time travel plot that completely destroys the known timeline AND doesn't have a reset of some kind was a terrible choice of storyline. Enterprise was bad enough in that particular respect, but doing what they did to Vulcan, that is completely unthinkable. And that still doesn't solve the ultimate problem with Romulus - the natural disaster is still going to happen. Nero completely failed to stop that from happening. If anything, he has now doomed Romulus, not saved it. They also didn't explain what happens to future Spock, especially since his ship - and timeline - are now gone.
I would also like to know why the fleet is at Lantara or Mutara or whatever that place was that they kept referring to. They never explained why they had amassed there. Uhura should also have reported the loss of the Klingon fleet to a ranking officer as well - she had intelligence indicating a possible new threat, one that had opened a substantial hole in the Klingon navy that Starfleet would have found very useful, and yet she didn't tell anyone about it.
And my final rant is about Nero's ship. It's a mining ship for gods sake! Yes it was designed to tear up planets, but it would not be as heavily armed as they made it out to be, no matter how advanced it was. And why was it armed with those wierd drones anyways? Why didn't it use Plasma Torpedoes or Disruptors? Those weapons were more like something from Andromeda than Star Trek.
Anyways, rant over. In itself, this is one of the best movies around. Mind-blowing special effects, actors that were worth their pay check, and the film definitely learned some good lessons from the new Battlestar Galactica. But from a long-time Trekkies perspective, it needed a few quality more control checks. If you want to see a good film, you won't go wrong with this one. But if you're a long-term trekkie, expect to notice some problems. But then again, there hasn't been a a perfect film since Khaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan! 
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