Sure the 2009 version had too many lens flares and the ridiculous ice planet sequence, but it was also amazingly entertaining with a great mix of comedy and action.  The orbital skydive onto the mining platform is one of the best sequences in the entire film series.

Plus, they did some fantastic character interaction – Urban in particular nails McCoy, Pine does a great jr. cocky Kirk, and Spock’s arc into self-realization of his human side is handled well.

May 17th can’t come soon enough (and that’s coming from a former fan who was such an old-schooler that I didn’t even watch TNG for years after its debut).