The biggest plot hole was nobody on Vulcan or Earth bothering to shoot the drill. Other than that, I enjoyed the movie. It somehow didn't feel like a Star Trek movie which is a good thing. The was the boring-a** ST:TMP trying to be all 2001 and then a bunch of B movies of which Khan was the best.
I bought the characters, mostly because I only recognized 3 of the actors: Nimoy, Bruce Greenwood and Sylar.
I can't wait to see where they go with this new take on ST. I have high hopes for a sequel because it won't need all the exposition.
I don't consider myself a Trekkie but I grew up watching the reruns from TOS. I enjoyed TNG but DS9 was the best spin off. The darker story line and the fact that they were on a space station may be a rip off of B5 which was a much better show. Still, DS9 rose above the 60 minute morality play and actually went somewhere interesting. I didn't stick with Enterprise even though the Vulcan chick was a hottie.
J