Storywise, i thought it was okay. Not great. but not terrible. The science was terrible. All that black-hole time-travel bull was even more rediculous than some of the technobabble people slam VGR and TNG for. And a super-nova that threatens the whole galaxy?

I still hate the fugly ship. And i REALLY hated the engineering decks on the Kelvin and the E. it looked more like a pumping plant or power-station than a starship. they seem far too huge for the size of the ship.
Lens-flares. Yeesh. Seriously, what the hell was with that?
somehow it seemed forced that everyone wound up on the E the way they did. maybe it was because of Uhura's determination to be on the E, but somehow it just seemed laboured.
overall, i'm giving it a 7/10
turns out, Engineering was filmed at a Bud brewery in Van Nuys. this explains much.