I loved it, saw it 3x already, I picked up all sorts of little details like
Capt Nero's ship was a mining ship, no explanation where they got advanced weapons though
The Key part for me was when the crew was talking on the deck and Capt Spock was talking about the Naradas effect on the time continuum and then Uhura said "like an alternate reality?"
So thats how this new trek is a different offshoot from the 60's series, same characters, different reality, brilliant