It's hard to find ANY sci-fi, action or adventure film that is NOT replete with massive, pointless explosions, McGrath. ;-) The movie industry seems to feel that they are absolutely required in order to sell tickets. And the general public seems to agree.

The Star Trek movie, however, succeeds entirely because of its actors, the human (and Vulcan) personalities whom they portray, and their personal stories and the interplay between those characters...not because of its explosions. The explosions are just there...sort of like the screeching wheels in a road movie or the wallpaper in a room. You don't go into a room to focus on the wallpaper. At least, I don't. ;-D But it still always helps a bit if the wallpaper is well chosen.

There were 2 things that made Star Trek special as a series.

1. The personalities of the main characters
2. The complex story ideas and philosophically challenging notions in many scripts.

This movie didn't have much of number 2 at all, but it did very well in number 1, and that is why it's a very good movie of its type.

If, however, you are a person who simply doesn't relate much to Star Trek in the first place, then it would probably leave you cold, I guess.