I will admit that the first time I saw the movie, I walked from the theater back to my apartment muttering to myself the whole way, wondering why J.J. would BOTH destroy Vulcan and kill Amanda. I felt that one would have been fine, but two was overkill. As for the Enterprise bridge, I didn't mind it. I thought it was way too white, and the lens flares didn't help on such a white bridge, but the bridge did need some kind of update. 21st-century audiences with their iPhones aren't going to buy hard-candy buttons anymore.