It was reasonably close in spirit to the original, though this was Very Young Kirk. The older Kirk in the original is five years farther down the road at least, and more likely 10. I could easily see the original Kirk being like that: impulsive, cocksure, etc.(though, because the original didn't lose his father, probably less of an Angry Young Man).
Young men at that age ARE morons. No matter how smart and talented they are. I speak from clear knowledge of experience here, being someone who in terms of intellect was known to be extremely smart, and still did lots of stupid, stupid things at that age. This was an accurate portrayal; he got better over the course of the movie, I think, as he should, but he's still a man of about 20-24 years old. No wisdom, if he lives, he'll get some.
I'd have preferred a bit less emotion from Spock to begin with; on the other hand, this permitted the formation of the bond which drove the entire original series (the Kirk-Spock-McCoy triumvirate).
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Young men at that age ARE morons. No matter how smart and talented they are. I speak from clear knowledge of experience here, being someone who in terms of intellect was known to be extremely smart, and still did lots of stupid, stupid things at that age. This was an accurate portrayal; he got better over the course of the movie, I think, as he should, but he's still a man of about 20-24 years old. No wisdom, if he lives, he'll get some.
I'd have preferred a bit less emotion from Spock to begin with; on the other hand, this permitted the formation of the bond which drove the entire original series (the Kirk-Spock-McCoy triumvirate).