Saw the movie again last night - two scenes really stood out for me this time.
First, when Kirk is pulling Pike up of the bench he's been strapped to on the Narada, a Romulan appears, and in the time it takes Kirk to process that he's seeing a Romulan, Pike has grabbed Kirk's phaser and shot him. Remember that Pike's most likely also coping with being paralysed from the waist down too. It's the look on Kirk's face afterwards - "Whoa, you are good." and Pike's stoic glance of, "This is what you need to be Captain, son." Loved it!
Second, Nero's death scene. Previously I've been too bothered by the set up of the scene to properly appreciate it.
In fact, this time of viewing (number three) I got to enjoy Nero throughout the movie, what I saw as weaknesses previously don't seem so bad any more - (I had a paragraph here about why they don't bother me, but I realised that it'll probably cause a ton of people to tell me why what he does doesn't work, and is against Trek science/real science. You know what, I don't care - I'm not a scientist, it's not why I watch/read Trek or any other science-fiction, so I'm not risking derailing this thread
Anyway, back to his death scene. As the Narada breaks up, he stops ranting, closes his eyes and smiles. He looks so peaceful. He's realised that he has done all he can, he has succeeded partly - he destroyed Vulcan - and now he can go to the after-life to be with his wife again. For the first time, that scene made me cry.