He was too concerned with creating these epic set pieces like Kirk and Kahn space diving to another ship or a battle with a Klingon patrol and forgot that there was a story to tell. That’s the issue I think Abrams had this time around. Carol Marcus ( Alice Eve) are trapped on an enemy ship, but that moment is short lived. We get a moment briefly when his cruelty is truly explored when Kirk, Spock, Scotty, and Dr. While I appreciated the attempt to create a multi-layered antagonist with motives that could be perceived as admirable, they gave him too much time to monologue and not enough to be a really cruel bad guy. Another storyline that had a little too much time was Benedict Cumberbatch‘s villainous turn as Kahn. I didn’t mind that per se, but much of that storyline didn’t need nearly as much time as it received. Instead, a lot of time was devoted to the relationship between Chris Pine‘s Captain Kirk and Zachary Quinto‘s Spock. Well, I assure you, the truth is precisely the opposite.” – Spock “Nyota, you mistake my choice not to feel as a reflection of my not caring. John Cho‘s Sulu, even though at one point becoming the acting captain of the Enterprise, didn’t get much more than some strong lines then fades into the background. Zoe Saldana‘s strong, take-what-I-want Uhura was relegated to a pissed off girlfriend role while Anton Yelchin‘s (RIP) endearing Chekov simply ran around saying what was going wrong. I think that the supporting cast was severely underutilized. But when I finally did I thought it was a mixed bag. It’s simply one of those movies that just slipped through the cracks. It’s surprising that it took me this long to finally get to the sequel. It was the chemistry among the cast and Abrams’ surprising grasp of the film’s mood that made it so successful. I thought it was an incredibly sleek and well-shot action thriller that had a surprising amount of depth in its characters. I didn’t know if it was going to be a crowd pleaser like Star Wars or a gritty action thriller like Alien. I quickly found that it essentially toed the line down the middle, though straying more a bit to the crowd-pleasing side. That being said, it was nice going into this film with no prior conceived notions of even the tone of what came before.
Abrams’ 2009 reboot and Patrick Stewart’s facepalm meme. Yes, my first experience with Star Trek was J.J. I need to explain my history with the Star Trek franchise before diving into this review. With Star Trek Beyond hitting theaters this week I thought it’d be the perfect time to go back and review its predecessor, Star Trek Into Darkness(the title gets a negative review).
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It doesn’t live up to the first movie in the franchise, but Star Trek Into Dark ness holds its own as an action thriller
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