re: Star Trek into Darkness: Discussion and SPOILERS thread

Saw it yesterday.

First my experience with the series. My first introduction to ST was First Contact. I was blown away by that film, especially seeing Picard get really emotional. Next I saw bits and pieces of Voyage Home; all I remember is whales Then I saw the original motion picture and thought it was terrible. Then I came upon WoK and I really enjoyed it. It lived up to the hype I heard all those years. From there I didn't see anymore until ST (2009). I really enjoyed that one as well. I should clarify I haven't seen any of the shows from any series.


Now for the film. A few nitpicks. First,and I could be wrong on this, I felt from what I've seen in ST (2009) they didn't show/play up Spock's strength etc. I knew of the mind meld and the pressure point thing but that was it. So when it came to Spock vs Khan I was like what the frick!? I was thinking the whole time Vulcans were on par with humans as far as strength. So when they were going toe-to-toe I was kinda taken out bc Khan was super human, and was kicking Klingon butt earlier and jumping 30 meters etc earlier in the film. I could have understood Spock using the pressure point thing (w/e it's called) to subdue Khan but they played that card early in the final fight. And for it to be finished with an uppercut-to-black I was immediately brought to the lame dispatch of the villain in some other summer blockbuster films . Wasn't till after that my friends told me Spock was super strong that I understood but that first impression will stick with me.

Next, I knew Kirk wouldn't die, just too obvious with the scene with Bones and the appendage-less bunny and the officers family at the beginning.

Also, and this is a plus. It had me emotionally at kirks "death" scene. Not from him dying but him coping with him being scared and feeling fear. I felt this was a great development for his character. But was taken out once I remember said appendage-less bunny.

Then, like mentioned earlier, why just Khans blood and not the blood of the other 72? I know there is probably an answer for this and it might have been mentioned in the thread but it wasn't addressed in the film if I remember correctly.

Lastly, and this ties to the first nitpick. I felt they kinda copped out on not killing Khan. I conceded to the film that they needed Khan's blood but I was thinking they take a limb etc. Nope. Just knocked a super human unconscious and problem solved. I felt they took the easy way out by freezing him again and this opens up new films for him but I felt cheated they didn't do something new to finish him off.

Having said all that...I loved this movie! I saw it in IMAX and it looked stunning. At first I heard meh things about it. Then heard good things. So I went in blank and came out really enjoying it. I'd say its the best in my book.


ETA: Sorry If I inadvertently spoiled another film by saying it wasn't delivering the pay off it was building to.