Star Trek into Darkness

[Aulayna]

Well that was very good. The interplay between the characters is great and unsurprisingly Cumberbatch has a whale of a time as the villain. Seeing Mickey, I mean Noel Clarke, in it briefly was weird. The pace is so breakneck at times there's not much room to breathe, but it's highly enjoyable nonetheless.

And of course:
(SPOILER)'Khaaaaaaannnnn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!' The identity came as no surprise but was fun to have Spock say the line this time.

I agree I found it a tad predictable in a lot of places but that didn't take away from my overall enjoyment of it. So much so that I'm going to see it again next weekend >_>

[Del Murder]

Ugh I want to see it so bad but it doesn't come out until September here.

Where the hell are you? Antarctica?

[Ouch!]

A couple studios had some major success releasing movies early in the international market. The reasoning I've seen to justify it is that the U.S. release is often treated as the official release, and if the European release is delayed from the U.S. release, pirating number skyrockets in the international market. Conversely, when it releases early internationally, pirating is down internationally with no marked raise in U.S. piracy because people are largely unaware of the earlier release date. I just wonder why they don't just solve the problem with simultaneous releases.

[blackmage_nuke]

It's already released in Aus too which is odd and doesnt make up for month long waits for other movies.

I my knowledge of the series is based mainly on parodies so Im sure theres a lot of references im missing but it was a good movie. 3D wasnt much worth it.

[Pumpkin]

I actually recently (a few months ago) started watching Star Trek: TNG (currently on season 3), and have only seen a few episodes of the original, so I'll probably be totally lost during this movie, but sharky is a big Star Trek fan and I have been saving up for a long time (I have a job now, but I didn't at the time and I didn't know when I would have one, so I made sure to save the money when I got it) so that I can bring him to the movie as my treat.

[Aulayna]

Saw it again last night. Just as enjoyable second time around. Few little references I missed the first time around as well.

[Shadowdust]

I saw it on Thursday. I wouldn't call myself a hardcore Star Trek fan but I have watched the majority of each of the series. I don't know if that adds to the predictability of certain elements in the movie but it didn't make it any less enjoyable. Into Darkness a nice mirror version of the original series of movies. I'll definitely be seeing it again soon.

[Del Murder]

Saw it last night and thought it was great. Cumberpatch and Quinto were brilliant in their roles. Seriously, they are the perfect casting for those two roles. I also thought the movie had enough blend of action and 'ship politics' type moments. The Enterprise was also very well portrayed as a character.

Seeing this makes me excited to see what Abrams can do with Star Wars.

[McLovin']

Seriously, the movie was fantastic. There isn't a SINGLE moment where it slows down and gets boring. NOT A DAMN ONE. It's consistent with its pacing of trout happening and not enough to make your head hurt.

Also Judge Dredd/Bones was the best. DAMN IT MAN, IM A DOCTOR NOT A TORPEDO SPECIALIST!

[The Man]

Loved this and can't understand what some people don't like about it. A lot of the complaints seem to boil down to "They changed the characters", but it's a freaking alternate universe. Of course the characters are different. That's the whole point. There have also been complaints about the similarities to previous Trek films/episodes, which were obviously intentional homages, and some people have claimed Kirk didn't learn anything over the course of the film, which is pretty clearly directly contradicted by a number of plot events, such as (SPOILER)the fact that, as he himself admits, he does what Spock would have done at the end of the film (while, of course, Spock does what Kirk would have done).

But yeah, great film, acting was perfect, effects worked nicely, soundtrack was up to the usual Giacchino standard and the plot didn't let up for a minute. Couldn't really have asked for much more.

[krissy]

is it worth it to see it in 3d or is normal OK?

[The Man]

I saw it in normal and don't really have any regrets, but I've heard the 3D was tastefully done. I don't usually care about 3D unless it's something huge like Avatar though.

[krissy]

thanks the man, i'll be going in hot without shades in an hour

[Slothy]

Loved this and can't understand what some people don't like about it. A lot of the complaints seem to boil down to "They changed the characters", but it's a freaking alternate universe. Of course the characters are different. That's the whole point. There have also been complaints about the similarities to previous Trek films/episodes, which were obviously intentional homages, and some people have claimed Kirk didn't learn anything over the course of the film, which is pretty clearly directly contradicted by a number of plot events, such as (SPOILER)the fact that, as he himself admits, he does what Spock would have done at the end of the film (while, of course, Spock does what Kirk would have done).

But yeah, great film, acting was perfect, effects worked nicely, soundtrack was up to the usual Giacchino standard and the plot didn't let up for a minute. Couldn't really have asked for much more.

I saw it and loved it as well, and I have to agree with you. I just watched Movie Bob's review of it on the Escapist after getting home and I wouldn't really recommend anyone do the same. Actually, I wouldn't really recommend anyone watch any of his videos. He's not a very good film critic.

[Freya]

I was let down by the ending. (SPOILER) that's cheating asking old spock! CHEATER SPOCK. With the way the action scenes were going I was thinking they would actually kill cumberbatch's character. But they didn't. And that made me go :/

OTHER THAN THAT I thought it was amazing. I love the twist of how the characters are in the alternate reality.