I liked the first new Star Trek movie (even though Shatner wasn't in it), and thought this one would be good too. The best parts of Into Darkness are that it's slickly made, as expected, and the characters are mostly very good. The new villain is great too, although most of his actions seem nonsensical if you have time to think about them, which you don't. In fact by the end of it I felt bludgeoned by action, and slightly bewildered. Call me feeble, but I've not felt like this since the shakycam in Bourne Ultimatum forced me to lie down across three seats to cope.
Peter Weller was good, and of course Nimoy was excellent. But what was his special advice on how to beat Khan? Exploit his weakness, was that it? In Wrath of Khan (a much better film, than all other films), they defeat Khan by thinking in three dimensions. What did they do here, send some bombs across with a knowing wink because Spock wasn't really lying? The English woman was rubbish too.
The worst bit was that it felt like J.J.Abrams hadn't really got that Star Trek takes place in remote space, and instead made it feel like a standard Sci-Fi film, set in Earth's near future where we have a bit more technology. He dropped in Star Trek references in a slapdash way. I'm worried that when he makes the new Star Wars films they'll be nearly the same, but instead of things like Tribbles popping up here and there it'll be Ewoks instead.
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