Star Trek Into Darkness

[RegularKarate]

I'm so far behind on reading and replying on this site, but I saw Star Trek Into Darkness: The Final Straw when it came out and my friend and I were laughing at how bad it was to the point that we felt a little bad for possibly being disruptive.

Fuck this movie.

Fuck all the unmotivated plot twists and fuck its complete misuse of Cumberbatch by turning Khan into a generic bad-guy that can punch real good.
I guess I'm mostly angry because the screenplay feels like they're just saying "who gives a shit what these morons think?".

[polkablues]

I just saw this today, actually.

It wasn't necessarily bad. Just... weirdly perfunctory. The first Abrams Star Trek made a point of separating itself from what came before, and in contrast this one felt like someone made a checklist of all the little bits of Star Trek they wanted to see, and the movie just went through and checked them off one by one.

Full disclosure: I have no particular allegiance to or affection for the original series/movies. I take no offense at the movie's apparent attitude toward fans of such, only at the resulting limpness of its narrative.

I would watch an entire series of movies centered around Alice Eve exploring the galaxy in her underwear, though.

[Mel]

Scene where Khan identity is revealed was vexing. Character presenting big part of plot and motives (not only his) is sign of awful writing. Why not write a simpler plot in first place (in the end it is action flick) instead of stitching it in this way?

[Lottery]

Just watched this. I really enjoyed the first one and this one sucked in comparison. Disappointing.

This is what happens when you let Damon Lindelof touch your things.

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This is what happens when you let Damon Lindelof touch your things.

Agree this is disappointing but there are 3 credited screenwriters so how is it solely Lindelof's fault? I'm kind of over the piling on. Credit where it's due, the first 4 seasons of LOST > almost everything, ever.