Comments on: Review: ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ Often Thrills, But Undone By An Underwritten Villain & Thin Story

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:01:33 +0000

Focusing on the bromance between Kirk and Spock isn't such a "masterstroke" when you consider that the original series focused on the same thing, albeit with McCoy in the picture a little more. Abrams and co. were simply following the same formula.

By: Paris

Paris — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:01:33 +0000

Saw it in Paris with J.J. Abrams few days ago, and I have to say I'm glad to read I'm not the only one to think it's not that great – actually it's kind of messy, noisy, and the characters are really, really bad written for a sequel.

By: DG

DG — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:01:33 +0000

I second oogle monster here, Super 8 is totally amazing. Other than that I don't see what the big deal is about this guy

By: Oogle monster

Oogle monster — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:01:33 +0000

I feel like Super 8 is truly one of Abrams' best films. It gets a lot of crap, but boy did he not only cast it well but it brings me to tears every time.

By: Lui

Lui — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:01:33 +0000

I was bit concerned when the first batch of reviews came out indicating that the tone of this movie is quite light and star-trekier than the ST09, as the marketing has been focusing on the dark side, and there's gonna be a relatively big gap between the audience's anticipation of what the movie is like and what it really is; looks like my concern is right. Not a die-hard trek fan and summer popcorn movies are usually not my thing; this one becomes a must-see for me because Cumberbatch is an exciting actor based on his back catalogue; still going to watch it but won't expect too much. How ironic that JJ and his writers are trying to make trek fans happy judging by what reviews indicated, but as far as I know, some of TNS trek fans are actually not happy about it.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:01:33 +0000

Abrams 'mystery box' is always empty. He's a cynical marketer, not a filmmaker. How on Earth making Mission Impossible 3, Star Trek and Super 8 make him the new Spielberg is utterly beyond me. Unless you've never seen a Spielberg film of course.

By: rodie

rodie — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:01:33 +0000

I'll definitely see this opening night, but it seems like the influence on The Dark Knight and Inception are so heavy on this….or at least the marketing of this movie. Maybe they thought Cumberbatch could be a Joker like terrorist character who doesn't need any back story and not all that much screen time to make an impact? If so, what a terrible gamble, because the Joker is the Joker and Cumberbatch plays who again???

By: Alan B

Alan B — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:01:32 +0000

The Giacchino track 'London Calling' (great title) is incredible. That whole sequence is so cinematic, and Noel Clarke is surprisingly affecting in his mostly-silent role. More broadly, I was only let down by one reference (which completely takes you outside of a powerful scene) and the underwritten female characters: THAT's the mother of Kirk's son? Maybe the filmmakers wanted to save some material for the next film, but you need to do something, anything, with such an important character in Kirk's existence(s).

By: GREAT SCOTT!

GREAT SCOTT! — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:01:32 +0000

"Ingenious" time travel conceit? Star Trek 2009 was your first Trek outing (or sci-fi, even) then, I take it? Welcome to the fold, you've got a lot of watching to do.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:01:32 +0000

J J Abrams is renowned for cr@p story lines and big explosions and special effects to keep the thick masses occupied.