Star Trek: Into Darkness

[redbrunja]

Okay, before we get to the movie, why do people hate Benedict Cumberbatch? I know I am not a fan because I hate Sherlock but am pretty sure that's not why other people dislike him. That said,he was a terrible choice for Khan because even leaving aside the racism of white-washing the character, he does not have anything near the charisma needed to play off of Chris Pine.

My other two nit-picks are the the opening was both funny and skeevy as hell (I don't know how to articulate it and I might be being over-sensitive, but... I was skeeved out), the movie did not do a great job with the ladies, and I didn't understand how the Enterprise and Khan's ship could be the only two space ships in orbit around freaking EARTH.

Other than that, the movie was quippy, I really enjoyed Kirk's relationships with everyone. I definitely wanted more Kirk/Uhura BFF-ery and more Uhura/Spock in general (I feel liked that relationship needed one more really strong character beat, right at the end). I thought everyone got a chance to shine, I really liked the reversal of Kirk and Spock's roles from the original movies, and I greatly appreciate that the next movie isn't going to be 'Search for Kirk.'

Two additional thoughts:

1. In retrospect, I really dislike the time-travel element. I wish that they would have just done a clean reboot with this series and just given Leonard Nimoy a reoccuring cameo to show his support for the new films.


2. Goddamn, was there a lot of collateral/civilian deaths in this movie. Like, I was watching those buildings go down when Khan's ship crashed into buildings in the end, I was trying to figure out how many people must have been in them. And Kirk's 'no crewmembers dead' streak has been smashed to bits

Now I want to read ALL the Spock/Uhura.

Comments

[just-shai.livejournal.com]

I was thinking about the racefail today. And my brain, being my brain, tried to play it into Aryan supremacy weaved in with rampant Orientalism. It's still not really making sense in my head, but I can't stop turning it over.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Bottom line, that part of the movie epically, epically did not work.

And Star Trek has always TRIED to be more progressive than it actually is... but I feel like the new movies aren't even trying the way the older shows did.

[just-shai.livejournal.com]

I think I'll have less of a headache if I just accept that it was a complete failure on the part of the movie makers.

(COMPLETELY a tangent: Am I the only one who just DIED laughing when Spock did the Khan yell?)

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

I think I'll have less of a headache if I just accept that it was a complete failure on the part of the movie makers.

They're so incoherent in failure, I think that's what you have to do.

Judging from other people's reactions, no. I didn't find it that funny, personally.

[just-shai.livejournal.com]

I think it kind of broke the tensity of the scene. I grew up with Trek, my dad is a huge fan. I was also surrounded by fans in high school (ask me what I wore to the premiere of the first TNG movie). So in my brain, it's a funny thing. And there the yell was, in the middle of this horribly serious thing.

I think I laughed at the absurdity of it.