I have seen Into the darkness. It was rather long, more than two hours. I almost fell asleep in a period in the middle of the film. It was more an action than a Star trek really. I think the essence of star trek was somewhat lost in all the action and sci-fi-effects.
I am a Trekkie, I have been following star trek since the next generation in the late 80′s. So of course I have expectations. I like star trek since it is so less bloody but still has drama and action in another, more intellectual sence.
Well. I wish that we could have known more about the story behind Kahn, the bad guy so to speak. We are not given enough story room behind him and his crew and why they had their fate. I wish I did, since this is the problem with the movie and this is what also makes it lose some Star trek quality. In Star trek I usually get a story behind things and what I think is “normal” is placed under investigation. I think this is what is missing. If they just had added that and removed parts of the action I would have given the movie more stars than I will.
There was some mistaken identity issues and it feels really strange that it is so easy to lure yourself onboard a ship with another identity, like the science officer does. It is not believable. And even less flying away with a non identified science officer. I would like to think that in todays matrix society it wouldn’t be possible so far away in the future. Those small things make me annoyed as a Trekkie fan.
The space ship, design and so on is beautiful. The 3D effect wasn’t so much 3D, so it could have been left out totally. The actors and actresses are very much “star trek” quality and play the part as they should.
There are some “bi-stories” on the side of the real story and I would want to know more about those. This movie had a change to show us more around the Kahn blood and so on, but yet it doesn’t. What happens to the once that receive the blood? I would want to know. However it seems like the producers have been more interested in giving action scenes in space, not that they aren’t beautifully made in the computer, but…. I like movies to have stories and not leave the audience in the darkness….
But as this movie is, I only give it three stars out of five.