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Saw it Friday night and really enjoyed it, I'd say its only slightly worst then the first film. I think as long as your not a Trekkie, you'll like it.
Although I hated the film, I'm glad everyone else enjoyed it especially those who have never seen anything Star Trek. I hope an appreciation is gained for the franchise in some manner.
As I've stated before the first on was enjoyable and I forgave the issues that I believed were plot holes for the sake of it just being back on screen. Overall here is my real issue with the second but only if you've seen it.
The movie was actually very entertaining and I was cool up until Khan was revealed. He was the main villain in ST Wrath of Khan 1982 which is considered either 1 or 1A in the movie rankings for the series. So already at this point Abrams should have tread lightly. Up until till that point the character was done very well. His intellect, tenacity, and overall superiority was on display. Then the dude Abrams completely ripped a major plot point for STWOK. In that movie Khan is about to destroy the enterprise in a last ditch effort to get revenge on Kirk. Spock goes and restores power so the ship can escape. Kirk comes to the glass and they say their goodbyes and what not and Spock dies. The scene in Abrams film was roles reversed and basically word for word. That's lazy and I can't rock with it.
Spock was actually dead at the end of the movie. The tribble part was so predictable in this one.
I can see as a Star Trek fan why you didn't enjoy the film after all that info. As someone who is only slightly familiar with Star Trek as just a pop culture reference, I knew Kahn was a big and popular villain but I've never seen the film and didn't realize they reused a major plot and just reversed rules. Thanks for the info. The next film with the original cast was Search for Spock correct? Just curious if Spock was brought back similar to how Kirk was in this film.