SOLD!!!  If the movie lives up to this trailer I’ll most likely be a happy chappy :-)  

Looks like there’ll be awesome action, and a real sense of threat for Superman.  ”For every human you save we will kill a million more.”  Yikes!

Star Trek into Darkness Spoiler Free ReviewSaw #startrekintodarkness at the weekend with my 10 year old daughter, who has become my summer blockbuster buddy these days.  Her younger brother at 3 is still just a bit too young for the big screen experience but maybe next summer for his big break, shame he missed this as he’s Brandon James Tiberius! :-)We both saw the 2009 Star Trek and it was her first real big Trek viewing apart from tolerating me watching re-runs of TOS etc at home.  She enjoyed the thrill ride and had as much fun this time around.  I’m a huge Trekkie and have been for 35 years and really enjoyed the earlier movie as it got Trek back on the big screen, brought in a new audience, and didn’t mess up my beloved continuity by creating a ‘what if?’ universe.Star Trek into Darkness is a hugely entertaining romp of thrills, laughs, gorgeous space porn, and superb special effects.  The cast who did a great job gelling last time have established the family feel that makes the original Trek so brilliant, and everyone gives great performances.  This isn’t what I’d call a sci-fi movie as such it’s more a space opera, and given JJ Abrams love of, and now taking the reins of, Star Wars, the same sensibilities can be found here.  I miss my detailed technobabble and any serious thought given to the tech or science involved soon finds fault, but Trekkies aren’t going to get that need filled in a cinema format, TV is better at the small details.All the principle characters are well played and each get a moment to shine, Chekov is a little under used but he’s still there, and I’d like to see more of Karl Urban’s Bones, he gets plenty of screen time, but his performance is so spot on I could watch him all day.Chris Pine has settled into Kirk well and this movie completes his journey from brash but brilliant officer to someone who deserves the centre seat.  Spock again struggles with who he is, but it still works given the character is so young in this universe.  Benedict Cumberbatch is thrilling as villain John Harrison as expected, and you can feel his barely in check fury radiate from the screen.Great special effects and a pace that never lets up will leave you breathless by the end, and it places the crew in an exciting place by the end of the movie.  Yes there are plot holes you could drive the Enterprise through at full impulse, but everything is handled so slickly you won’t notice until after you leave having had a blast while you were caught up in the experience.Star Trek into Darkness completes the tale of establishing a new Star Trek universe, and hopefully rounds up the use of familiar elements of days gone by, leaving open the opportunity to boldly go into uncharted stories in the next movie.  May the new Trek live long and prosper! :-)NOTE - 2D vrs 3DWe saw this in 3D due to there being less 2D showings at awkward times at our local cinema, which was intentional I’m sure given the extra cost of seeing it in 3D, dirt bags.  The 3D was well handled as 3D goes but there are times when the action takes place in dark surroundings and having sunglasses on ruined them.  Even some actors emoting visually in the background in important scenes blurred in the muted light 3D glasses create.  So I’d have to advise 2D if you’re going to better enjoy all the very expensive and fantastic looking special effects. :-)Unfortunately we’re too backwards in Ireland to enjoy this in IMAX so I can’t advise on that format. The one IMAX cinema we have in the north of the country has shown the same two Christmas and 3D dinosaur movies for over 10 years and doesn’t do proper movies, which is both a disgrace and a shame.
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Star Trek into Darkness Spoiler Free Review

Saw #startrekintodarkness at the weekend with my 10 year old daughter, who has become my summer blockbuster buddy these days.  Her younger brother at 3 is still just a bit too young for the big screen experience but maybe next summer for his big break, shame he missed this as he’s Brandon James Tiberius! :-)

We both saw the 2009 Star Trek and it was her first real big Trek viewing apart from tolerating me watching re-runs of TOS etc at home.  She enjoyed the thrill ride and had as much fun this time around.  I’m a huge Trekkie and have been for 35 years and really enjoyed the earlier movie as it got Trek back on the big screen, brought in a new audience, and didn’t mess up my beloved continuity by creating a ‘what if?’ universe.

Star Trek into Darkness is a hugely entertaining romp of thrills, laughs, gorgeous space porn, and superb special effects.  The cast who did a great job gelling last time have established the family feel that makes the original Trek so brilliant, and everyone gives great performances.  

This isn’t what I’d call a sci-fi movie as such it’s more a space opera, and given JJ Abrams love of, and now taking the reins of, Star Wars, the same sensibilities can be found here.  I miss my detailed technobabble and any serious thought given to the tech or science involved soon finds fault, but Trekkies aren’t going to get that need filled in a cinema format, TV is better at the small details.

All the principle characters are well played and each get a moment to shine, Chekov is a little under used but he’s still there, and I’d like to see more of Karl Urban’s Bones, he gets plenty of screen time, but his performance is so spot on I could watch him all day.

Chris Pine has settled into Kirk well and this movie completes his journey from brash but brilliant officer to someone who deserves the centre seat.  Spock again struggles with who he is, but it still works given the character is so young in this universe.  Benedict Cumberbatch is thrilling as villain John Harrison as expected, and you can feel his barely in check fury radiate from the screen.

Great special effects and a pace that never lets up will leave you breathless by the end, and it places the crew in an exciting place by the end of the movie.  Yes there are plot holes you could drive the Enterprise through at full impulse, but everything is handled so slickly you won’t notice until after you leave having had a blast while you were caught up in the experience.

Star Trek into Darkness completes the tale of establishing a new Star Trek universe, and hopefully rounds up the use of familiar elements of days gone by, leaving open the opportunity to boldly go into uncharted stories in the next movie.  

May the new Trek live long and prosper! :-)


NOTE - 2D vrs 3D

We saw this in 3D due to there being less 2D showings at awkward times at our local cinema, which was intentional I’m sure given the extra cost of seeing it in 3D, dirt bags.  The 3D was well handled as 3D goes but there are times when the action takes place in dark surroundings and having sunglasses on ruined them.  Even some actors emoting visually in the background in important scenes blurred in the muted light 3D glasses create.  So I’d have to advise 2D if you’re going to better enjoy all the very expensive and fantastic looking special effects. :-)

Unfortunately we’re too backwards in Ireland to enjoy this in IMAX so I can’t advise on that format. The one IMAX cinema we have in the north of the country has shown the same two Christmas and 3D dinosaur movies for over 10 years and doesn’t do proper movies, which is both a disgrace and a shame.

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