Review: Star Trek Into Darkness
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| Official "Star Trek Into Darkness" Poster. |
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| "Chris Pine" and "Zachary Quinto". |
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| USS Enterprise. |
After returning from a mission that exposed the Enterprise, when Captain
'James T. Kirk'(Chris Pine) tried to save the life of his friend and Commander
'Spock'(Zachary Quinto), 'Kirk' is demoted to admiral. But while the enterprise
was dealing with its own issues, an attack at a secret Enterprise Section 31
leads to a meeting for the Starfleet commanders. And when Dr. Harrison(Benedict
Cumberbatch) kills many of the people attending the meeting including Admiral
'Christopher Pike'(Bruce Greenwood), 'Kirk''s former captain and mentor, 'Kirk'
is reinstated as captain of the 'Enterprise', and here a journey of revenge,
surprises, tretury and excitement starts.
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| "Zoe Saldana". |
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| "Benedict Cumberbatch". |
We also have communication officer
Lieutenant 'Nyota Uhura'(Zoe Saldana), chief medical officer Lieutenant
Commander Dr. 'Leonard McCoy'(Karl Urban) aka 'Bones', second officer and chief
engineer Lieutenant Commander 'Montgomery Scott'(Simon Pegg) aka 'Scotty',
third officer and helmsman Lieutenant 'Hikaru Sulu'(John Cho), navigator and engineer 'Pave Chekov'(Anton Yelchin), Fleet Admiral 'Alexander Marcus'(Peter Weller),
his daughter and science officer Dr. 'Carol Marcus'(Alice Eve), and Starfleet
Officer and Section 31 worker 'Thomas Harewood'(Noel Clark).
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| "Chris Pine". |
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| "Simon Pegg". |
After the success of the 2009 movie 'Star Trek', it was clear that a sequel
will be made. Although it took more time than anticipated to make the movie,
'Star Trek Into Darkness' was finally made. Many critics and fans loved the
fact that this new 'Star Trek' franchise differentiated itself from the
previous 'Star Trek' movies through the title where no number was included in
it. Even though this movie isn't fresh as the 2009 movie, still it will definitely
be one of the best sci-fi movies ever for years to come. It definitely
delivered after the big hype that it got. And Thank God J.J. Abrams returned
for this sequel.
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| "Zachary Quinto". |
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| "Benedict Cumberbatch" and "Karl Urban", |
Many 'Star Trekkers' may
disagree with me, but in my opinion "J.J. Abrams" was able to take this
universe, its loved characters and themes and make it something that is unique
but at the same time being respectful to the original series. I am a huge fan
of his directing style. It does not let down the script and at the same time
incorporates vivid and sharp visual effects with great imagery. Writers team
"Roberto Orci" and "Alex Kurtzman", whom both returns to
helm the script, in my opinion did an exceptional good job. They were able to
expand the 'Star Trek' universe, but at the same time creating a more deep and
compelling story, which actually has a good villain. "Michael
Giacchino" did a wonderful job with the score, which helped the movie.
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| "Alice Eve" and "Chris Pine". |
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| "John Cho". |
The opening scene was
really great; it was definitely great to see the USS Enterprise team working
back together. And after that, the movie moves at a really good pace, and
tackles all the story's points really well, although the time frame may be a
little bit long. This was the second movie after ' Iron Man 3' which had a
twist regarding the villain, which I liked and enjoyed. The action sequences
and stunts were great but still you feel a little bit underwhelmed just because
everyone expected a great action scene that would blow our minds away, which
was unfortunately not found. Loved the twist on one of the famous 'Star Trek'
scene towards the end, where the roles are switched between 'Kirk' and 'Spock'.
The ending was pleasantly predictable and leaves room for future sequels.
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| "Zachary Quinto" and "Zoe Saldana". |
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| "Anton Yelchin". |
One of the positive things
of this movie is the large and talented cast. And the chemistry and dialogue
between the cast is one of the things that made the movie enjoyable. As usual
"Chris Pine"s role as 'Kirk' was his breakthrough performance. And he
did a great job again giving his unique portrayal for this character. I was a
little bit disappointed in the character of 'Spock' played by "Zachary
Quinto". In the 2009 movie, his character had more development than this
one, but still "Zachary" did a great job. And the entertaining
chemistry between 'Kirk' and 'Spock' was a positive thing in this movie, like
the previous one. I expected even more involvement for "Zoe
Saldana"'s character 'Nyota Uhura’. And same goes to her character's
relationship with 'Spock' which was used in a brief and not expanded manner.
"Benedict Cumberbatch" was really great playing former Commander
'John Harrison'. He was able to portray a good villain to the story, a point
which was lacking in the previous movie. Though he would have benefited from a
bit more development, he gave a memorable performance. And the character's
twist and revelation was awesome.
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| "Alice Eve", "Simon Pegg", "Karl Urban", and "Chris Pine". |
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| "Zachary Quinto", "Benedict Cumberbatch", and "Chris Pine". |
Continuing with the cast, characters of "Simon Pegg", "Karl
Urban", "John Cho", and "Anton Yelchin" were also a
little bit under-used. I would have loved if their character's involvement with
the story was bigger. Still each one of their characters had at a certain point
a time to shine and to be shown, which I appreciated. Very pleased that the involvement
of "Alice Eve" was relevant to the story since, many times when new
characters are added, they lack importance to the overall story. But
"Alice Eve" did a very good job with her character, which allowed us
to enjoy her performance. Not to spoil the movie to those who haven't watched
it yet, but overall I was pleased with the twist of "Peter Weller"'s
character, though I still wanted more from his character. Pleased of the
involvement of "Bruce Greenwood" and "Leonard Nimoy" again
from the 2009 'Star Trek' movie as 'Christopher Pike' and 'Spock Prime'.
No
one can deny that 'Star Trek Into Darkness' was able to improve from the
mistakes of 'Star Trek', which led to a great and entertaining movie , that could
still have improved in some areas. 'Star Trek Into Darkness' was definitely one of the best and overlooked movie of 2013.
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| Official "Star Trek Into Darkness" Poster. |
-Starring: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Benedict Cumberbatch, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, Alice Eve, John Cho, Anton Yelchin, Peter Weller, Noel Clark, Bruce Greenwood, and Leonard Nimoy.
-Based on: 'Star Trek' by Gene Roddenberry.
-Studio(s): Paramount Pictures, Bad Robot Productions, and Skydance Productions.
-Directed by: J.J. Abrams.
-Written by: Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, and Damon Lindelof.
-Music by: Michael Giacchino.
-Running Time: 133 minutes.
-Budget: $ 190,000,000.
-Box Office: -Domestic(US): $ 228,778,661.
-Foreign: $ 238,586,585.
-Ratings: -IMdb: 8.0/10.
-Rotten Tomatoes: 87%.
-Metacritic: 72%.
-PERSONAL RATING: 8.6/10.
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