Movie Musings: Star Trek: Into Darkness

Let me start this movie musings (movie review) by saying that I actually enjoyed Star Trek: Into Darkness more than Iron Man 3. Wait? What? Yes, you read that right - I enjoyed J.J. Abram's second attempt at Gene Roddeenberry's 40- year old franchise over the third Iron Man movie. Why? Well as I said in my Facebook post, I found it more exciting, wittier and funnier. While the laughs I let out while watching Iron Man 3 felt forced, all of my laughs while watching Star Trek: Into Darkness were more natural and this- while watching the movie alone by the way. Post on the block screening here. 

What's great about Star Trek: Into Darkness is that it is a movie that can be enjoyed by Trekies and non-trekies alike. Trekie by the way refers to fans of the franchise. You don't need to worry about going in the cinema and not being able to understand the story because you definitely will. So even if you are not familiar with the original TV series or franchise you would still be able to easily follow the inside jokes and you would still get the humor behind to well, a lot of things. 

The movie is definitely one hell of a Space adventure that will have you from one predicament to the next in the blink of an eye. Sometimes you might think 'Wait isn't it over yet?' I must admit that during the whole climax of the action packed movie I did have that thought of 'What?! - It's not over yet - seriously?!' and it can either be a good thing or a bad thing depending on how you look at it. 



Well things aren't easily wrapped up when it comes to the adventures of Kirk, Spock and crew as they are faced with a terror and threat within their very own Starfleet command. 

All Star Cast 

The whole cast surely delivers and shows a crew and one big dysfunctional-functional family headed by the brash,guns blazing, fists flying Capt. Kirk played by Chris Pine. Zachary Pinto balances that out with his impressive performance of the hilarious and painfully frank Spock. Of course a dynamic duo can only be paired with a true-to-the books super, evil villain John Harrison played by Benedict Cumberbatch from "Sherlock" (the TV series). He is one cold dude in a mean black trench coat which is why he probably reminded me a lot of Keanu Reeves in The Matrix. The amazing cast does not simply end with the leads and the antagonist because even Simon Pegg steals the show as chief engineer Scotty. 

Aside from the amazing special effects that the movie has heaps of J.J. Abrams (Alias, Man of Steel,) and his team of writers Damon Lindel (Lost), Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman (Fringe) are able to impressively and successfully make the film accessible to old Trek fans and new ones. 

The movie is not all about special effects, buildings exploding, collapsing or ships crashing but it also deals with themes such as responsibility, taking responsibility for one's actions, being a true captain to a crew. As well as the things that we would do for our family (crew). There is definitely a lot that the film offers for the whole family and is not something that Daddy and the boys would only enjoy.