Just misses a C grade, but moves on.

Rating: 6/10 (24 March 2016)

The thing about Star Trek is...anything is possible. That's part of it's beauty. When accepted in that realm...be prepared to just let loose and have fun. After all, we're talking about warp speed, worm holes in space that can take you into a different place and a different time. The thing is...There's something to be said about " suspending dis-belief" . Almost always, the Star Trek franchise gets a more forgiving grading curve, at least by me, and it should. It's the one place I can sit back and say " Ahhhhh...hey...it's years in the future...why not!". The problem however arises when "Into Darkness" does what so many science fiction and action movies all seem to do today.....absolute overkill on action scenes, special effects, and in some ways even the plot itself. Yes...even for Star Trek this time. Scotty is leaning over the rail pulling two people up that are subsequently holding on to each other ( human chain). Come onnnn! How about at the end when Spock was fighting Khan? Spock and Khan jumping with ease...from a moving vessel to another moving vessel a hundred feet below. It goes on and on and on. It's really really sad that the soul of movies has largely been substituted for more action and more special effects...which undoubtedly will affect the script. Not all with Into Darkness is bad. I do believe some thought and "some heart" was put into. I even had a "little" fun. Leonard Nemoy's final appearance as original Spock rocked. The scene was actually touching. I was able to keep in mind that their lives were changed forever in the previous movie allowing us to see the crew with brand new adventures. I am fine with that. Again, it's Star Trek. I would've been much happier if JJ Abrams would have left Khan's body parts floating back on City Alpha 5 (or how ever you say it..I'm a Trekki, but not the best one). There was enough here for me to get excited about another Trek.....but boy oh boy...Hollywood sure seems out of touch sometimes. Any other Hollywood movie that does these kind of critical errors wouldn't even get a "1". Seriously folks, its getting bad. It's a miracle she gets a 6 grading, I'd call it a D grade, but it is Star Trek where anythings possible. She gets to graduate onto the next adventure.