A fun, visually compelling movie where nothing makes any sense

Rating: 3/10 (14 September 2013)

This movie bothered me. I enjoyed all the performances (except maybe Chekov). It was exciting with great special effects. Overall, it was an enjoyable film. But here's the problem. Very, very little of the plot makes a lick of sense whatsoever. Why are so many critics (both newspaper reviewers and Youtube reviewers) giving this such high marks when the actual story line is painfully devoid of...oh, what's that word Spock's always using? It's kind of one of his most important ideals.....oh yeah, LOGIC!
*Spoilers*
So the Federation happens upon Khan, wakes him up, and upon ascertaining that he is both mentally and physically superior to the average human, they force him to make better starships and weapons for them? Someone who's three hundred years old? Okay, maybe they had him take an engineering course to catch him up on the advances that happened in three centuries, but isn't there a better use for him? He says they needed his savagery. Why? To design torpedoes that are undetectable and a ship the size of a small moon? That takes savagery? And he's such a genius that he is duped by the Federation? So his answer is to smuggle his frozen crew in something designed to explode? How did he get his hands on his crew? If he could get a hold of SEVENTY-TWO cryogenically frozen people, why wouldn't he just wake them up? Why would he go through the trouble of putting them into something that will certainly kill them once it's out of his sight? But then he says that the Federation discovered his plan...but then they didn't do anything about it? They left the bodies in the torpedoes? I guess they figured the torpedoes would get fired and they wouldn't have to get rid of the bodies. Hey, here's a thought. Why not hold on to the bodies instead? They might come in handy. But that would ruin the plot point where Khan beams them aboard his ship (or so he thinks), so we gotta leave them in the torpedoes.
Oh, and as it turns out Khan's blood can cure people who are dying. Maybe not all people who are dying. If you got crushed by a starship crashing towards Earth, it might not help. But it saved at least two people in this film. He has magic blood. MAGIC BLOOD that can keep someone exposed to severe radiation from dying? And you morons are using him to build a bigger spaceship? Certainly this is at least worth looking into, no? And maybe it was, but the audience has no way of knowing because all we see is Khan resting peacefully in a cryogenic chamber at the end. This is the most significant aspect of Khan, and it's used rather unceremoniously to revive a dead man, and then not discussed at all. Nor will it be in future films, I'm sure.
So in conclusion, a super intelligent, super strong three hundred year old man with magic blood that can help people cheat death is bested not once, but twice by a Vulcan who tricks him into taking armed torpedoes onto his ship, outruns him as his super legs take him from the scene of a crash, and beats him up (albeit with a little help from his girlfriend) even though Khan killed a dozen Klingon warriors almost completely by himself.
Do you see why this movie bothered me? Other than everything I just mentioned, it was a fun, exciting romp.