Rather entertaining and well acted

Rating: 9/10 (4 June 2013)

I read a few of the negative reviews for this film and to be frank I cannot entirely disagree with what they had to say. There was indeed not a lot of thought provoking dialog or situation in this movie. But...it was really rather entertaining none the less, and the Khan character was fantastic. That voice! Holy cow...it was like he was speaking some enchanted language that just made you want to listen. And while a lot of summer "blockbuster" movies have tended to rely too heavily on special effects rather than story to entertain the audience, this film did a great job, I think, of putting the effects in service of the story...as it should be. As I have said in other reviews...good effects will never save a bad story...but good effects can make a marginal story more entertaining. So...well done. I look forward to seeing what mister Abrams will do with the Star Wars universe.