Film of Perfect Hair, or Fake and Lame

Rating: 2/10 (12 September 2013)

Start Trek Into Darkness is fake and lame. What is not lame in the film (such as Uhura's concern for Kirk and Kirk's relationship with his Mentor) is fake, and what is not fake (Khan's character and Spock's love) is lame.
All the energy, youth and joyfulness of the first film are gone. Scotty got the best lines and single-handedly tries to carry the rags of the spirit of the first film over into this one. Chemistry between Spock and Uhura is gone.
What remains? The worst casting decision since Agent Smith played Elrond: Kirk. Creators of the film should have just carried on with the line of the first film, where it was all about Kirk. My five-year daughter said: "What is he doing" as Kirk sat in captain's chair at the end of Star Trek. "He is not the captain!". And, as Spock entered the bridge, she said: "He is". You are not fooling anyone, even toddlers. Kirk is a waste of space. No one is interested in him. Throughout "Into Darkness" the only thought that was on my mind was: "When will the blondie clear from the screen, and where is Khan?" One would think that something is wrong with the script, when people want to see more of the bad guy and less of the "hero".
I watched the extras on the disk. Creators boasted about how they pulled Kirk and Khan by string as they entered Admiral Marcus' ship. Star Trek is not about pulling people by the string. You can pull your children and grandchildren in your garage to amuse yourselves. Shall I remind scriptwriters, producers and director of the film what Star Trek is about - since they've clearly let it slip their minds? It is about boldly going where no one has gone before. Where did you go where no one has gone before?
CGI ship crashing into a CGI San Francisco? Red forests? Is this what you're trying to amaze us with. It's 2013. Two guys jumping off a cliff into the sea? "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" just as one example. Natives chasing explorers through woods? "Raiders of the Lost Arc". And your sequence of capture and imprisonment of Khan is a shot-by-shot replica of the same story with Loki from Avengers Assemble. Not to mention that a see-through cube for a prison seems to be one the most favourite staple of lazy Hollywood screen writers lately.
In extras you said you were worried that we would not accept the new version of Khan. Wake up. We are the generation that was assaulted by Lukas' betrayal. We are the generation that loves Battlestar Galactica. We do not judge films on their being "true" to the source on the shallow level. We can tell a good product from a bad product.
As Scotty got all the best lines, I am going to use one of his and say that it is a film of Perfect hair. Everyone's hair was perfect but that is just about the only thing that worked in this film. And obviously the acting by Zachary Quinto and Benedict Cumberbatch. I just hope that in their future illustrious careers they will never have to be pulled into such a travesty. And I sincerely hope that this was the first and the last monologuing in Cumberbatch's film career. Monologuing! Have you not watched "The Incredibles?"