Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)

Star Trek Into Darkness: Directed by J.J. Abrams. With Leonard Nimoy, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana. After the crew of the Enterprise find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one-man weapon of mass destruction.

“We need Star Trek Into DEEPNESS, not darkness.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIn the movie theatre I heard a complaint from an old school Trekkie that the second installment of the Star Trek reboot had too many u0026quot;Little Archie and Veronicau0026quot; moments.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis is true and it would be OK if that were just the icing on the cake. The real problem with the movie is that it runs like a typical SciFi action plot inserted under a Star Trek banner.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis movie is missing the hallmark epiphany moments Star Trek is famous for. Mainly, it is missing the philosophical u0026quot;WOWu0026quot; factors that donu0026#39;t just blow your mind but rather expands it, making you realise that everything you thought you knew is wrong and that everything you thought the Federation had figured out is also wrong. These expansions used to pave the way for the audience to mentally and emotionally take that next step to, u0026quot;Boldly go where no man has gone before…u0026quot; u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis movie has no epiphany. Where is the deepness that Star Trek is synonymous with? This movie gives us what? A federation struggling with internal corruption and terrorism, a la the typical disgruntled ex employee, who in this case was cryogenics frozen for 300 years, as is the plot. Big deal. These are familiar themes weu0026#39;ve all seen in movies before. Just trade the Federation for any corrupt financial, medical, educational, government and or religious institution. Trade the u0026quot;John Harrisonu0026quot; character for any Bond villain and you have a movie that sounds like a bunch of other movies or what the news broadcasts. Boring.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eTo me the Federation meant a time in the future when Humanity had finally gotten its act together and to a certain extent had rooted out all this corruption and terrorism. Unless a Klingon or Romulan shows up, things are supposed to be refreshingly illuminating. Not something that degrades into ordinary, mainstream, average caveman fist fight showdowns. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eHow can we boldly go where no man has gone before in the future unless we have thrown off the shackles of the past? What a sad/shamey day it is when a Star Trek movie presents a not so optimistic future just as dark as todayu0026#39;s headlines. I can read/watch the news/The Matrix if I want that. IS THERE NO ESCAPE?!!! IS THERE NO HOPE?!!! u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eObviously, Gene Roddenberryu0026#39;s spirit could not find a way to keep the franchise on track. Will, (Vulcan fingers crossed) Trekkies and non-Trekkies alike know the difference between the wealth of deepness and the poverty of darkness?”