This is probably my longest post. I know, too much writing...
As a huge fan of Star Trek in general, and someone who really enjoyed JJ Abrams first outing, to say I was pumped to see this would be an understatement. As I walked out of the theatre, I really wasn't sure. And as I think about it more, I'm really not sure.
The Good:
-visually, the movie was absolutely gorgeous
-the ships looked fantastic, the Enterprise looked so much better than in the first one. I loved the shot when it was coming out of the water, you could really see the sense of scale of the ship
-Klingon Bird of Preys looked awesome, it was really cool to see how the wings could move in all directions, except just up and down
-Sound was awesome too, especially in IMAX
-Scotty was great, I probably liked him the most after Christopher Pike, who has such a presence on screen
-really cool seeing Sulu in the Captain's chair, and being all badass, nice homage to him getting his own Ship from Star Trek 6
-Khan was great, I had no idea how tall Cumberbatch, and he had a serious presence. Great deep voice too.
-Loved the music , in particular while on the Klingon homeworld, it was the chanting that worked really well there
-i liked when they talked about Spock supressing his emotions during death, and why he did it, and then how he couldn't do it at the end
The Bad
-of all places, why did Khan teleport to the Klingon world, no reason to do that (unless I am missing something)
-Carol Marcus was absolutely useless, she was hot, but useless, and the underwear shot of her, while awesome, was also ridiculous. And the British accent? Not a big deal really, but she never had one in Trek 2
-there was just far too much running
-there wasn't more than like 5 seconds before another action scene happened
-didn't feel like there was almost any character development of the main crew, due to all the action
-Bones was great, but it felt like he was delegated to just rhyming off funny analogies
-the fact that Admiral Marcus would destroy the Enterprise was ridiculous, and took away from the real villain. Additionally, I didn't like his use of language. There was far too much slang and "profanity", which only spoke to the writers' inability to craft emotional dialogue without the use of profanity
-Khan didn't really do anything since the Enterprise was practially destroyed before Khan took the Vengeance over
-didn't like that the Vengeance was so huge. What made Star Trek 2 so great was that Khan had a tiny ship compared to the Enterprise, and still was able to hold his own, a true testament to his superior intellect
-the Klingons. They looked cool, but nothing really happened with them. Would have been cool if near the end, the war starts with the Klingons, due to Starfleet attacking them
-Bones needing Khan alive. There were 72 people on board the Enterprise with blood he could use
-another fight on top a moving vehicle. What is it with trains and moving vehicles for where so many fights take place in Hollywood?
-Uhura beeming down to help Spock? Really?! Of all people, Sulu was OK with Uhura beeming down?
-the scene of Kirk and Khan flying through space. Felt like a scene from a video game
-Kirk accepting Scotty's resignation, so that Scotty could end up on the Vengeance and shut it down. Kinda lazy writing
The Ugly
-the flip of Kirk going in the radiation room, that scene shouldn't have happened at all
-Spock screaming "Khaaaaan!"
-Khan's blood reviving Kirk - seriously lazy writing
Other
-In a lot of ways, this felt more Star Wars than Trek. Some of the ships looked out of Star Wars, in addition to the music and some of the Ship sound effects (klingon Bird of Prey in particular)
