I'm just gonna copy my comments over from cleolinda's LJ entry about the film:
When talking about the underwhelming factor: This is close to what I'm feeling now too about it. Even though I gave it an A-, because there are a lot of parts I enjoyed, it just really didn't click with me emotionally, and it left me nowhere near the 'mind blown in an extremely awesome way' level that I got from the '09 movie.
And with talking about a certain kind of 'pacing issue' that the film had: Exactly (Now- I'd say... at best- maybe a 'B' to 'B-' with an added 'You tried.' gold star sticker). And I agree with your comment about the pacing. I think it's also down to a kind of..'balance' issue almost- if that makes any sense. Compared to the '09 film, which IIRC had a much better balance between 'action' and 'quiet/talking'- Into Darkness was off-kilter in that regard to point to where the 'quiet/talking/emotional' scenes felt awkwardly shoved in (to paraphrase Kirk "Now? You're doing this emotional discussion now?!).
Also,I think, in JJ's attempt to make the film 'more accessible' to non-Trek fans- it ended up too much of an 'action flick', even though I really do enjoy action flicks.
And in terms of the whole Khan casting- I'm really loving the idea that some other fans have started generating. It's basically the simple concept of BC's Khan technically 'being' Khan, but not actually 'being' Khan. He's just assumed the name of Khan, and is actually the real Khan's top right-hand man.
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When talking about the underwhelming factor: This is close to what I'm feeling now too about it. Even though I gave it an A-, because there are a lot of parts I enjoyed, it just really didn't click with me emotionally, and it left me nowhere near the 'mind blown in an extremely awesome way' level that I got from the '09 movie.
And with talking about a certain kind of 'pacing issue' that the film had: Exactly (Now- I'd say... at best- maybe a 'B' to 'B-' with an added 'You tried.' gold star sticker). And I agree with your comment about the pacing. I think it's also down to a kind of..'balance' issue almost- if that makes any sense. Compared to the '09 film, which IIRC had a much better balance between 'action' and 'quiet/talking'- Into Darkness was off-kilter in that regard to point to where the 'quiet/talking/emotional' scenes felt awkwardly shoved in (to paraphrase Kirk "Now? You're doing this emotional discussion now?!).
Also,I think, in JJ's attempt to make the film 'more accessible' to non-Trek fans- it ended up too much of an 'action flick', even though I really do enjoy action flicks.
And in terms of the whole Khan casting- I'm really loving the idea that some other fans have started generating. It's basically the simple concept of BC's Khan technically 'being' Khan, but not actually 'being' Khan. He's just assumed the name of Khan, and is actually the real Khan's top right-hand man.