Star Trek Into Darkness

Some dreams are made to never really follow. And some movies are made to just thrill every eager little kid in you. I saw a lot of grown up people, mostly nerds at the Star Trek : Into Darkness screening. It was house full and a lot of Oriental Indians were there, a trend in Delhi for all things Hollywood or “European-American”, be it the Comic Con, NH-7 Music Festival, it was jammed with cool kids, and in Delhi, nerds are really cool, take in mind we worship smart people.

J.J. Abram, “That nerd” invites us to his future proof realism of what Star Fleet is supposed to be, the buildings are futuristic, the aliens are friendly with the humans and vice versa. The plot touches terrorism too when Khan brainwashed the dad of a girl who’s dying by giving him a solution which can cure anything thereby blowing up some archive London office of Starfleet (sorry, I know spoilers are bitches). You don’t really know if Khan, played by Benedict Cumberbatch, is the villain or the hot girl’s dad. That’s the beauty of a nerdy movie like Star Trek, you just can’t blink, you have to stay in tune with what the characters say in their lines or else the space age celestial special effects are all that is left to dazzle you. Although no one should scratch their brains that much for a summer movie, it’s fair to say that J.J. Abrams gives a lot of credit to the audience, the suspense, the betrayal has another Abrams work “Lost” written all over it. By the standard of plot writing, the writers have a lot of material to work for, it’s not the innovation that must have been squeezed, it definitely must be what to “tone down” taking into consideration the numerous history of the Star Trek series.

By all means, the movie has all that works for a hit summer blockbuster. The plot is surprisingly fresh and up to date, it makes you wonder “THAT” exactly is what would happen if humans travel faster than the speed of light “warp” and interact, or even speak the language of aliens from another planet like the way Uhura (played by Zoe Saldana) did. She speaks an alien language which in reality must be nothing but a huge pile of gibberish. Captain Clark played by Chris Pine is hilarious, loveable and ever so good looking and so is the slightly annoying but all the same loveable Spock played by Mr. Face Zachary Quinto, I won’t give any more spoilers other than this but Spock and Kirk has this really gay scene when Kirk is about to die to radiation exposure! Want to know how? Go see the movie by all means, it’s worth it. 3D Effects are great, plot even borderline of a classic. This movie should give you a fest of what you expect in the first place; however it would trick you, who don’t like the realization of truth at the end of a movie, that “OOhhh yes!” feeling. Go see it, while it’s still playing.

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