Spoiler Alert! Star Trek Into Darkness

I love Star Trek Into Darkness. This is already my favorite movie of 2013. I'm calling it now. It's better than the previous film and it's amazing in so many ways. I usually just complain but here is everything I loved about Star Trek Into Darkness.

1. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is undoubtedly the best Star Trek movie to date. People have called Into Darkness pandering to the fans of Wrath of Khan and let me just say if that's how they're gonna pander then keep it up. It had similar themes as Wrath of Khan and many parallels yet it managed to remain separate and become its own movie.
2. Benedict Cumberbatch is brilliant as Khan. He's cold, ruthless, and willing to do anything to protect his crew. He's perfect for the role. I'm not saying he's better than Ricardo Montalban. They both were amazing and brought excellence to Khan. Comparing the two is like comparing Heath Ledger and Jack Nicholson's Jokers. They're the same character but different. 
3. Also, great way to bring Khan into the story since in the original timeline, Khan isn't found until Kirk finds the Botany Bay adrift during his 5 year mission.
4. Speaking of 5 year missions. I thought it was great how that's what Kirk was hoping to do in Into Darkness.
5. I'm so glad that the Klingons were in this movie and that they had ridged foreheads. 
6. Carol Marcus. Alice Eve is hot and if you've seen Wrath of Khan then you know that Carol Marcus is the mother of Kirk's son, David. It didn't even bother me that she has a British accent while her dad, Admiral Marcus, has an American accent. Ok, maybe it did a little.
7. Tribbles.
8. I shed a few tears when I heard that the warp coils weren't aligned because that's when I knew Kirk was going to sacrifice himself just as Spock did in 1982. The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one.
9. Ultimate bromance 

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

Star Trek Into Darkness

 
    10.  McCoy's metaphors. "You don't rob a bank when the getaway car has a flat tire" "You just sat that man down at a high stakes poker game with no cards and told him to bluff"

    11. No Ceti eels. This Chekov should consider himself lucky cause those things are terrifying.

                                         The most terrifying thing you'll ever see

There were 2 things that I felt could've been left out and these are more stylistic than relevant to the movie.

1. The warp trail. It just looks silly and out of place.
2. Lens flares. This is a JJ Abrams classic so I guess I'll put up with it.

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