You don't drink and drive. That's a stupid, terrible thing to do, with a simple, understood cause and effect. So why do we keep waking up, wondering how on earth that drunken Facebook message seemed like a good idea, and oh my god, Amazon confirmed shipment for WHAT? We've outgrown the drunk dial or drunk text. And oh, the chaos we've drunkenly stumbled into now.
I really wanted to see it fight something, preferably the vengeance.
The admiral was one-note, sure, but I thought Khan's reasoning made sense inside of itself? All I know about the original character was that he was super respected, basically what Spock says. Only know what the movie told me about him, his character made sense to me.
That's the split I'm seeing, I think. That Khan shout is something I know about, obviously, mostly in relation to the Timberwolves former GM and their aggrieved fans, but for a casual fan, it just seemed like a fun thing to have in there, not a bastardization of some beloved thing. I totally get why big fans wouldn't…
You're right, I yanked that bit. I'd planned to go into a bit more detail, but left that paragraph out, so yeah, as the review stands, it's a bit pointless.
I yanked the villain spoiler, since you guys were right, it wasn't crucial to the review. Still, I don't think it was that big of a reveal in the film? Or I could be wrong, because I don't have much history here. Either way, gone.
I agree with a lot of what Charlie Jane says! The movie is totally missing a climax—the crash doesn't exactly count because it just sets up a chase scene, and comes out of nowhere. The emotional notes do hit, in places, but they were undermined by telegraphing the fixes a little too hard. I just had fun anyway. I'd…
