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[sam_gamgee]

So far, the critics seem to be pretty "meh" about Star Trek: Into Darkness (though the fans seem to be mostly positive about it). One thing I love is how regardless of what they think of the movie, everyone seems to have glowing reviews for Benedict Cumberbatch. (Which is as it should be, IMO.)

It is easy to see why Cumberbatch has developed a dedicated following from his work as the title character on the British series "Sherlock." He's a walking spectacle. If I was an actor with an ego, I would not want to share screen time with this man. Unless you're there to be comic relief, Cumberbatch is going to make you look like a dinner theater actor. - Yahoo! review

Except for Martin Freeman. :-D

He's played by rising British star Benedict Cumberbatch in a totally original way, with the physicality of a dancer and an eager, puckish sincerity that ingeniously disguises his vengeful mission. - "Entertainment Weekly" review

And from the center of the "Entertianment Weekly" bulls-eye - "Who's the movie villian of the summer? Elementary, my dear Cumberbatch."

Comments

[sl_walker]

everyone seems to have glowing reviews for Benedict Cumberbatch.

>.< Except the part where a white actor is playing a character of color. A lot of fans are pretty upset by that, though most are being shouted down.

[sam-gamgee.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that is an issue - and you'd think that with the care they'd taken with the rest of the cast, they'd do the same for that character. But I figured that while I figured out a better way of voicing my displeasure about that, I could at least squee over Benedict getting at least some of the recognition that I think he deserves.

[elven-wolf.livejournal.com]

He wasn't straight up one character, though, he was really a sort of AU portmanteau of two characters. The argument could also be made, for argument's sake, that colour doesn't mean the same thing in the future, especially when we have green-blooded vulcans running around.

Just saying.

But I see their point. I'm just not sure how they see the character. Given the source material... are we upset because they didn't cast a Spanish man or an Asian man? Or are we just going along with the PC butthurt brigade? Just throwing that in.

My unpopular opinion

[elven-wolf.livejournal.com]

I enjoyed this movie. But not as much as the last one. I loved seeing Benedict and I'm glad to see him get the recognition he deserves. Everyone acted the shit out of their characters, once again proving that they were cast perfectly for their roles.

That said, I wasn't that impressed with the script itself. The mystery story was okay, but the plot was kind of meh. The only memorable parts seemed to be taken almost word for word from the original (I can't stop thinking of this as a remake now)--the emotional impact I felt was more because I remembered the original and what it made me feel, as opposed to what this story was doing on its own.

Throughout much of the movie, it just didn't feel like Star Trek, if that makes any sense. But, on its own, it was a good movie.

I'll go ahead and classify this one as crack!fic, albeit decent crack!fic.

Re: My unpopular opinion

[sam-gamgee.livejournal.com]

It's still a valid opinion. :-)

I loved seeing Benedict and I'm glad to see him get the recognition he deserves. Everyone acted the shit out of their characters, once again proving that they were cast perfectly for their roles.

I totally agree with this. Everyone was awesome.

And I get what you're saying. And with something that's been going on this long, there's bound to be at least a little bit of crack!fic at one point or another. At least we were able to get some pretty decent stuff. :-P