Star Trek Into Darkness 2013

Warning: Spoiler alert! It is advised that you watch the movie before reading ahead.

So, should you watch the movie? The plain and simple answer is "Yes!"

Things I liked about the movie:

• Bringing back one of Star Trek's greatest villians, Khan played by British Actor Benedict Cumberbatch - the one who plays the main role of Sherlock in the modern TV mini-series revival of Arthur Conan Doyle's classic character
• A glimpse into what the world could look like two centuries from now. Star Trek has always been about potential technologies in the future. Today's tablets like the iPad and Samsung's Galaxy pad are modern realizations of tech ideas in Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG). This movie shows us what fashion, cars, buildings, bars, medical facilities, and warfare could be like on Earth by that time.
• Showing us what the Klingons looked like during that time. Their ships look a lot like the TNG versions of the Bird of Prey. The Klingons in this movie seemed more organized and acted like a SWAT team compared to the portrayal of the Klingons in TNG where they even fight amongst themselves. And the Klingons in this movie surprisingly don't have long hair.
• I don't know if this is the first time I've seen a ship battle while travelling at warp speed, but that was cool. Wonder if things are supposed to get sucked out though...
• This is also the first time I've seen a starship crash into a populated city.
• Ambassador Spocks explanation of beating Khan before at a great cost. He was of course referring to his death in Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan. Just remember, this is an alternate timeline.

Things I didn't like about the movie

• using the Enterprise as a carnival ride - It seems that J.J. Abrams is running out of ideas on how to entertain us. Kirk and Scotty's race to the radiation room can be described as kiddie entertainment. I suppose we have to have that for a family oriented film. And I guess the only way to make a machine work sometimes is to beat the $h!t out of it. But really, there could have been other ways to make Kirk sick or radiation poisoning so that he can be revived later on by Khan's blood?
• explaining that they could not teleport a person because of  a lot of movement but being able to teleport someone in free fall during the first film - seems like a contradiction
• I'm not sure the Enterprise should be able to land on a planet, much more stay under the ocean. I think the Voyager was the first ever starship to have the capability of landing on a planet's surface. And the Enterprise does not have cloaking technology which would make them visible to the planet's inhabitants during descent.

Anyway, despite the things I dislike, the movie was entertaining. And with Superman and Wolverine nowhere in sight as of yet, this is the summer movie to watch at the moment.