skyjedi2005 said:If you were unaware he is supposed to be channeling the character of Ahab from Hermann Melville's Moby Dick. Much like Patrick Stewart does in star trek first contact.
You know they are referencing actual literature in these films. like William Shakepeare's plays. Dante's inferno, Paradise lost by milton. hermann melvilles moby dick, a tale of two cities by dickens and so forth.
No amount of channeling Ahab justifies obscene painful hamming like that. The same character was also annoying as hell (and full of the same sort of hamming) back in the original episode he first appeared in. Patrick Stewart actually played Ahab once and thankfully he didn't do it like that.
Nor does referencing literature make up for all around bad film-making. Saavik was good in Wrath and Spock was good and his death was well done, but otherwise the film was badly made and sometimes damn near unwatchable. I'll never uderstand the love the film gets, nor why some people seem to be able to bear Khan and not regurgitate their last meal while watching his antics.