The dramatic tension of Kirk's sacrifice is slightly deflated, because the audience has already been told Khan's got magical healing blood. (Which is apparently unknown to 23rd century medicine, and none of Khan's frozen comrades seem to have.) You can see the resolution coming a light year away.

The Vengeance crashing into skyscrapers unfortunately took me out of the movie. We don't need disaster porn in Trek.

I'm not that cynical in my old age. I really really wanted to love this film. It's not as good as the last one to me. I came away from that film uplifted, and I was having the worst year of my life in 2009. The sequel made a little depressed.

Now that they got the darkness out of their system, hopefully they'll do something a little lighter and more fun. I'd love to see their take on Harry Mudd.