Star Trek Into Darkness

Blasted spoilers.  I had made a concerted effort with this movie to avoid all press.  Turn the channel when an ad came on.  Turn the page when a review is published.  Cover my ears and run screaming from the grocery store when any nearby person starts speaking about it.  And STILL I had heard what was supposed to be a twist in the plot.  Blasted spoilers.  This movie was fun on its face, yes.  But for as much trouble as the franchise went through in order to free itself to explore any plot lines without being beholden to the established history of the original series... well, let's just say it wasted its own time, as well as yours and mine.  But it had fun while wasting it. Verdict: Discount Theatre