To boldly go....

..to the latest Star Trek movie. Went last night to the 3D version. I've never seen anything in 3D before (a 3D virgin), but it's quite good. The only things that don't really work are closeups where you're looking past someone at someone else; the effect is of two flat planes, one behind the other. But the big stuff is great. Bits of debris from explosions hurtle past you, you look down impossibly big vistas, and watch while people get sucked into space through gaping holes. (Question: do bodies putrefy in a vacuum? I guess they dry out over time like a mummy). Anyway, there's a great fight scene near the end with Zachary Quinto (Spock) and Benedict Cumberpatch (Khan) smashing each other around on moving platform thingies. It's odd that of all the wonderful special effects, the thing that is most memorable is a good old-fashioned punch-up.