Star Trek Into Darkness (Warning: minor spoilers)

As someone who hasn’t delved much into the Star Trek franchise as of yet, Star Trek Into Darkness was quite interesting for me. Despite not having seen the first film, I was able to follow the story very well and was not subject to the pain of having to try and catch up to the character development that has obviously happened previous to the story I watched.
From a movie goers perspective, the overall experience is great. The visuals are pleasing and exciting, the acting is well done, and the cameo appearance of the original Mr. Spock (Leonard Nimoy) was something that even I, as an almost completely uneducated watcher, could appreciate.

Already being a fan of Benedict Cumberbatch after seeing him in the roles of Sherlock Holmes (BBC's Sherlock) and William Pitt (Amazing Grace), I was not disappointed by his performance as the villain Khan -aka- John Harrison in this film. I am looking forward to seeing more of him, as well as several other British stars who are rising in popularity here in North America.
As a Christian, the various expletives throughout were a small annoyance, as well as some of the more obvious examples of James Kirk's slightly promiscuous personality, but something I could pass over with a little difficulty for the sake of the film as a whole.

All in all, it was a movie that I considered worth going to see a second time, and would enjoy seeing again in the future.