Ancient Logic

I saw Star Trek into Darkness again this weekend, same movie twice in three days, something I don't normally do. I wondered why to myself afterwards. What makes me want to see a movie again, especially back-to-back? As you might tell from my review , or possibly your own experience, the movie is good, very good in places, but certainly not the best-thing-I've-ever-seen great. So why was I so enthralled? What was I hoping to get out of a repeat viewing? To me it boils down to two images, one of which is a SPOILER and one of which is definitely not. First, I loved the image of the monster crying. Benedict Cumberbatch does a phenonemal job selling a sinister and yet devoted Khan Noonien Singh. There is something so perversely right about the helpless rage he lapses into after surrendering to Kirk. He was convinced the others exiled with him had been killed and now he saw the possibility that they would be saved. The idea of these genetically, genocidal maniacs running ar...