I've been watching a lot of "making of" the first couple of films and it's actually funny that people had similar complaints of the first two films that people have had of JJ's Trek.
The Enterprise revealed in 1979 was " nothing like the TV show " √
They changed too much ( Bennett & Meyer ) √
The director knows nothing about Star Trek √
Etc. I love Into Darkness more and more every time I watch it and can easily put it on and be entertained for 2 hours.
The biggest thing that bugs me about STID is Kronos. It looked too much like a set and I couldn't really tell if it was supposed to be inside or outside.
That whole sequence looked a bit cheap to me
I *loved* the whole warp trail instantly. I thought it was really beautiful and was a lot better than the TNG thing of seeing a flash of light in the distance.
The warp trail was like " That's where the ship just went to - way off in the distance and it took less than a second ".
To me it's like an updated 2013 version of the kaleidoscope warp trail in the first two movies.
I think this film will be remembered a lot more fondly in the future after all is said and done. Apparently - another poll was done at a more recent convention -
- and instead of coming 12th - it came a much more respectable 6th out of 12 movies. It's top 5 for me easily and I cannot wait for the next one.