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Originally Posted by KTrain
No, this was better than Wraith of Khan.
But then again, I've always enjoyed Undiscovered Country more than Wraith. Khan has always looked ridiculous to me. But that's a product of the 60s and 80s costumes/hair.
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I would take Wrath of Khan over the current version easily. It was also the rare movie where the protagonist and Antagonist never meet face to face.
If you can get by the 80's uber mullets the acting in the original WOK was just far better. Montabalm was the perfect Captain Ahab chasing his white whale. Shatner for the most part put away a lot of his cheese tendencies for this movie. Kirstie Alley was excellent in her role and it showed as she was replaced in the next movie by a not near as good Robin Curtis.
You really gained some sympathy for Khan as a former strong leader who lead his people to hell for the simplest of reasons, which was revenge.
To me there was just a feeling of powerful emotion in the ST2 movie that I didn't feel in the new one.