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Aug 31, 2016 - 6:58 PM
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Matt S.
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I enjoyed the film quite a bit, in fact it might be my favorite of the reboot movies. For the first time I felt like the new actors truly owned their roles now. With the first two movies, it almost felt like they were playing caricatures of the original series crew, and "overacted" all of their various quirks and mannerisms for unnecessary comic relief, particularly with respect to the accents (Scotty and Chekov primarily). I didn't get that this time around....while I agree with an earlier poster that there was a LOT of Scotty in this one (no doubt because Simon Pegg wrote it, and gave himself a meaty part), I don't think it took away from anything. I thought Pegg did a fine job as Scotty in this one. There was plenty of exasperated wisecracking, but I felt like it was earned by now. The dialogue and banter between the crew felt easy and natural, and was genuinely funny ("You gave your girlfriend a tracking device?" Long pause. "That was not my intention.")
I thought Krall as a villain was OK, though I wish they had the time to explore his motivations more fully; the twist of his true identity at the end came rather too quick, but I guess they had to finish things up so the movie wouldn't be too long.
Some continuity issues aside (is the USS Franklin...which was launched AFTER the founding of the Federation in the 2160s...supposed to be LESS advanced than the Enterprise NX-01? Did I hear them right that Franklin was Starfleet's first warp FOUR vessel? I only saw the movie once so I may have missed that particular line of dialogue...), I thought they tied the storyline in nicely with the rest of the franchise, both Prime and Kelvin timelines.
With respect to the crash scene, yeah I agree it wasn't that impressive, but then again I find it impossible to believe that the ship would have been in ANY shape to even make it to the surface...the nacelles were severed, the ship was cut in half....there had to be thousands of hull breaches by the swarm ships. There's no way there would have been any power for life support or shields for the hull to survive an uncontrolled atmospheric reentry. It would have burned up. Oh well, just one of those times you need put rational thought aside and enjoy the flick.
I also agree with the others that Giacchino did a great job with the score, especially with the Yorktown Station scene. (Yorktown itself also blew me away; though it almost looks TOO huge and advanced to fit in with the TOS timeline).
If I was to give the movie a star rating, I'd probably go with four out of five.
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Like many other of this year's blockbusters, I found the film to be mediocre. I think it is the weakest of the new Trek films, though still entertaining. The action is good, but a bit choppy for my taste, I liked the humor, and the Spock and McCoy scenes are the best. Agreed about the starbase design being spectacular, and I enjoyed Giacchino's score, although it wasn't until after seeing the film that the score started clicking with me. As a minor geeky point, I really loved how they handled the universal translator. It was the first interpretation that actually made sense rather than how the universal translator is typically handled, which is everyone suddenly speaks English.
The story is a bit of a mess, and I thought that Idris Elba was wasted as a disappointing villain. To be fair though, a noteworthy villain is less important in Star Trek, as what makes the series work is the crew coming together to solve a problem rather than the problem itself. The threat is certainly menacing enough, but unmemorable.
I appreciated that they want to give the characters story arcs, but most of them here fall flat. Kirk's story in particular was weak, as the film begins with the crew half way through the 5 year mission, and Kirk is burnt out and wants to get promoted rather than continue on the mission. Normally this is where events in the story would force Kirk to question why he wants to quit being captain, and based on what he experiences, he ultimately concludes that he prefers being a captain. Unfortunately, nothing happens in the film that suggests why he changes his mind (other than the needs of many future films requiring Kirk be captain outweighing his desire that he be made admiral).
The movie starts out slow, and it takes a while to get going, but once it does, it is a fun film, but never particularly great. It doesn't sound like this film performed well at the box office, so who knows where things go from here? As I believe most of the cast is signed on for another film, and Star Trek is as popular as it is, I am sure Paramount will make at least one more film. Hopefully the next one will be better!
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It boggles me that a well made, well reviewed, and fun film like STAR TREK BEYOND is fighting to break even world wide while dreck like SUICIDE SQUAD is cleaning up despite being almost universally panned and a prime specimen of solid intestinal waste.
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