Post by Deleted on May 14, 2017 8:40:23 GMT
Back in December 2015, the first trailer for Star Trek Beyond was dropped as a complete surprise, and it got fans annoyed because of the choice of soundtrack and a tone similar to Guardians of the Galaxy. Then July 22 came, and eventually (most) Trekkies ended up surprised. Here's what I thought
Star Trek Beyond was a fun film, there's no denying that. It has good humour, great action scenes and a solid storyline. One of the more noticeable differences between this and the 2009 film is that this goes more to the roots of Trek, given that Star Trek was Justin Lin's childhood. And also written by a Trek fan: Simon Pegg, who also reprises his role as Scotty. Simon Pegg and Doug Jung's writing was pretty decent, a definite improvement upon the writing of Into Darkness. Scotty is definitely given more to do in Beyond than in Into Darkness, same goes for Bones. This writing is definitely better and more to the roots of Trek, with a mystery building up throughout the film, with that mystery being Krall and his plans. Eventually this mystery is discovered, and the plot twist is revealed. Although that said, the story did have some small plot holes that do leave you scratching your heads, like the big Krall reveal towards the end. It was confusing how Lt Uhura just conveniently knew.
another flaw is the story does go rather slow at first. It takes a good 30mins to get going. But it does pick up after the Enterprise is destroyed in a breathtaking set-piece, it definitely shows the payoff of the buildup to the destruction of the Enterprise that Trek '09 and Into Darkness hinted at. And it is definitely the best, and most emotional and dark, of the destructions of the Enterprise.
overall, a fun entry to the Trek reboot trilogy and another action packed part of the Kelvin Timeline. Even if it does have its flaws, but these flaws are rather small and don't ruin the film or take you out of it in any way. 10/10
Star Trek Beyond was a fun film, there's no denying that. It has good humour, great action scenes and a solid storyline. One of the more noticeable differences between this and the 2009 film is that this goes more to the roots of Trek, given that Star Trek was Justin Lin's childhood. And also written by a Trek fan: Simon Pegg, who also reprises his role as Scotty. Simon Pegg and Doug Jung's writing was pretty decent, a definite improvement upon the writing of Into Darkness. Scotty is definitely given more to do in Beyond than in Into Darkness, same goes for Bones. This writing is definitely better and more to the roots of Trek, with a mystery building up throughout the film, with that mystery being Krall and his plans. Eventually this mystery is discovered, and the plot twist is revealed. Although that said, the story did have some small plot holes that do leave you scratching your heads, like the big Krall reveal towards the end. It was confusing how Lt Uhura just conveniently knew.
another flaw is the story does go rather slow at first. It takes a good 30mins to get going. But it does pick up after the Enterprise is destroyed in a breathtaking set-piece, it definitely shows the payoff of the buildup to the destruction of the Enterprise that Trek '09 and Into Darkness hinted at. And it is definitely the best, and most emotional and dark, of the destructions of the Enterprise.
overall, a fun entry to the Trek reboot trilogy and another action packed part of the Kelvin Timeline. Even if it does have its flaws, but these flaws are rather small and don't ruin the film or take you out of it in any way. 10/10
, surely they could've come up with a better idea than that
