![]() Fast paced action to stop the villain from destroying things.Evil villain who snarls and wants to destroy things.Justin Lin’s formula follows the usual summer movie fare: Justin Lin rocks out with his retread music during one scene, as he recalls all his silly car movies. There’s no other original shots or stops for beautiful moments, despite the sets looking pretty good. Most of the other shots are traditional, with characters speaking their dialogue directly to the camera. The twisting and turning of the camera done in the first part of the movie is off-putting and makes you wonder why he doesn’t show the Yorktown space station properly. Justin Lin really disappoints as director. It becomes wild, extravagant, and shaky-cam fast, but it never becomes serious or meaningful. Star Trek Beyond believes that it’s just enough to be retro and recall something Star Trek, so that’s all it does. Unfortunately, the music is a retread of what we’ve already heard. ![]() Beyond feels like a reaction (or overreaction) to Star Trek Into Darkness, and it tries to combine Trek themes with rock music like Star Trek 2009 and great effects like in Into Darkness. I could go on and on about the little things that are completely dumb about this movie, but now that they’ve finally got some Star Trek in a Star Trek movie, it really makes little difference. ![]() Idris Elba has even less of a character than Benedict Cumberbun, and his dialogue delivery is just as bad. The villains are especially one-dimensional and lack real motivation. The sets and the make-up are overblown and overdone. I feel the characters are more imitational than in previous installments, but the feel is about the same. Star Trek Beyond is retro and feels old-fashioned, which is what they were going for, but most of the Star Trek elements are now only cogs in a larger mechanic. Some of them are alright, but the humor lessens the threat and completely removes the tension. My biggest complaint is that Star Trek is now an action-comedy movie series, instead of an exploration of science fiction, and Beyond has more jokes and one-liners than any other Star Trek movie ever made. This movie is maybe comparable to Star Trek Insurrection or Star Trek Nemesis because it’s a one-shot deal, except Beyond has better effects. ![]() Star Trek Beyond (2016) is entertaining, it’s just really forgettable. ![]()
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