After the last installment to this intergalactic reboot,
I was glad to see J.J. Abrams leave so another director could attempt to bring
back the magic he created and so promised.
I’m not a fan of the second film and had high hopes this third film
would be better. And it is! Yeah!
It still has its problems but I’m grateful that they at least got us
away from Earth and took us out into space.
Again there are some issues with this film and perhaps that’s because
instead of making a Star Trek film, Paramount wanted to make an action-packed
Guardians of the Galaxy-type film. That
makes sense. I don’t know how excited
today’s audiences would be to see a pure science fiction drama that explored
any “big” ideas. This is more of a fun
movie made for those who like spectacle over substance. Justin Lin does a mostly serviceable job and
you can tell the writers (Simon Pegg and Doug Jung) want to have an explosive
good time. It’s not a film you have to
see in the theater but it’s good enough to recommend. If this is the last we see of this cast,
making this the last of a trilogy, I’ll be okay with it. It’s a good one to end on even if I’d love to
see this cast return one more time. I’d
love to see this cast return for a Star Trek film that contained some actual
innovation but that’s unlikely with those in charge. Grade: B+
Spoilers:
They might as well paint the Enterprise red. In every film the poor thing gets destroyed
and crashes. It’s really getting
old. Can’t you guys think of anything
more eventful to have happen then the heroes’ spaceship getting killed? Very redundant and dilutes the impact every
time this happens. Also it’s getting
really tiring to have a villain whose sole goal is revenge against the
Federation. That’s the villain’s goal in
all three films. What happened to the
Enterprise running into a threat that doesn’t know who the Federation is? With the endless plots that can be created
in a universe teeming with dangerous obstacles it’s very annoying that they
keep using the same old “revenge” plot.
It also cheapens any potential conflict or drama from the crew. It’s like the producers never watched an
episode of any of the shows. And again
poor Idris Elba, the guy can’t get a decent role. Here he’s under a ton of makeup and made to
play a very typical baddy. It’s Idris
Elba, folks. Will someone in Hollywood
give this guy a meaty role he can sink his teeth into?
Note: Anton Yelchin died before this was
released by a freak accident. His death
might make it even more unlikely we’ll see more from this cast. You can’t recast Chekov, it would be weird. Still I think he would have liked for this
cast to keep making Star Trek movies without him. We’ll see.
A very talented guy and he’ll be missed by everyone who knew him or
those who watched him perform.
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