Review of Star Trek Beyond (2016) by Jin T — 28 Oct 2016

While I was watching throughout the movie, I felt so reminiscent. It's like there is a nice touch to the original Star Trek crew and it was. With two deaths of notable actors in real life, this movie was also a send-off. The movie takes place within the span of three years from the voyages of the starship Enterprise. However, Captain Kirk questions about the voyage itself and what is the true purpose of it and everything else. His thought begins to reflect when him and his crew crashes down a planet after navigating through the nebula. What I was so impressed about this movie is that they used the ship as some kind of plot device, halfway into the story and I thought it was well done. Justin Lin's cinematography that continues the traditional direction since the first film but added in his own style. You can tell it's really his style if you watched the movies he directed, huge example is The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.

We all love the characters that are already established in the first film but we get to see more of their outlook both attitude and personality that they have developed after the years of their five-year mission, which was only a few years so far in the movie. The friendship between Kirk, Spock, and even Bones gets deepened and let's not forget to the rest as well. A nice touch of Ambassador Spock, the one Spock we know all throughout the years, RIP. Which questions the current spock, Zachary Quinto's Spock, on what he will decide for himself. Which brings him conflicted with his dearest friend, Kirk and what he has to say about his decision. It's also the same thing for Kirk as well but in the end, when you watch the movie, you know that bonds like they have are actually unbreakable. Let's just say, they haven't finished their five-year mission and that Captain Kirk loves space exploration as much as I do. It'll be long before he actually becomes Admiral, suffice to say.

Star Trek Beyond is what fans should or would have been looking for. If you're a fan of the original series and perhaps TNG, then you know what I'm talking about? If not, the movie speaks for itself. Venturing into the unknown, facing off a long dreaded oppression, and perhaps what we've always wanted to see: a spectacular space adventure of the alternate reality crew of the Enterprise.

For what it's worth, this is another good Star Trek movie but I enjoyed Star Trek Into Darkness more. Maybe because Khan was in it and Benedict Cumberbatch did a really awesome job portraying as him. But the whole movie was like "The Dark Knight" to me, if you know what I mean but I even love the classic Wrath of Khan movie as well.

Well at least we have another Star Trek movie to watch and I thought it was really great. It's good to know that we're going to have another one and hopefully it has to do with space and time continuum since Thor has signed up for the next Star Trek movie. But we'll see about that. Star Trek Beyond is not just another blockbuster film but a proper send off to not just two notable actors but even a particular song for a particular music group. Interesting and fun to watch.