Review of Star Trek Beyond (2016) by Sayyyywhattt — 21 Jul 2016

So let me first say, I'm not a trekkie so the formula for a great star trek movie may be lost on me. I will say I loved the first two movies in this series, which is why I was stoked to see this one. To my surprise I was very disappointed.

There were a few things that stood out to me as flaws, first was the shotty CGI. I feel like there were so many spots in this movie where I was like, oh thats a green screen, and there..... and there.

I like to be taken on a journey while i'm watching a movie like star trek, or star wars (sorry if mentioning those two movies in the same sentence is taboo) and noticing bad cgi subtracts from that experience for me.

Second, the set design, a good part of the movie I felt like they had some sets that were as if a 10 year old created. They looked really cheap, and made me think that they had a much lower budget. There were some instances where I was like.

.. is that styrofoam. Third, a lot of acting seemed forced to me. Now again I'm not a trekkie so maybe that is how the original characters act, but for me a lot of the comedic timing was cringe worthy.

I was not a fan of the doc at all, which is strange because, I feel like he was fine in the other movies. Again I haven't watched those for a while so maybe he was always like that. But I would say most of lines seemed like they we're trying to act if you know what i'm saying, just not a natural flow to them.

Last thing I am going to talk about is the villian. For me especially following khan... this one just pales in comparison. I feel like there wasn't one moment were I was like, "this guy is evil, or shoot hes a mastermind.

" I felt that he was shallow and just super uninteresting. Guys I really wanted to like this movie I did! However I found myself looking at my phone and wanting the movie to just end. I will say the last quarter of the movie a lot of the problems I had seemed to be addressed and it got better.

However by then its too late.