I watched STID one week prior to Beyond and did not have the same reaction. And FWIW, I had no idea who the director was until after I saw Beyond, so it certainly wasn’t a preconceived notion.
Don’t know what else to say.
I definitely respect your reactions. JJ’s most impressive skill is his ability to keep a film engaging and moving forward. So I can understand how it might be easy to go with it and miss such things. But the action stuff in that film is very much shot shaky-cam and done with quick cuts and little mind for geography.