I have finally seen Beyond.
A few observations including MINOR SPOILERS
Negatives
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the first sequence. WTF was that? It was quite depressing to watch, to be honest after seeing it I thought I will hate the movie. Not a good start and way too fast.
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action scenes. I don’t really remember when was the last time I have seen a movie where I hated every single action scene. Extreme closeups and shaky-cam? I thought that shit died out 10 years ago. Not only I had no idea what’s going on in most of the scenes, during the white chick vs monster man fight I honestly thought I’m gonna throw up, I had to close my eyes for a few seconds and take a few deep breaths. I thought that the guy who directed F&F movies would know how to shoot action scenes. I admit however I haven’t seen the F&F movies except almost the full first one.
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the crash sequence. When I’ve seen the Enterprise D saucer crash on the planet, I was sad. When I’ve seen the JJPrise saucer crash on the planet, I was bored.
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CG effects. While the Enterprise looked more beautiful than in the previous 2 movies, in many cases the CGI was simply bad. It’s quite distracting when you know that (almost) all of the “Breen” were CG, and when you know when you’re watching 2 people in front of a green screen composited in a fake background. It takes you out of the movie. Hollywood, please stop using CGI stunt doubles. They look like shit and distract the audience.
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Krall. WTF was that twist at the end? Seriously, did they ever explain why can he turn into a guy with fake looking prosthetics?
Positives
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all the dialogue scenes. Every single scene where 2 people (or humanoids) were just talking was simply GREAT. I mean it felt like I’m watching a Star Trek movie. If this was done by Simon Pegg, please, PLEASE, Paramount, let him rewrite EVERY future Trek script. I absolutely LOVED it.
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J-lo. That’s what I call a well written “strong” female character. I love her and that comes from a man labelled on youtube as a sexist and misogynist because I dared to dislike the Fembusters. Please include her in Trek 14
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Caaaaan’t stand it, I know you planned it. Why was the worst part of the trailer one of the best parts of the movie?
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Humour. After the depressing opening I definitely didn’t expect to laugh so much.
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And I definitely didn’t expect to cry. Every time they respectfully talked about one of my childhood heroes, I almost cried. At the end, when they unexpectedly showed the Star Trek 6 promo picture, I simply lost it. For the first time in 3 movies. Great job.
Definitely my favourite of the reboot movies.