I had very little expectations on this film but I really liked it.
Maybe its because it has no lens flare and the shaky cam actually works.
It seems the characters have "aged" well, Kirk seems more mature and Spock seems to genuinely care about Uhura.
Jaydah eclipses Uhura as the female lead, she has much more screen time and action sequences. Bones is so much better than the previous films. He manages to bond both with Kirk and Spock, it doesn't feel fake or forced like in the past 2 films.
I didn't like the "Sulu is Gay" scene. I really doesn't add anything to the story. Why are his partner and daughter in the Starbase in the first place? Besides, it looks like everyone already knew about it. Even George Takei didn't like it.
Krall feels more like Khan (from ST WoK) than John Harrison/Khan (from Into Darkness) . He was stranded on a desert planet, he blames the federation for it and wants revenge. But even so, I think Idris Elba did a good job, its clear Krall has a personal agenda, not just "destroy the federation"
BTW Krall reminded me of Jerry from Enemy mine. Just saying.
The Spock prime scene was touching, but they missed to mention how he died. Again no biggie.
It was kind of weird having Scotty be the ladies man (sort of) and not Kirk, but it kind of worked.
The action scenes are good, no lens flare and a little bit of shaky cam (no where near Bourne levels), a couple of scenes suffer from bad CGI but for the most part it gets the job done.
In the end I think its be best of the trilogy, lets see what the next installment will bring.
I wonder how will they deal with Anton Yelchin's death. Will they kill the character? or replace him?
Maybe its because it has no lens flare and the shaky cam actually works.
It seems the characters have "aged" well, Kirk seems more mature and Spock seems to genuinely care about Uhura.
Jaydah eclipses Uhura as the female lead, she has much more screen time and action sequences. Bones is so much better than the previous films. He manages to bond both with Kirk and Spock, it doesn't feel fake or forced like in the past 2 films.
I didn't like the "Sulu is Gay" scene. I really doesn't add anything to the story. Why are his partner and daughter in the Starbase in the first place? Besides, it looks like everyone already knew about it. Even George Takei didn't like it.
Krall feels more like Khan (from ST WoK) than John Harrison/Khan (from Into Darkness) . He was stranded on a desert planet, he blames the federation for it and wants revenge. But even so, I think Idris Elba did a good job, its clear Krall has a personal agenda, not just "destroy the federation"
BTW Krall reminded me of Jerry from Enemy mine. Just saying.
The Spock prime scene was touching, but they missed to mention how he died. Again no biggie.
It was kind of weird having Scotty be the ladies man (sort of) and not Kirk, but it kind of worked.
The action scenes are good, no lens flare and a little bit of shaky cam (no where near Bourne levels), a couple of scenes suffer from bad CGI but for the most part it gets the job done.
In the end I think its be best of the trilogy, lets see what the next installment will bring.
I wonder how will they deal with Anton Yelchin's death. Will they kill the character? or replace him?