Star Trek Beyond

Number of Ginger Snaps:  9 out of 10

9 of 10 ginger snaps 

Director:  Justin Lin

Writers:  Simon Pegg, Doug Jung

Producers:  JJ Abrams, Bryan Burk, Roberto Orci  

Main Actors:  Chris Pine, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana, Sofia Boutella

Favorite Character:  Jaylah 

Favorite Quotes:  

Cause if I mess it up, I don't want it to be just my fault.  - Scotty

You gave your girlfriend a tracking device.  - Bones 

I loved this movie - much more than the last one.   I especially liked the opening scene - funny, crazy, spacey awesomeness.  The recognition of Ambassador Spock's death was touching and made me cry. I will always hold a special place in my heart for the first Vulcan I ever knew.  

Anyway, back to the review... I liked it cause it didn't seem to be a copy of an already existing Star Trek movie.  Not that doing that would be a bad thing, but they already did that in the last movie.  This one stood on it's own and developed the same (yet unique) characters very nicely.  It seemed that this movie was more focused on characters and plot then the last one.  I liked that aspect.  Good job Scotty!  I mean Simon!  

Jaylah was fabulous!  The addition of this alien was extremely well done - and not just because she liked the Bestie Boys.  She was a strong, identifiable character AND she wasn't put in only as a love interest!  Well done movie maker guys!  Well done.  I really hope to see her again in the next Star Trek.  

Misconduct

Number of Ginger Snaps:  5 out of 10

5 out of 10 ginger snaps 

Director:  Shintaro Shimosawa

Writers:  Simon Boyes, Adam Mason

Producers:  Ellen Wander, Ryan Black, Bill Delaney

Main Actors:  Josh Duhamel, Anthony Hopkins, Al Pacino






Favorite Character:  Doug Fields

Favorite Quote:  "Why the fuck would I do that?" - Jane

Kind of a weird movie.  The director was definitely trying to use the artsy-fartsy aspect of film production, like a long still of an actor's reaction and characters talking just out of the shot.  Some of it worked, some didn't.  Some of it just felt forced - like 'hey!  look at how cool and intense this is!  think profoundly now!'.

The movie did keep me engaged though.  The story was disjointed, probably on purpose.  It needed something more to keep the story line somewhat constant cause I kept thinking 'what?' too many times.  Granted, some level of 'what' questioning is intriguing and definitely keeps the audience engaged, but it got to be too much.  By the end, I just wanted to know what the bleep happened.

I don't think I would recommend this movie to anyone, however, if you do see it, I'd be curious to know what you thought.