8/10
Few expectations bring a lot of surprises
25 July 2016
Warning: Spoilers
My deepest apologies for the lack of grammar and prompting structure.

Sci Fi and Fantasy are my favorite genres, movies/TV- shows/books/communities. I stopped watching trailers and reading previews many years ago because they tended to spoil the good parts and cinemas tended to repeat them a lot before the movie started, the positive is that I have little to no expectations which makes my movie experience really good/bad/average depending on the quality of the movie.

I judge the films based on the following areas, Q: Is the story good? Does it fit in the genre, is it connected to the previous movies/TV-shows? A: There are one major story regarding junior James T. Kirk, a side story that wraps it up SPOILER! Frankling, and two minor stories regarding Spook and Jaylah. Overall I think they are good, adds several elements that feeds a wide spectrum.

Q: How did the actors/actresses preformed? Do I connect with them? A: There are plenty of brilliant people in this movie both minor and major characters but they did there part all from humor, compassion, nostalgia and some excitement.

Q: What feelings do the music give me and is it supposed to be this feeling in scenario x? A: As stated by other reviews, the music was used correctly and I think my senses reacted as it was suppose to do.

Q: Do the time fly by or did it feel like I have been here for hours? A: For me, those two hours felt like a normal 30-45 min episode so good job on that part.

So what do the movie lack? Well it felt like each species encountered had more or less no background story, Simon Pegg proved once again the difference between actors and play-actors. The movie have plenty of human reactions walking on a thin line to cross over to drama. Sofia Boutella character Jaylah was mysterious for 3-6 min in the movie and suddenly "it" was once of us, more character development please. All of Krall's followers were they human or mixed species?

I believe 8 out of 10 is a fair score for this movie.
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