Worst of the New Star Trek

Rating: 2/10 (26 July 2019)

NOTE: I'm not a huge fan of star trek, I've only seen the movies (none of the Next Gen ones excluding First Contact) - it doesn't mean I dislike Star Trek I just haven't seen that much
Out of all the rebooted Star Trek movies this is easily the worst. There are a lot of reasons, but one thing I'd like to clarify is that it has nothing to do with the fact that this is an over the top action film which isn't really what Star Trek is like. I liked both Star Trek 09 and Beyond. There are three main problems I have with this movie that hold me back from really liking it, which is unfortunate because there are definitely things I like.
1. The film has too much action to the point as to where it is exhausting and no longer interesting. The action is actually all well done, and I think the action from the point at which the Vengeance comes is all exhilarating and great. The problem? For the last hour the film has also been nothing but action. You can have a fast paced action movie but ultimately there needs to be some sort of build up to when all the action breaks out. It's why, for example, the action in Avengers is better than it is in Age of Ultron. So the action at the end ultimately starts to bore you by the end because there has just been so much action before. Ultimately as well, it's basically the same even despite different action set pieces. The camera just whips around everywhere to the point where it becomes nautious and by the end when the action is at its peak you are too bored to care.
2. References and Khan. I like Benedict Cumberbatch as super human bad guy, but he is not Khan Noonien Singh. This was completely unnecessary and doesn't really make any sense at all - so the Kelvin timeline means that Khan has a completely different race and accent? It's not to do with whitewashing or whatever - it doesn't make any sense within this universe, and it is so pointless. I guess the point is you are supposed to know he is more dangerous because of Wrath of Khan and that someone will probably die. I didn't like it at all because ultimately it was a different plot with different themes, we didn't need this reference. It's ok to be your own thing. The decision to fake out Kirk's death and make it exactly like Spock's death lessened that so much to the point where I didn't care at all - and considering you are being told about magic blood do you really expect him to die? Spock's death in Khan worked because it actually seemed like they killed him off until III, and gave that story which was ultimately a pretty smale scale story some importance in this universe. This movie already had a lot of things happened that it created on its own and didn't need this fake out death to give it more importance. It sucks to me because ultimately as this is the Kelvin timeline they could kill of Kirk for an emotional impact but now they definitely won't.
Otherwise, it's an intriguing plot which shows this universe getting darker, topped off with great actors and good action - but there is just too much action. Ultimately, it's a movie where you should watch the good scenes on youtube rather than the whole thing otherwise you will turn insane.