Laura Porritt

Sort of entertaining, but very high strung. Everyone talks to each other like they’re strung out teenagers and awkwardly overshare irrelevant nonsense every other line. Or grown adults stand there doing a potty dance. This is the writer’s attempt at humor. A lot of screaming and running around and cursing and joking about not knowing what’s going on. Bizarre for a group of grown adults supposedly running a high stakes secret ops program. John Cena is pretty funny, but the bumbling group of fools following him around is tiresome. If I look at the show as a total parody and had the sense of humor of a 17 year old, it might be tolerable.

Overall this exceeded my expectations, which were very low following the 2016 mess. Is it better than that? Yes. Is it the sequel we wanted. No because we don’t need any more cash grabs for this franchise. This movie is sorta on the right path and hits some of the right marks but ultimately does not deliver. Pros: No overdone CGI, effects that resemble original movies in a fun and campy way, doesn’t take itself too seriously, no politics crammed in, fun to a point that falls short, overall decent performances from all actors (Paul Rudd plays Paul Rudd), great shots and some nostalgic moments. Meh: Plot was interesting at times but not well fleshed out, ending rushed. The entire plot feels like it just dropped out of nowhere, suddenly there’s this thing in this podunk town and it matters a lot all of a sudden. Why? What is this and why was it built there? What was the point of the one in NYC? If you don’t want people stopping you, built it literally anywhere people can’t access. Cons: WAY too long. Decent scenes dispersed in between long sequences of filler. Dialogue didn’t actually explain much and newer audiences will be left scratching their heads. As a fan I was confused at times. Egon’s ghost in the end was cringey. Not much character development. Cameos that feel forced. Occurrences and magic that are never explained. I’ll probably watch it again but it’s not engaging enough for repeat views way into the future. The main problem is that it DRAGS. Could have been a 90 minute movie easily.

Fantastic and captivating look into grief, loneliness, and isolation. All the characters and moments are well played out and the ending is one of the most satisfying I’ve seen in a decade. Perfect casting for Jeremy Renner, probably his best performances to date. I look forward to what else this director makes.

Abysmal. I abandoned the show after a few episodes. The Picard apology tour is not something I cared to return to. Mix in heavy handed depressing political themes, characters with as much depth as a tide pool, and non stop confusing action sequences, this was not the diverting entertainment that I associate with Star Trek. This wasn’t inspiring, it didn’t make me hopeful for the future or thoughtful about moral questions. If Star Trek TNG is a quiet conversation over a game of chess in a park, this is a screaming match about nothing in particular in a train heading for a cliff.

Star Trek written by people who have never watched Star Trek for people who have never watched Star Trek. The uniforms and name are the only thing in this pile of trash that has anything to do with Star Trek or the entire canon and philosophy that show was built on. They have tried to combine internet memes and Rick and Morty into a parody show but hired people who couldn’t hack it at Buzzfeed to write it. A gorilla with a crayon could write funnier jokes.