Beyond the space - Star Trek Beyond movie review

The USS Enterprise star fleet are back for its thirteenth film for the Star Trek movie franchise. They continue their journey to space, to explore unknown civilization and to boldly go where no man has gone before. Lead cast Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto reprise their roles as Captain Kirk and Spock, along with Simon Pegg, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana, John Cho, who played Sulu that turns out to be gay in the new film and the final appearance of Anton Yelchin, who died in a tragic car accident last month before the release of the movie.

Opening sequence is almost the same with the prior film but nonetheless the scene still gave the audience a fun start. Plot wise, I noticed that there's a "revenge" element in the three films wherein the villain is a former enemy/ally of the enterprise and will require a device to fulfill his vengeance. Also Kirk or Spock will go to a near death experience whenever they face the villain of the story. It's a cycle but as a fan you will still enjoy movies like these.   Cracking of jokes are also quite noticeable in the movie especially Bones and Spock. Knowing that Spock is a half Vulcan, which is understandable that he has a robot-like thinking and very logical most of the times, their punchlines sure gave most of us laughs.

If you're into arts and graphics, you will enjoy the visual effects they used to make the scenery which looks real and superb. Camera angles are shot in the right position and most importantly, you will enjoy watching it in IMAX.

Star trek Philippines after the screening at Imax SM Megamall

Overall the movie is great. The cast and visuals made the third movie of JJ Abramverse on par with the Star Wars: The force awakens. 9/10 for me.

Watch it watch it! Special thanks to United International Pictures and Geekcraft for the invite.

The Minds behind Inside Out

Have you ever imagined what’s happening inside your mind? Well let’s not talk about the emotions and tackle what’s in the inside of the one of the most anticipated animated movies of the year, Inside out. The press conference was held at Makati Shangri-La Hotel and hosted by Issa Litton. The program started with a short introduction from Amit Malhotra, General Manager, Studio Entertainment, The Walt Disney Company, and Southeast Asia. He said that he wants to bring the Disney/ Pixar fans closer to the movies by doing such events in order for them to get a once in a lifetime experience to meet the creative minds behind Inside Out. Director Pete Docter together with his Pinoy Co-director Ronnie Del Carmen entered the scene with a short flashy dance moves that made us laugh. They had a short talk regarding their trip and they said for the past 12 hours all they did was eating. This is also a homecoming for Del Carmen who’s been away in the Philippines for almost 30 years. Then the program continued with questions from various networks and bloggers. 

The concept of the movie came from Pete as he wonder his own daughter, Ellie, who goes to a lot of changes as she faces life. The movie took for almost 5 years to finish and Docter’s daughter is 16 now, admitted that she likes the movie. They even called the experts like psychologists for them to understand what emotions are. It was said that they had to narrow down the emotions from 27 up to 5, Joy, Sadness, Fear, Disgust and Anger that is present in the movie. It wasn’t hard for them to direct the movie because of the team who gave their best to finish the work. Del Carmen also said that there are many pinoys who also works at pixar “Pixnoy” as he called it. He gave an inspiring message for the Filipino artists to go beyond their limits, finish what they started, share what you do and ask for feedbacks which will help you develop into much better person. 

The last question we heard is about the theory that all Pixar characters co-exist in one universe which is also the question I would like to ask them and their answer was, “No”. They don’t believe that characters co-exist in one universe although they have some easter eggs present in all movies but the theory of co-existing was never a part of their intentions when making a movie. But who knows we might see it if Pixar wants it. Docter and Del Carmen are also present in the invite only red carpet premiere, August 7 at IMAX SM Aura in Taguig. It is the only time that the movie will be shown in IMAX here in the Philippines. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to attend the red carpet due to work but I’m happy enough to see the creative masterminds of the movie. Inside Out will hit the theatres on August 19. 

PS 

I would like to see the DC Universe’s emotional spectrum in this movie. JK

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