STAR TREK BEYOND WATCH EARLY MOVIE
A day after seeing the movie I said to my 10-year-old, "Were there any gay people in the movie?" and she stared at me like I had 2 heads. The relationship much-touted in the news is really more of a nod to the idea, and I suspect it'll fly right over the heads of pre-teens or anybody who isn't looking for homosexuality so they can disapprove. There is basically none in this movie, unless you think 2 persons of the same gender greeting each other with a manly back-slapping sort of way in a crowded public place counts. There are 3 things that might concern parents other than the darkness: It's like bad guys never invented the light bulb. My child complained afterward that she wasn't always sure who was in any given scene because the darkness and wobbly camera work made it hard, and I agree. In this particular movie, where the director seems obsessed with action scenes shot mostly in the dark, the fight scenes were often basically shadows in a dark room. It has no sexual content whatsoever and the violence, like most Star Trek violence, is fairly "clean". I took my daughter (10), and felt like she was probably at the lower end of the age ranges for this movie. Certainly not a franchise I would mind my daughter becoming fixated on. They pair this with a message of celebrating unity, diversity and differences. I generally think that most of the Star Trek crew are positive role models, despite all of them having very different personalities. I also marked this as having great messages and great role models. When I had watched it, I forgot about reading that he would be gay and assumed that his boyfriend/husband (who is shown with their daughter) was Sulu's dad. Personally, I read beforehand that Sulu was gay, but had completely forgotten about it until I came here and read other people's reviews. It's shown that Sulu has a daughter of some sort. If you still have some vendetta against gay people in 2016, you don't have much to worry about since Sulu being gay is not referenced at all in the movie. If your kid has problems with fright, this could not be right for them. This could potentially trigger fright in a small child, but would probably be fine for most. In each of these scenes, the cloud sort of disintegrates somebody. The other two scenes involve a weapon which sort of appears to be a cloud of mites. One scene is where two people are suspended upside down and the villain "drains the life" out of each of them. Kids who see this movie should know the difference between words they can say at home, and words they can get in trouble for saying at school.įrights: There are 3 scenes which stand out to me as potentially frightening. Certainly nothing that's really imitable or gory.Ĭussing: A few memorable uses of the "s-word". Mostly your typical lazer gun Sci-Fi battles. Violence: Nothing really to be worried about. As far as quality, it's a fairly good movie, even if it doesn't quite stack up to the levels of the last two Trek films. This is your general PG 13 action movie, think Avengers or Avatar level of content. Which Side of History? How Technology Is Reshaping Democracy and Our Lives.Reflexionando sobre la historia afroamericana en familia.Reflecting on Black History as a Family.Teachers: Find the best edtech tools for your classroom with in-depth expert reviews.Check out new Common Sense Selections for games.10 tips for getting kids hooked on books.Family entertainment that celebrates and honors Black voices.Common Sense Selections for family entertainment.