Star trek Into Darkness rates higher than Beyond in audience scores.

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I agree with everything you've said except about the reactor scene. I'll be thrown to the bloodworms for this but I actually preferred the STID version to the WOK version. But I'm absolutely with you on the photo scene. I wasn't expecting that it really got to me.

That's part of why I so wish this cast had been in a TV series instead of a movie series. The way I imagine it ST09 would be the pilot, STID the season one finale, and STB the season two premiere. That way the character development could happen at a more natural pace. The problem I have with the way it's shown is that I'm not quite sure how Kirk finds his direction, which isn't really different from his previous direction.

Then you'll understand my point of view in that the TWOK scene (and the funeral scene, the bit with David in kirks quarters and the 'i feel young' bit) makes me tear up every time even after all these years and the STID scene, whilst still quite moving and emotional, just cannot hold a candle to it. Each of the reboots has had it's moment like this, the ST09 opener, reactor and now this photo scene, which was just so warming and heartfelt, though I concede the circumstances surrounding it has a major influence .