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Summary: Nemesis: A look of what happened
Review: What makes a Trek film? Well to start a fine, fast moving plot intwined with action and a fine balance of characters and their development, this is something that Star Trek II accomplished with flying colors and what Star Trek X had some problems with.
The beginning with the Wedding was a nice way to get us back into familiararity with the characters we've come to know in the last 15 years, so we see anymore of them later, not really. I still dont understand why you hire 7 supporting cast mates if they arent goin to do anything, Star Trek II primarily focused on Kirk but there was fine dialogue between Kirk n McCoy, Spock and Saavik, Scotty and the death of his nephew, all of this was contributed to the film. Dr. Crusher didnt do anyting, Riker was a lil overprotective but thats all he did, Data, since he had B-4 nobody cared, and Worf had his own set of problems.
Something that Rick Berman hasnt caught onto yet is that Star Trek Fans are extremely acute at pointing out continuity problems, and Nemesis had alot, Datas' Emotions, What happened to Lore, Wasnt Worf an Ambassador, just to name a few, these issues totally ruin a Star Trek movie this is something that Treks dont have a problem with because they know it is extremely important. Also I fail to see y you would relese this right ontop of LOTR II that was a marketing problem and is why i beleive it did not perform well. The story started off nicely, totally died with the dinner with Picard and Shinzon, then picked up again, i hate to say it but part of that movie made me sleepy. People hark over Stuart Baird but all in all his directing was fine, John Logan on the other hand, his script was a disaster, pretty good story had a lot of continuity problems and he couldnt keep a balanced plot, and to make it worse they took out scenes which would've helped the transistions a lil better. the acting was superb by those who infact acted. not a bad movie, just not the best, not a good idea to hire two out f franchise people to helm your movie. I enjoyed it nonetheless and I hope u do too!
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Summary: Good movie but...
Review: Ah, the latest in the Star Trek saga. But anyone who knows Star Trek will notice something interesting. This particular movie has a feel similar to a previous Star Trek movie. To me, while the plot line is strong, and using the Romulans for the first time since we met the Borg, it feels a lot like the Wrath of Khan. Still a good movie. I recommend it.
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Summary: A little disappointed
Review: As an avid fan of Star Trek the Next Generation I was really looking forward to the release of this film. It had all the elements of a really good Star Trek film but it was lacking something. The plot was sub par and it took me a long time to really get in to what was happening. The movie dragged and I couldn't wait for it to be over. If it wasn't for the fact that it is a next generation movie I probably wouldn't have even given it 3 stars. The problem is that the storyline was one that could have been handled in a normal episode. In order for a story to be worthy of a movie it needs to have the complexity and drama of Star Trek First Contact (my favorite movie of all time). First Contact succeeded where Nemesis failed. Nemesis did not draw you in to the characters; I really didn't care what happened to anyone, including those that were regular next generation characters. The marriage scene was premature; I think that something like that would have been more effective at the end of the film. Perhaps have some tension leading up to it. The entrance of the characters could have been more dramatic if it had not happened all at the beginning. All in all, as a star trek fan you still must see this film but don't expect greatness. Its sad to think there probably won't be another next generation film to redeem this one and it will have to go out in such a dismal fashion.
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Summary: The best of the TNG Cast movies
Review: This movie by far is the best featuring the TNG cast. I am a little surprised at some of the negative comments. The action sequences were phenomenal and the story line was very good. I highly recommend this movie to anyone who enjoys actions/sci-fi movies, regardless if you are a Trekkie or not. This was also much better than the last Star Wars movies to come out. Too bad its probably the last.
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Summary: disappointed
Review: I must confess that I'm not a huge Star Trek fan. I've seen about half of the movies, and used to watch Deep Space Nine and an occasional episode of Voyager. But, when a Star Trek movie comes out, there is enough interest in me to want to give it a chance. So, when Nemesis came out on DVD I rented it and gave it a spin. I was disappointed. Near the beginning of the movie there is an attack on the Romulan Senate killing everyone. We shift to the crew of the Enterprise where Riker (Jonathon Frakes) is getting married to Troi (Marina Sirtis). Picard (Patrick Stewart) gives a nice best man speech. When this is concluded and everyone is back on the Enterprise, Picard gets a message from Captain Janeway (from Star Trek Voyager) to engage in a diplomatic mission to Romulan. On the way to Romulan they discover an odd signal coming from another planet and the Enterprise stops to investigate. The signal is a disassembled android that appears to be an earlier version of Data (Brent Spiner) named B-4 (clever, yes?). The Enterprise continues on to Romulan and upon arrival they learn that the situation has changed. There is a new power, and it stems from a Remen uprising. The new power is a man named Shinzon (Tom Hardy). He is a human (not Remen), but was raised among the Remens. He is also a clone of Picard. This throws all sorts of possibilities for the rest of the film, and the diplomatic mission has changed completely because of the new circumstances. There are scenes of action and some of fairly good. Some parts of the movie were interesting, but as a whole it felt like the movie failed on some level. As I said, I'm not a Trekkie, so I can't speak for how the movie fits into the larger picture of the Star Trek universe, but as a movie Nemesis just wasn't that good. I wish that I could give more of a positive review, but the movie was not that interesting or compelling. I cannot recommend Star Trek: Nemesis. If you are a fan of Star Trek and absolutely must see everything with the Star Trek name on it, then rent with with no expectations and you might be pleased. If you are only looking for a decent science fiction movie, look elsewhere. The quality is not here.
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Summary: The final ST:NG movie is its own Nemesis!
Review: It seems that creators of this movie didnt know what to do with it to make it good and ended up cramming alot of old cast memeber and references to make you feel all nostalgic about this film and ignore its failings.
Lets see, Will Wheaton was back for a cameo, as was Whoopi Goldberg for a line or two. Hey even Voyagers Kate Mulgrew made an appearance(How did someone like her ever make it to admiral when she and her whole grew got lost for years?) and Picards clone makes refrence to the Borg. And Data even seems to have forgotten he had a brother himself earlier that evil Tinman Lar?Lor? he now acts as though this hunk of junk they found, B-4, is the only other Data module there is. Hell with all this trivia im not suprised they couldnt find room for an engaging storyline.
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Summary: Great final chapter in the TNG story...
Review: It had to happen sometime. Picard and crew had to engage for the last time. And they do in "Star Trek: Nemesis," a good, but not perfect 10th entry in the "Star Trek" movie series. Director Stuart Baird (Executive Decision) keeps a dark, violent tone throughout the film, a welcome element after the decidedly too cheery "Star Trek: Insurrection." The story is about the Romulans being taken over by an evil human-reman experiment, Shinzon, who happens to be a clone of Picard. Soon it is discovered that Shinzon hopes to take over the Romulan and Human races and probably rule the galaxy. That is, if the only man who knows him best can stop him: Picard. There is tons of action and the best special effects in the series. Shinzon is a great villain and is almost up there with Khan and General Chang. The movie isn't quite as good as the other even-numbered Treks, but it's definitely better than the odd-numberes ones (for those who don't know, the even-numbered Trek movies are usually better than the odd-numbered ones). "Star Trek: Nemesis" is very good, and a worthy final chapter in the TNG lineage. It's a must for all Trekkies.
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Summary: Almost perfect
Review: I liked this movie a lot. I loved to see the marriage, after all that Riker and Deanna have been through and the different books about them I have read it was satisfying.
I also liked the entire movie, without any particular problems. The only thing I didn't like was the unhappy endings, I am a sucker for a happy ending. I didn't like seeing Data decompiled so to speak, although if it isn't over (which out of all of us here I seem to be one of few)and I hope it isn't! that he will somehow recompile back into his normal old self and rematerialize again.
It was nice to see all the older faces but I hope they have some new ones next time if there is one.
I hope that they make as many more movies as they want I will certainly be there to watch.
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Summary: Dead Data and no backup...Then again!
Review: Ok, So I MAY be letting the cat (or should I say Data) out of the bag here but, sometimes one need to speak the truth.(Don't ask me what that means, I'm on a rant here)I found the movie to be in the general Star Trek genre, someone needs help and the bad guy can't be trusted. I didn't see some of the twists in the movie coming and, the special effects had me watching the flick for a third time to soak them all up. So, what more can I say? It's a good flick that set's the stage for yet ANOTHER sequel in the coming months. Ciao!!
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Summary: An embarrassing mess, avoid it like SARS
Review: My God, how I weep for this generation's appalling propensity to accept any third-rate studio-spewed filth with "kewl" cgi explosions as legitimate, worthwhile products of the cinema. The only challenging element of 'Nemesis' is the challenge to decide which component of the "creative" process produced the worst contribution to the whole. The script was a convoluted, amateurish mess, producing (admittedly derivative) tripe that was not so much an homage to Trek's history, as it was hard evidence of how far the franchise has fallen. Stuart Baird, a legendary film editor, shows us all why you should stick to what you're good at. His puzzling overuse of EXTREME closeups makes one wonder if he was playing with a new camera and didn't realize that it was "on", and the "empathic trance" scene with Troi was so poorly lit and photographed, it looked like an OUTTAKE from an Ed Wood film ("Nah, I'd be embarrased to have people see that!"). Of the ten Trek "films", only three (The Motion Picture, II, and VI) were made by actual FILM DIRECTORS, and it shows. Save your money, and buy copies of the director's editions of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, or Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (the only two legitimate "films" of the ten entries in this
woefully underachieving franchise). If you already have copies of TMP and TWOK, buy more and ship them to the people who think that Nemesis somehow qualifies as good cinema, or even DECENT Star Trek. If anyone wonders if this film franchise is dead, consider this: it began with Gene Roddenberry and Robert Wise in charge. 'Nemesis' gave us Rick Berman and Stuart Baird. Nuff said.
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