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Summary: Action and Peril at its finest!
Review: Star Trek is one of those things that will never go away. And i pray it stays that way. After the extended 'episode' like 'Insurrection' one would definitely agree that this franchise needed to kick it up a whole batch of notches to redeem itself. 'First Contact' gave us what we craved and 'Insurrection stole it back from us. This time 'Nemesis' hands it back with all the fixin's. The plot and character development has been bashed by some reviewers who dwell on their preconceptions rather than reality. The 'Nemesis' plot was outstanding with twists and turns all over. We know Shinzon (Captain Picard's clone) is bad, but it is interesting to see his development as he struggles with finding out who he really is, and who he could have turned out to be. He wanted life and liberation, but found out that both would come at a great cost. The action sequences are astounding and makes any recent Star Wars battle look like a watered down special effects puddle. Tom Hardy (Shinzon), acted like no other. He made Shinzon his own, and it was good. His performance is probably the most under-rated enemy performance of all time. He was breath-taking in his ability to portray curiosity, hate, and lust. I can't wait for another Star Trek movie!!
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Summary: One of the Better Star Trek Movies
Review: The Romulan Senate has been usurped by an ambitious young leader from the planet Remus, a mining planet whose population has long been under the thumb of the Romulans. The new government of the Romulan Empire has invited the Enterprise to visit Romulus to discuss a possible peace negotiation between the Empire and the Federation. When the crew of the Enterprise reaches Romulus they find, to their shock, that the Romulans' new leader, Preator Shinzon (Tom Hardy), is not Romulan or Reman, but appears to be Human. He is, in fact, a clone of Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart), the product of an abandoned plot to place a Romulan spy in a key Starfleet position. Preator Shinzon is in possession of a cataclysmic weapon of mass destruction and has a new plan to defeat the Federation. Captain Picard and the crew of the Enterprise must discover his true intentions and stop him before he is able to unleash this weapon upon humanity."Nemesis" is darker in theme and in appearance than previous Star Trek films. The idea of characters struggling with their alter egos pervades the story. Both Captain Picard and Commander Data deal with characters who are in many ways identical to themselves, but have very different personalities and values. Preator Shinzon is genetically identical to Captain Picard, but is violent, arrogant, and sociopathic, supposedly due to an abusive and difficult childhood. Data is faced with an android that calls itself "B4", an apparent prototype version of himself. B4 differs from Data less in his temperament than in his intelligence. He is a mentally challenged version of Data, and his ignorance and naivete causes him act in ways that Data would not. "Nemesis" is a very good-looking film. The art direction is innovative and excellent, and the battles between spacecraft are stunning. "Nemesis"' writers have made the very wise choice -long overdue in Star Trek movies- of making this film like a high octane episode of the television series instead of writing some overblown implausible save-the-universe plot. "Nemesis" is recommended for its good looks and its restrained story that manages to avoid complete absurdity.
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Summary: To boldly Go Where No One Has Gone Before
Review: Nemesis was a good movie despite what everyone says about it. It most likely is the Next Generation's Final Journey and it a fitting end to a good series. because lets face it, only die hard Trekkie's are into DS9 and Voyager. Im my opinion, Star Trek ends for a while with the end of this movie. Enterprise is another avenue, but again is not as popular as The Next Generation. It would be nice if one final Next Generation was made, but I don't think it will happen. Star Trek needs to unfortuantely disappear again into deep space for another 10 or 15 years and be remember, but not forgotten and then a new series or movie can possibly come out with a good story that will enterain viewers yet again to the Star Trek saga. I think that is the only way it will be able to live long and prosper the future. Its been overdone and needs a slight rest. To watch Nemesis is sad because I think we all know deep down, this is the last Trek we will be on for quite a while. A job well done to the performances of the Next Generation crew. They get better in every movie and I grew up with this series watching it and they have given me more than most people I've met in my life. I'll miss the Next Generation crew -Mike
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Summary: A very different Trek, but a highlight nonetheless...
Review: Ok here we go. I just finished watching the film for the first time, and I can honestly say my draw jopped numerous times during my viewing. I'll start with the special effects. Great. Next on the action, SUPERB! The space battle at the end was absolutely breathtaking, and the characters seemed more "human" than your typical "everything is dandy in the Trek universe" that has been an element in TNG since the beginning. The story, although sort of a [copy] of Star Trek II, is very well told with a menacing villain, tense situations, and some pretty wild action scenes (did I mention that already?). This is a VERY different Trek than fans would expect. But I knew it would be for two reasons. 1) The trailer - dark, mysterious, brooding...it hinted at something that had never been done before in Trek films. 2) The director, Stuart Baird. If you are at all familiar with his work, you'll know his films are hardly light, and to be honest, if I were looking for a Trek director to continue the series, Baird would be low on my list. But that's not necessarily a bad thing, as a revision was, in my opinion after seeing the film, what the franchise needed (box office take suggested otherwise, however). The thing about this movie that really caught my attention was Picard's character seemed much different at the beginning. Most Trek fans would label this as an atrocity, but I find it an interesting "addition" to Picard's personality not told in the series and films. It makes him so less hardcore and we see the kid in him (interesting since this film is about his younger clone). With that said, don't expect anything. Go rent the movie and see for yourself. But see it with an open mind, and no preconceptions. Love the characters, but don't insist you know everything about them and are an expert in what they would or should do. I, more than once, cheered out loud...that doesn't happen very often.
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Summary: Enough Brent Already! Geez!
Review: Once again this film (as does the DVD itself) has to be all about Brent Spiner. Oh how I loathe his hammy acting and he just ruins this film. He co-wrote the script which pretty much gave him free reign to shut out other characters (Crusher, Riker, Geordi, even Worf!) while he, himself, got to play 2 roles! Data and B4! UNBELIEVABLE! I purchased the DVD earlier today and was shocked to find that the entire packaging is centered around...you guessed it, Brent! He appears on the front, the back, the side sleeve, the paper insert and even the disc! It would have been nice to have seen Picard alone, bit no..every picture of him either has Brent beside him or looking over his shoulder. This last film by the TNG cast tanked at the box office. Maybe most fans, like myself, just got sick of the filsm always being about Data. Nothing kills a fun time better than an ego. To save this film from a completly abysmal rating, I do give a major plus to Tom Hardy as Shinzon. That boy is talented & I would much rather have preferred screen time going to his character development rather than watching the horribly untalented Brent Spiner sing at Troi's wedding.
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Summary: A good Trek film , but not excellent .
Review: After four years of wait as long as fans had to wait for the new Matrix films.Star Trek:Nemisis has it's good points and it's
bad points in one of the most popular franchises in American and
World history the tenth film in the film saga and the fourth for
the next genration crew it either upset fans that were looking on
a great film because of the even luck in the series, or was liked
by fans , either way mixed opinons were for this film that takes
place in the begining of the film on Romulas the romluan empire
suffers an assasination of one of it's members of the councel of
Romluan ambassadors , meanwhile our next generation crew is at
reception for Commander Riker(Jonathan Frakes) and Concelor Troy
(Marina Sertas) who Troy was fomally involved with Worf(Micheal
Dorn)wich unfortunately the movie dosen't play on the rivalry in
Worf and Riker. When the crew arrives back on the ship they detect a variation
that is the same frequency that Data is putting out confronting
enimey and a long buggy chase scene they uncover what looks to be
a clone of data who is much more primitive that calls himself B4
wich Brent Spiner does what he does best in playing charachter
roles he get's to play two parts to his role in the film as the
crew resarches this further they have been told by Romulans that
a renegade ship is in the area of the darkside of Romulas known
as the Scimitar a hulking battleship that is ages old. Ivited by a mysterious figure named Shinzon who is played
brillantly and charming and evil by Tom Hardy by his vice roy
Remar played by unrecoknizable Ron Pearlman Picard leads an
away team aboard the ship , only to find that in Picards
curiousity Shinzon feels and knows everything that Picard does
this fuels a battle between them of wit and proweress to find
out anything that Shinzon knows about Picard but while Picard
curiosity is holding him back to figuring out the real truth
that Shinzon only has very little time to live and he needs
B4 to deliver the plans that will make his huge Scimitar ship
into a huge radiation superconductor , no doubt also there is
a huge epic battle scene between the Scimatar and the Enterprise
E that is nothing short of awsome and and a sad ending that
fans of the next generation will not soon forget but the ending
ruiens the endind by being predictable for the only reason but
to make another sequel , Stuiart Baird is directing this film
but does not really take the fans and the film seriouly or to
hart wich made what could have been an excellent film into a
flawed film by showing not enough charachter development and
focusing to much on one charchter Picard(Patrick Stewart),and
no doubt he is one the best british actors but one charchter
is not enough to carry a Star Trek film this is a crew were
talking about here besides the fact that maybe a little more
between Picard and Shinzon would have made a diffrence in the
film to make the battle scenes more anticipated because what
an emimey Tom Hardy makes Shinzon into almost a tragic figure
from one of Shakespear's plays, the result in my opinon makes
this far better then the previous installment Insurrection and
not even close to being better then in my opinon and most fans
will agree with me First Contact wich was by far the best film
of the next generation crew. 4 viginette's about the making of the film and deleted
scenes makes this better them some of the bare bones Star
Trek films other then first four two disk versions of the
first four Star Trek films.If nothing else if you have 9
of the previous Star Trek films there is no exscuse why
you shouldn't get Nemisis on DVD, even if you don't have
the 9 films and have seen the next generation televison
episodes it is a worth addition to your DVD library but
it is definately not the best film around that goes to
either Star Trek 2 , or Star Trek 4.
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Summary: You'll want to see what you've missed!!!
Review: There has been a feeling among fans of Star Trek movies that the even-numbered movies have been much better than the odd-numbered ones. While all of them have been fun to watch, this theory had been more or less true until the 9th movie, "Star Trek: Insurrection", which broke the theory with a great movie. "Star Trek: Nemesis" makes it 2 in a row. "Nemesis" comes after a 4 year drought in movies, but the wait was certainly worth it after watching it. The movie gives Star Trek fans something they've wanted to see for a long time in Will Riker finally marrying Deanna Troi - a relationship that was re-kindled in "Insurrection". The movie also gives fans a glimpse into the Romulan Empire, (especially the planet Remus, first mentioned in the original series) something that has not been explored as deeply as the Borg or Klingons. The DVD version will be a bigger treat for the fans, as it includes many scenes (including all of actor's Steven Culp) that ended up on the cutting room floor prior to release. These scenes add to the overall dimension of the story, which may have blunted some criticism of the movie, had they been left in. That is where the movie for fans ends & the movie for the rest of the public begins. You don't have to be a fan of Star Trek to enjoy the action scenes as the Enterprise fights for survival. But the real heart of this movie boils down to a simple question that any of us can ask ourselves: What kind of person would we be today, if we lived & grew up under completely different circumstances? Would we act the same, think the same? Is each person born with a pre-determined destiny, that no matter what, they will turn out a certain way? Or is it simply that each of us starts out like a lump of clay and is molded by the environment in which we are raised in?? The original Star Trek was popular because of its ability to be very thought-provoking, yet entertaining us at the same time. "Star Trek: Nemesis" follows that same tradition, beautifully!!
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Summary: The Wrath Of Clone
Review: The latest (and last?) Star Trek film finds the crew of the starship Enterprise-E attending the wedding reception of Commander William Riker (Jonathan Frakes) and Counselor Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis) on earth. Once everyone returns to the ship, they head for a 2nd wedding ceremony on Troi's homeword. On route, the crew picks up signs that there may be another android like Data (Brent Spiner) along the Romulan/Federation border. Picard decides to investigate. As it turns out, the B4 (or Be Fore Spiner again) is just a ploy. It seems that years ago, somehow, (It's never really explained) the Romulans got a sample of the Captain's DNA, and cloned him. When their plan to replace the captain, was aborted, the clone was discarded and left on the nearby planet of Remus to be forgotten. Now a man, Shinzon (Tom Hardy) plans to exact revenge on the Romulans, and to surrive he must also have Picard's DNA. STAR TREK NEMESIS is the 4th film in the series to feature the cast from The Next Generation. The end result is only a slightly better effort than the last film. Which really isn't saying much, since that film was the worst of TNG films. In other words, there was no where to go BUT up. NEMESIS still has a lot of problems as far as I'm concerned. First though, I will try and highlight the few good things about the picture. Once again, actor Patrick Stewart, gives a good performance as Captain Picard. His scenes with Tom Hardy were the best thing about NEMESIS, even if the story itself is, shall I say, rather lame The wedding was a good idea too. It's about time, we see some character growth in the series, for a change. It was also nice to see Guinan (Whoppi Goldberg) return to the fold. Even though, its only for a brief cameo, and nothing more. Other cameos in NEMESIS include, Admiral Janeway (Kate Mulgrew), who gives Picard his orders, X-Men director Bryan Singer and Will Wheaton as Wesley Crusher, the son of the ship's Doctor (both non-speaking) As much as I like the work of screenwriter John Logan and director Stuart Baird, I had problems with both men's work on the film. The script from Logan was full of cliches and tired plot devices. The finale seemed like a rip off of Star Trek II. No wonder those in charge, compare this film to Kahn.. As I said Tom Hardy is good when opposite Picard but he's no Ricardo Matalban, so why even compare the two? Don't the filmmakers have confidence in the film they made...? Why even "clone" Picard at all? As for Data, he's been doubled before in the TNG series, and with better results than this. It all felt like a cheat somehow. Since Baird is known for his action films, I thought that it was staged well for the film, but nothing grabbed me. The TNG cast knows their characters well enough to "act" blindfolded. As for additional guest stars Dina Meyer and Ron Pearlman, their characters in the film were rather one note, and not that interesting. I was really disappointed with the way Rick Berman, John Logan, and actor Brent Spiner just cloned The Wrath Of Kahn story and hoped to repeat that earlier film's success If this is the last TNG film, there is a certain amount of closure in the story, to have it end here. As a longtime TREK fan, I really wanted to like NEMESIS, I really did. But this film only starts a new curse for the franchise--now, the even numbered films are not all that great anymore. Even Kirk and Spock would cringe It's a shame that the extras on the DVD were completed prior to the film's theatrical release-this was widely reported by all the major Trek websites-because of that, there was no real perspective gained or lessons learned It's very interesting to hear Patrick Stewart speak of the franchise so highly. Given that after the film's poor reception and how he has stated that he wants nothing more to do with it. The Commentary by director Stuart Baird is ok. He is a fine filmmaker but I really wanted to hear from Logan as well The 4 "making of " featurettes: are what you would expect from pre release material I guess that means the almost certain two disc edition will have all of the post film analysis The best extra on the disc by far is the deleted scenes secton. These scences run a combined 20 minutes and they are good to see but press reports say there is an additional 20 minutes of footage out there (an added bonus for that 2 disc DVD set I suppose?). A fairly extensive photo gallery, a Deep Space Nine DVD preview top off the bonus material. Given how promising the trailers made Nemesis look, I am kind of surprised that they were not included Trek/ TNG fans wiil give Nemesis another, or a first look, on DVD anyway, while others should steer clear and probably will. "TNG's Dead Jim"
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Summary: If you enjoyed TNG, then you'll love this movie!
Review: Star Trek is cursed with a critical fanbase. Enjoy the movie for what it is and make your own judgement call. If you enjoy action, thought-provoking dialog, and the 'Finest Crew in the Fleet'...then there is absolutely no reason why you wouldn't enjoy this movie.
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Summary: STAR TREK NEMESIS is the best TNG film to date, by far.
Review: As for NEMESIS, I am going out on a limb here and going to state that even though the film is highly derivative from previous Trek films, it is by far the most rousing, kinetic and engrossing of all the TNG movies to date (hand to hand combat, phaser firing in corridors, space battles). It is miles ahead of FIRST CONTACT. From the opening of film, with the reversed "Star Trek" title on the screen to the climactic 4 ship battle, this film delivered the goods. It is the most action-packed of all the Trek films, including the TOS films and the special effects, mostly, are quite impressive. For once, the film LOOKS like it was made for the big screen, although more use of exterior, non-ship locales would have added another dimension. The film listed at 116 minutes, the film moved quite briskly, and I had a great time watching it, relishing every minute, every snippet of dialogue, every bit of throwaway humor (which thankfully this time, is not forced). I was sorry to see it end. All the regulars especially Patrick Stewart, this time giving a more emotional, more layered performance, is wonderful. The chemistry between Jonathan Frakes and Marina Sirtis is great, and, contrary to what you may have heard, Worf is not reduced to a "drunken reservation Indian" (as referred to by prominent an online reviewer). He has a brief drunk, but quiet scene at the wedding, and his bad lines in the original script ("Well Romulan ale should be more illegal") are nowhere to be seen in the film. I am not going to focus on the smashing biological-like attack on the Senate, the THREE KINGS-like desert chase, Data's rescue of Picard from "The Scorpion," Troi's 'remember me' scene and the final, beautifully shot, edited and scored battle involving four ships. I love those scenes but there are other very enjoyable albeit more subtle ones in NEMESIS. There are some gems prevalent in NEMESIS, including an introductory sequence with Shinzon and his henchman the Viceroy coming down those steps, in the dimly lit room, was very atmospheric. Shinzon walks down quietly, like a hungry predator, examining the crew, notably especially Troi and Picard, while a stern Ryker looks on uncomfortably. I loved the darkness of that scene, both in image and in subtext. Another effective scenes features Picard's dinner with Shinzon, in a room off the Senate (a room which looks suspiciously medieval somehow) the sequences with the child are introduced but they are shot in hazy, blue monochrome (aided by a nice f/x shot of a pan into the mines). It is an effective scene but Stuart Baird does not wallow in it, so as not to give too unnecessary sympathy to Shinzon. For fans, like myself in the past, who always complained about the Picard-Data focus in the movies, Data has quite a lesser role in this film, as opposed to the previous ones. A memorable sequence features Data attempting to explain to B-4 (an android) why he has to turn him off (after the former downloads the ship's classified data banks). Brent Spiner - in ineffective yellow pancake makeup amplified by the large-screen - is annoyed at B-4 but not angry; he takes on the role of the older sibling who disapproves of the actions of the younger one, but just when you think you see an element of anger in Data, he calls B-4 "brother." The term "brother" coming from Data means he has come full circle. In a way he is looking at himself from "Encounter at Farpoint" and is now acting like the human he is not. I am not a fan of Data in general but loved the endearing, warm quality to that scene. For the first time in a TNG movie we also get an effective, ready room sequence where the Captain and his crew discuss Shinzon, and reunite again in it for a farewell toast to dead colleague. I loved the dark orange look of the interior of the space ship (the dark red doors, the panels etc) as well as the background graphics on the monitors and various screens across the ship. Indeed. Mathew Leonetti's (MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 2, TOP GUN) cinematography is excellent, especially considering the confines of the ship. The Jerry Goldsmith score, somehow was much more effective onscreen with the action, than I remember it being when I heard it on the CD. Ultimately, it is one of his better TNG scores, and his ST: TMP fanfare at space dock, in the end, almost brought tears to my eyes - it's like all the ST movies had come full circle, beginning and ending in space dock. I love this film.
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