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Summary: Star Trek: Meager Effort
Review: They did it again... the "Star Trek" powers-that-be have assailed us with yet another meager effort. How inexcusable is it that after a four-year big screen hiatus that Trek returns with another exercise in mediocrity? Isn't it bad enough that the once-vibrant television franchise has been destroyed with an inferior spin-off ("Enterprise")? With this tenth movie effort, long-time TNG fans were finally given another chance at an epic moviegoing experience. Instead, they got laughable dialogue, boring villains who existed only to generate space combat, a mind-numbing first hour, and a jeep chase, for God's sake. Are the writers/creators really that sophomoric? This is "Star Trek," after all. Forgive me if you disagree, but a jeep chase hardly seems fit for inclusion in this once high-brow franchise. Come to think of it, that's the entire problem with the current state of Trek. The writing used to be top-notch, the characters used to be provocative, and the voyages used to be inspiring. They ceased to be that in May of 2001 when "Voyager" ended. "The Next Generation" used to excite our imaginations every week with inventive and sophisticated plotlines, engaging characters and a great sense of adventure. Sadly, "Nemesis" had none of that. Our beloved characters were given laughable dialogue, everyone except Picard and Data were window-dressing, the villains were cliche, and the hackneyed plot was a tired retread of your average outdated action movie. Speaking of action, some people give far too much credit to this movie simply on the basis of the space battle in the second half. Sure, phasers and photons are nice, but can they really make up for the first half of the movie? And try as you may, you'll never convince me that the first half was even mildly interesting. Considering that this movie was touted to be the final one featuring the TNG crew (and most likely will be due to its poor showing at the box office), I really can't imagine a more lackluster conclusion to a once-great legacy. For those of you who thought "Generations" and "Insurrection" were bad, here's another piece of average Hollywood tripe derived from a television series that was anything but average. But then again, all good things must come to an end...
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Summary: TNG's Send off could have been so much more
Review: For a show that held most fans enthralled with its character connections, this movie did not do justice to the intricasies of those relationships. This story should have been tailored to this crew's unique interations with each other and the world around them. The superb actors, the genre, the memory and especially the fans deserved more.
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Summary: Enjoyable
Review: My wife and I thought ther movie was very entertaining. We can't understand why it has done so poorly at the box office. Probably because people read too many reviews. Most movies we have liked, the artsy fartsy critics did not. If we have any complaint, it has too much Data and not enough of the others.
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Summary: This Is The Final Journey, Indeed!
Review: I feel disappointed by the poor performance of "Star Trek Nemesis" at the box office, and the fact that is going to do more poorly than "Star Trek V-The Final Frontier" makes me uneasy. I even went to see the movie three times to see if I could help in its box office run. You may think I'm crazy, but I couldn't help it because I found this film excellent. The movie presents interesting events such as the marriage of Commander Will Riker (Jonathan Frakes) and Counselor Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis) -at last. Then you have Patrick Stewart's remarkable performance as Captain Jean-Luc Picard, who discovers that his nemesis is a clone of himself; Brent Spiner also shines as Lieutenant Commander Data, the best Trek character after Spock, who sacrifices himself at the end of the movie (but is he really...? You know). And there is Ron Perlman (of "Beauty And The Beast" fame) who always gives his best, no matter if he is wearing make up; only this time, he plays the viceroy for Picard's clone, Shinzon (Tom Hardy). Let's not forget the fantastic music score by the great Jerry Goldsmith and the visual effects from Digital Domain. But then again, it appears that not only do the average audience didn't go see this film, but also the fans appear to have lost interest. But I still believe that "Star Trek Nemesis", as directed by Stuart Baird ("Executive Decision", "U.S. Marshals"), is one of the best movies in the franchise after "Star Trek-The Motion Picture", "The Wrath Of Khan", "The Voyage Home", and "First Contact". As a fan, it's a shame to see the Trek films go down. Honest.
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Summary: Think you havent seen "Nemesis" yet?
Review: Think again. You have. This unfortunate effort is a poor re-make of Wrath Of Kahn. A lack-luster way for the Next Gen crew to leave us, but, expected. Here is what you get: 1)Story opens with a personal ceremony for the crew: Wrath of Kahn: Kirks Birthday
Nemesis: Wedding of Troi & Riker 2)We are soon made aware of a weapon capable of destroying an entire planet using illegal technology Wrath of Kahn: Genesis Device & protomatter
Nemesis: Remen terror weapon using the newest form of illegal technology 3)Capital ship battle in a nebula: "Sauce for the goose..." Same exact battle. 4)Both ships disabled, with planetbuster weapon going critical. I'm not kidding here, kind readers. It's this obvious. 5)Member of the Enterprise Crew saves everyone by sacrificing themselves Wrath of Kahn: Spock
Nemesis: Data 6)That member leaves their collective memories within another Wrath of Kahn: Spock leaves his Katra in McCoy.
Nemesis: Data leaves his memory in B-4. If you feel like having your intelligence insulted, by all means, go see this movie. My recomendation? Pop some pop-corn, open a few Heineken's and watch Wrath of Kahn again.
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Summary: It's about time
Review: Finally, a Trek movie that I can really enjoy. Star Trek Nemesis is hands down the best Trek movie since Wrath of Kahn. Unlike some of the other Trek movies that move to slowly and seem to drag on and on and on, Nemesis takes a very fast paced approach. This particular one is different from the others in the fact that its a darker movie. A lot darker than I expected it be. It has a differnet feel to it that I as a Trek fan am not used to when it comes to Trek movies. But I gladly welcome it. Perhaps this is what Trek needed. A fresh new feel. Writer John Logan does just that by writing an awesome story. One of the reasons I got excited about Nemesis was because Logan had written it. Remember, this is the same guy who wrote 'Gladiator', one of the best movies I've ever seen. The acting in Nemesis is great in my opinion. Not without problems, but certainly better than what we got from Insurrection. Patrick Steward gives an excellent performance as Jean Luc Picard. Even better is Tom Hardy, who plays the character of Shinzon. Tom Hardy is the best thing to happen to Star Trek since...well...Kahn. If you don't go for the acting then certainly go for the actions scenes. Finally, we get to see the Starship Enterprise E show what she can do. Ever since First Contact I've wanting to see what she could handle. But in this latest feature, the Enterprise almost doesn't make it, really. As for Data, you'll just have to see if that rumor is true.
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Summary: Interesting But Bizarre - Nice Finale. Brent's Movie
Review: STAR TREK X: NEMISIS is the supposed last of the Star Trek films in the 36-year history of Star Trek originally conceived by Gene Roddenberry (Andromeda, Earth: Final Conflict) back in 1964. Directed by Stuart Baird (Executive Decision, US Marshals) the film has a dark tone. This film is definitely more interesting than the last installment (Insurrection), but not quiet as good as First Contact. I think the tone of the film is what missed its mark for me. There was too much talking between Shinzon played by Tom Hardy (Band Of Brother, Black Hawk Down) and Captain Picard played by the always-brilliant Patrick Stewart (X-Men 2, A Christmas Carol) and exposition and not enough for the other characters to do. The star for this film was Data, played by Brent Spinner (Out To Sea, The Master Of Disguise) playing a duel role as the ever-misfitted android and a duplicate 'brother' called B4. The scenes of his light-hearted humor, curiosity, quick wit and heroism make this film very enjoyable. Problem because Brent was also one of the three who came up with the story idea as well with producer Rick Berman (Enterprise, Deep Space Nine, Voyager) and screenwriter John Logan (Gladiator, The Time Machine 2001, Any Given Sunday). The story is simple ' but a little weird. Captain Picard was cloned by the Romulans (the Bad Guys) in order to be replaced in the Federation an infiltrate the 'Good Guys'. Due to a change of politics and governments ' the plan was abandoned and the clone grew up under hardship to become the future destructor of planet Earth. Yawn'. Now the real action takes place more than halfway into the movie where the Enterprise rams Shinzon's ship. From that point the forward the movie is a roller coaster. And, thanks to Data, who destroys the most deadly weapon known in the Universe ' the Earth is saved. Data even has a moment where the audience cheered! The supporting cast gets second seat in this film and even Jonathan Frakes (Clockstoppers, Thunderbirds) gets a decent fight scene in this, but not a great contributor to the plot overall. Mr. Frakes did a great job directing First Contact. There are cute scenes, wedding reception scenes, love making scenes, there is even some off-roading too ' but over-all it takes the last 40 minutes to get you involved. Also there is an emotional ending that may shock Star Trek fans ' the two who didn't know anything about it. The score is by the incredible Jerry Goldsmith (Logan's Run, Explorers, Patton) and the special effects are top notch and completely believable. Overall Star Trek fans should be satisfied and the non-Trekker will enjoy the detailed ending ' just wished it had me humor and more for the other characters to do. Go see it and tell me what you think! (12-22-02 Revised 1-3-02)
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Summary: Seven of 10
Review: Unfortunately not the greatest Star Trek movie, in fact of the 10 Trek movies i'd rank it #7. There are too many similarities with other movies i.e a madman with a doomsday weapon (see also The Wrath of Khan et al)a main character sacrificing himself (ditto spock in The wrath of Khan), the Enterprise getting beat up (virtualy every film)a countdown to the launch of the weapon (Insurrection, Khan) and so on. A pity and i felt let down. If this is the last Trek movie i won't be sorry. My top 10 Treks:
1. The Wrath of Khan
2. Final Contact
3. The Voyage Home
4. The Unknown Country
5. Generations
6. The Search for Spock
7. Nemesis
8. Insurrection
9. The (slow)Motion Picture
10. The Final Frontier
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Summary: Nemesis right on!
Review: I LOVED IT! Countless others will disagree with my opinion that this movie is a wondeful Star Trek flick, but I don't care. Anyone who watched the entire seven season run of Star Trek The Next Generation, as well as watching all the "TNG" movies (Generations, First Contact, Insurrection), should love this movie. And if you've been reading the Star Trek books that fill in the gaps between movies, you'll love it even more. To me it's just the next installment in a great television phenomenon and I am very happy with the movie. If you're a true fan of Star Trek The Next Generation, you won't be disappointed. Plot-wise, it was very clever. Wesley Crusher was in the movie after all (I had read his scene was cut, but lo and behold he makes an appearance anyway). So was Guinan. And, I think I even saw Ro Laren (that Bejoran trouble-maker who defected to the Maquis, remember?) at one point. I think they should have used Admiral Necheyev (a recurring TNG admiral) instead of Admiral Janeway, although it was a nice homage to Star Trek Voyager having ol' Janeway in there, plus we sort of get to find out in part what has happened to the VOY crew since the ship made it back to Earth. I really don't have any complaints at all. I didn't see in glaring plot holes. Every time I think of one, I come up with a reasonable explanation. My wife wondered why Worf wasn't in Klingon Ambassadorial garb, since the last time we saw him he was still Ambassador to Kro'onos (did I spell that right?). I explained that since he wasn't on the Klingon homeworld, and he was still in Starfleet, that he should rightly be in Starfleet uniform. The other Worf-ism was why he was stationed at tactical. Shouldn't the Enterprise have had a full time tactical officer? Maybe Picard put Worf there for good ol' times' sake, after all Worf's saved his hide countless times. The end of the movie was bittersweet. I keep thinking about it. I think everyone who's heard about the movie already knows that the main bridge crew is split apart in one form or another. For that reason, any future TNG movies will be interesting. How will they work in the various characters into one plot since they're no longer on the same ship? They've sort of dodged the issue cleverly with Worf the last few movies. But recall in Star Trek VI, they worked Captain Sulu into the film very nicely without too much plot contrivings. One thing that will be interesting will be to see if anything becomes of B-4. Will he stay on the Enterprise or be shipped off to Starfleet HQ to be studied and/or have certain memories extracted for posterity's sake? Overall, a very strong movie. If it's the last one, as the commercials and posters suggest, it's a good one to finish on. If it's not the last one, there's still many adventures they could have that would make sense, and not leave the viewers wondering when the cast will retire. After all, they're still quite young compared to the final movie the original series crew was in. Go see it while it's still on the big screen!
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Summary: No Longer Boldly Goes
Review: Once upon a time Star Trek movies seemed fresh and exciting. They could be purely cerebral sci-fi stories like The Motion Picture, intergalactic mystery thrillers like Star Trek VI, or even outright comedy, like Star Trek IV. They often quoted great works of literature knowledgably, touched upon current events and even featured wry comments on American history ( "On Vulcan we have a saying: Only Nixon could go to China.") They were intelligent movies made for an intelligent audience. They presumed that the audience had read Dickens, Shakespeare, D.H. Lawrence, Arthur Conan Doyle, Melville and others. The rankings of the characters also changed and the introduced new ones. The movies with the original cast did things which took real risk with the characters. Kirk was an Admiral for the first four movies, Chekov was not serving on Enterprise at the beginning of Star Trek II, and Sulu was Captain of Excelsior in Star Trek VI and never set foot on Enterprise. This is in addition to killing off Spock, blowing up the Enterprise, spending one full feature flying around in a stolen Klingon vessel (until the last scene) and finally retiring the crew. They did not exist simply to have space battles. In point of fact some of the movies managed to get by with few or no space battles. The original series and much of the Next Generation had similar standards of quality. The Next Generation movies, in contrast, have been little more than extended episodes of varying quality. No new recurring characters have been introduced and you can always count on seeing the original cast back on the bridge. A great opportuninty for development was lost in Insurrection. How cool it would have been to have Picard decide to retire on the planet right then and give Riker a field promotion to captain. Nemesis attempts to give us some development, unfortuneately it involves the death of a character at the climax whose potential for resurrection is made extremely obvious. When Spock died in Star Trek II it was a moment of Tragedy which left me feeling cathartic, as well as extremely excited about Star Trek III which would be released in 2 long years. When a character died in Nemesis I felt like they were just imitating without understanding. I never had any feeling of loss or suspense. Just a strong sense that I had seen it all before. This may be the worst of the Trek films as it is little more than an extended space battle. It was made by people who seem to have only seen the previous movies, found themselves most engaged by Star Trek II, and decided to repeat it. These sequences have become so routine that, with a little more humor, I could compare it to elements of a James Bond movie. In terms of topical discussions, it touches lightly on the theme of Cloning, just with a tad bit more seriousness than Star Wars Episode II. Continuity is effected in terms of the rest of the series which makes me wonder if perhaps the film should be regarded as non-canonical, like the novels and, according to some, Star Trek V and the excellent animated series. Perhaps in the next movie Picard or Riker or Data will wake up and all of this will have been a bad dream.
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