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Summary: The Underrated and Unloved Star Trek Movie
Review: I definitely have to fall in 'the other camp' on this film, the one that actually likes (not loves) the film and isn't afraid to actually think for myself. Yes there are weaknesses to the film and most have been covered: the forced humor, esp the scenes with Scotty, Uhura dancing (arrgh where's a stunt double when you need one) and an ending that would have to be a let down baded on the subject (trying to find God). There is however, a lot to like in this movie. For the most part it revolves around Kirk, McCoy, and Spock's relationship with each other and does a find job of testing their limits with each other. The whole segment from when Spock first confronts Sybok to the scene where he lets Sybock know that he has grown and accepted himself is the best reason to watch the film. Plus the line, "What does God need with a Starship", is classic trek (in both the good and bad sense).As for all the one star flame throwing critics let me say this - Get a Life. Watch every, and I mean every Star Trek movie and you can find plot holes to drive a truck through, so don't tell me that its any different in The Final Frontier. A perfect example is in the best Trek movie Wrath of Kahn, and IT IS A BIG HOLE - why didn't Spock just put on one of those fancy new engineering suits when he was saving the ship and then he wouldn't have gotten radiation poisoning and die. How is that plot hole any smaller than the one's in this movie. Let alone all the holes in The Undiscovered Country, Generations, Insurrection, etc. 2. To all those complaining about continuity and how long it takes to reach the great barrier - why don't you actually watch the movie, the Enterprise was going to the center of the galaxy not the edge. (True it is a bit of a stretch how fast they got there but that's ALWAYS the case in Star Trek and pretty much every sci-fi movie.) Lets compare it to say the amount of time it takes Spock to become perfectly on the planet Genesis (but then Shatner didn't direct that one.) 3. Just because Shatner directed it doesn't mean you gotta hate it. And in fairness to Shatner there were a lot of people involved who were hoping he would fail so it isn't like he got a lot of support. 4. As to those who say the movie is unoriginal but the music by Jerry Goldsmith is great, then please go back and listen to the music from the first movie. Goldsmith totally ripped himself off in this movie from the main title to the klingon themes. I usually write short reviews but The Final Frontier could use a little defending. Yes it wasn't a great movie (3 1/2 stars) but neither was Star Trek I, III, Generations, or Insurrection, but for some reason people get way too vitriolic over this movie. Pop it in, sit back and imagine you are watching a 2 hr tv episode and enjoy it and realize you could be stuck watching a 2hr episode of Star Trek Voyager (yawwwwwnnnn.)
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Summary: Please tell me you were kidding...
Review: ...just a brief message for the good reviews out there. Honestly, this film just simply "hurts." An admiral says, "I need James Kirk" to help out with terrorist negotiations. You should be applauding along with Kirk when he responds, "Oh, please." "Oh, please" indeed! Let's face it...Star Fleet has plenty of candidates out there and plenty more ships. James Kirk needs to handle a simple terrorist scenario? Come off it! Then let's get into some character flaws... Uhura putting on a dance show contrary to her professionalism. Spock unable to shoot his brother, although "logic would clearly dictate" that he do so!!! Ugh, I can't continue!! And all under the adventure story to hunt for GOD who is not really GOD but an evil creature living somewhere near Stonehenge...not really Stonehenge, but you have to give the movie writers credit for LACK of creativity in coming up with this evil creature's lair. Thankfully, Star Trek V's rendition of Satan can be taken out with Klingon weaponry. And our Klingon nemesis flying around in a bird of prey? "He's good!"; a response to Kirk flying into the Enterprise at an unsafe speed into the shuttle bay, narrowly avoiding a photon torpedo. Hmm...let's see, what else could the Klingon have done: 1. Shot the Enterprise. 2. Knowing the Enterprise's destruction would strand the shuttlecraft, ponder what to do next for about 2 seconds. 3. Shoot the shuttlecraft. No, instead our bumbling idiot of a Klingon decides to go after the one target that wouldn't give him trouble of any sort had he destroyed a FEDERATION BATTLECRUISER first!! Whatever!! This movie is the ONLY reason why I gave Star Trek: The Motion Picture 2 stars. The first movie was bland, boring and dull, but it had the sensibility of characters STAYING in character and a plot that was cohesive and far less ludicrous than this piece of trash that Paramount unfortunately was stuck with.
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Summary: This is one of the best trek movies ever!!
Review: Okay this movie is totally underated! It has all the great aspects of Star Trek. The interplay between Kirk, Spock, and McCoy is great. And the plot is thoughtful. Shatner did a suberb job of putting together humor and drama. This movie is great because its not what we expected. Some people believe the opposite, but they are wrong. Spock's half brother is the villain! The crew gets brainwashed! Kirk in flannel and jeans! On an intercept course with...GOD! Anti grav boots! Row Row Row your boat! Klingons is hot persuit! If you didn't like this one, you don't understand Trek. Its not about "peserving Roddenberry's vision" its about FUN. ACTION. and a good HONEST MORAL TO THE STORY. This flick has these three things, and Captain Kirk. How can you miss?
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Summary: Failure on the Final Frontier
Review: From just about anyone's standpoint, this is not a good film. But the problem isn't the directing. William Shatner clearly knows how to handle a camera and draws fine performances from the cast (especially DeForest Kelley). The problem with Star Trek V centers on the script. There is an old Broadway saying, "If it ain't on the page, it ain't on the stage." The failure of this movie proves the validity of that truism. Since Shatner is listed as one of the persons behind the story here, he must bear his fair share of the responsibility for the problems with this story. Creating a script about the search for a tangible God, even if it winds up being a false God, sets the viewer up for disappointment. No matter how spectacularly the Almighty is presented on film, it can't live up to the real thing. In this film, He comes across as a latter day Wizard of Oz. Compounded with that are the problems with continuity within the Trek "universe," and overall tone: introducing Sybok as Spock's half-brother, and the use of the cast for slapstick humor, do not help an already implausible story. Small wonder Gene Roddenberry did not consider this film to be canonical Trek. The special effects, which are crude and amateurish, do not help matters. However, the special effects during the original series were often sub-par, yet the old shows continue to satisfy even in today's CGI era. (Anyone with any doubts about that should simply check how well the Original Series DVDs have been selling on Amazon.) The anemic visuals merely add to the problems here because they are coupled to a weak script. About the most charitable thing one can say about this film is that it features a wonderful score from Trek veteran Jerry Goldsmith. But that is not enough to save this uninspiring quest. No complaints about the sound & picture, although more extras would have been welcome.
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Summary: Highly Disappointing But Watchable.
Review: Star Trek V has taken a lot of heat. Sure, it may be the weakest entry in the series, but when watched with an open mind and in the widescreen version, it isn't too bad. I think William Shatner did a good job in his direction; it was the script that was sub par. I enjoyed watching the characters and the story wasn't too bad until the ending came, which I will get to later. As bad as it was, it was just so darn watchable. The main problems I had was the out of place comedy and the characters actions. The comedy seemed forced instead of natural. Take the scene where Sulu and Chekov were lost and Chekov blows into the communicator to simulate a blizzard. That wasn't funny! It was a scene put in the movie to make you think it was funny. It should have been natural, like Kirk saying he needed a shower and Spock saying "Yes." Also, why was poor Scotty fixing the ship during the entire movie? That is all he did! The ending was terrible. I agree with the line that said "Look for God within yourself," but a cocktail party with the Klingons? And then in the next movie, they said they have "never been this close" to a Klingon ship! All in all, it is watchable and contains good direction, but "dumbs" itself down in the end. I give Star Trek V a C-.
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Summary: Does not live up to expectations
Review: Hello, first let me begin in saying this is perhaps the weakest of the Star Trek films. In this film the Enterprise is lured into a trap at the planet of Galactic Peace. Where Spock's half-brother Cybock, takes over the ship. They then go on a trip to the great barrier at the center of the galaxy. The potential for this film was vastly squandered, by the organization of ideas. At the start of the movie, Spock, Kirk, and Dr. McCoy are on shore leave in Yosimite National Park. Kirk falls off the mountain and Spock rescues him just before he hits the ground. What does this have to do with later on aspects of the movie? I guess humor was the idea. Another annoying fact about this movie is the humor that is forced upon it. For example: The ship is full of mechanical flaws and we go through numerous scenes where Scotty complains about fixing things or Kirk complains about bridge crews being noisy. These scenes are supposed to be funny but they really are quite dumb. Overall the humor in this film, is just not funny. This is in my opinion the direct result of William Shatner directing the film. He is not a pro and it showed badly throughout the movie. His idea of humor and plot is quite bad. Back to the movie. When the Enterprise reaches the intergalactic barrier and the planet beyond it: Spock, Kirk, Dr. McCoy and Cybock, encounter a being claiming to be god. After they discover he is evil and wants to take over the Enterprise they destroy him. This makes no sense, because he or it is not physical. How can you destroy a being similar to god, with a laser? Try pondering that. Before they destroy the entity Spock's brother is killed and Kirk is saved just in the nick of time by Spock, at the gunery of a Klingon battleship. What turned me off about this film was the lack of continuity. You jump from Yosimite Earth, to the Planet of Galactic peace, then the Great Barrier (which is supposed to be hundreds of light years away, which would take years for the Enterprise to reach and the Enterprise conventiently reaches in a few hours), and finally the planet beyond it. Then Kirk, Spock, Cybock, and Dr. McCoy, fight and destroy a being claiming to be god. All the while they are being chased by a Klingon ship, whose commander is seeking to defeat Kirk for fame and glory. Where's the connection? This lack of connection combined with bad humor and lack of real action makes this film dry and boring to watch, compared to the other Star Trek Films. If you are a Star Trek fan, this film is okay to rent, but it is not a crucial film in the sequence of movies. In fact, if you suddenly removed it from the Star Trek arcives the following movies would not be missing anything at all. It is an unimportant side track in the Star Trek legacy, which leads to nowhere. Overall, I wouldn't recommend this movie to normal movie watchers. You will probably not enjoy it, except for a few stupid humorous jokes.
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Summary: How could this have been greenlighted into production?
Review: I won't take long, because I do not want to waste my time on this horrible film. It is very boring, and very slow, the script is stupid, and the plot about a Great Barrier, is, well, dumb. I thought it took decades to reach the end of the galaxy at warp speed? either the Voyager creators didn't care about the Barrier phenomonon, or this film makes no sense. I go for the latter. William Shatner was not good in this, his ego should though in every scene. Please stay away from this.
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Summary: ST5 has no real story.
Review: Captain Kirk allows his starship to be taken over with no oppositon at all.No security team,no warning even though he is in direct contact with his ship and,worst of all,he flys the villian up to the ship after telling him him that he wouldn't help him(does that make sense?).Is this the same captain that self-destructed his previous ship to avoid it's capture?In this film the Enterprise is portrayed as a faulty and clunky ship,a classic gimmick when you have a weak villian.This is a bad film,a voyage to nowhere where nothing happens.Avoid it.
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Summary: This is awful
Review: Every criticism of Trek comes to life! Bad plot, cheesy special effects, and a poor understanding of Trek characters. Kind of makes you want to stay in your parents basement, huh? Try and forget this one was made... and watch Wrath of Khan again instead!
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Summary: Lighten Up!!
Review: For the last 11 years, Star Trek V has been criticized mercilessly by critics, alleged Star Trek "fans" and even some Next Generation cast members. Yes, there is sloppy editing in points and if you are obsessed with special effects, then I guess there are some slips here and there. However, the film offers a good deal of interesting moments. We finally get to see Kirk, Spock and McCoy explore their friendship in a venue other than the ship!! Most importantly however, the much maligned Shatner, long criticized for hogging screen time, gives us more of ALL of the co-stars than we see the in the other Trek films. The Motion Picture offered virtually nothing for Uhura, Scotty, Chekov and Sulu to do. ST II gave Chekov a little more screen time but Uhura, Sulu and especially Scotty were hard to find. (Not to mention that the theatrical cut of II removes a fine scene with James Doohan in sick bay when his apprentice dies and Scotty asks Kirk why? A powerful scene left on the editing room floor.) III leaves Uhura in the dust somewhere, in IV Sulu might as well not be there and in VI, again Sulu gets short shrift as do the rest. In V, everybody gets in on the action. Uhura is allowed to do more than just open hailing frequencies, she flies the shuttle, distracts the Nimubs III outpost guards etc. Chekov has some nice moments as the "Captain". Sulu is on the ground with Kirk as he was in the original series. Scotty is allowed to venture out of the engine room. The jail break scene is priceless! More than any of the other films, V has the feel of the first two seasons of the original series where more attention was paid to the co-stars. In V you get the feeling that these characters are really something of a family and that they care about each other. Particulary effective is the characterization of Spock. Nimoy does a nice turn playing a weaker, more unsure Spock which is how the character should be played given the events in III and IV. However, as the movie progresses, Spock gets stronger. His old nature slowly returns as the challenges mount and finally the Spock of old is back when he takes command of the Enterprise in an attempt to save Kirk. He says to the old Klingon General, "You will try" when the General hesitates to confront a hostile bird of prey. In those three words, Spock's ability to command is fully returned to him. Something he had lost after he died. I find in this movie that Spock is not only unsure of his actions regarding Sybok, but that the sub text is that he is questioning his ability to be an officer in Starfleet. Five has various problems agreed, but the characters are never closer. That closeness holds somewhat in VI only to be butchered yet again in the horrific Star Trek Generations. The only time that picture is at all intersting is when the old crew or in the later parts, Kirk, is on screen. Again, cut were made which reduced Koenig and Doohan's roles to virtually nothing and though the addition of Sulu's daughter is a nice touch, Kirk's apparent unfamiliarity with her is disturbing. Yes it is supposed to show that Kirk gave up a personal life blah blah blah. But why not have Kirk responsible for helping her through her career in Starfleet afterall, though Generations leads us to believe differently, Kirk's devotion was not just to the Captain's Chair and his duty, but also to his ship and crew. I cherish V because it does effectively what ALL the original Trek movies should have done more of, give more story time to the co-stars and show the powerful connections between all seven of the characters.
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