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Star Trek - Nemesis (Widescreen Edition)

Star Trek - Nemesis (Widescreen Edition)

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Splended
Review: This movie is great and really focuses on data and the romulens. Im not sure i should tell you the end but what the hey you probly aredy saw it in theatures. Well in the end sadly data dies but they had found another android the same model as him that they uploaded all datas memerys to so they hop that they can repair him and get there old data back. The graphics on this film are stunning and the story is fully emersing. If you like star trek or jusr like fire fights with lasers buy this film youl love it.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Simply a Remake
Review: Folks, "Nemesis" is little more than a remake of "The Wrath of Khan." Think about it. A villain from the past (sort of), a weapon of mass destruction, a climactic space battle, and the death (sort of) of a beloved character while saving the Enterprise.

Why does Paramount continue to do these movies on the cheap? Yes, the special effects are spectacular, but the makers continue to compartmentalize Trek movies. They do it so they don't have to spend a lot of money on sets. You have the ship, and then you have the various wastelands/wilderness "sets". Don't believe me? Nemesis: wasteland dune buggy chase. The Final Frontier: wasteland "Paradise" outpost and El Capitan climb. The Search for Spock: wasteland planet destroying itself. Generations: desert planet for Soran's launch site. First Contact: wilderness missile launch site. ENOUGH!!!

Just about everything else in the movies is aboard ship. Mind you, I don't object to that, per se, but why can't they spend some money on some futuristic sets and try to make at least one epic Star Trek film???

As for the movie, Shinzon is adequate as a villain, but I certainly don't believe he would have it in him to wipe out the entire Romulan Senate. Sorry, that's just too farfetched. The wedding and B-4 plot diversions are enjoyable, but that's all they are--minor diversions. The special effects are fabulous, but they should have thought about developing a story that looks beyond CGI.

It's not hard to see why this movie was a box-office disappointment. It also apparently was a disappointment to a great many fans considering some of the reviews here.

Overall, a poor way to end a legendary series of movies. They should have made a movie to remember rather than one to forget--this movie was as weak as the first one.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: One of the best
Review: This movie was awesome ... this movie is a must see for Star Trek fans, and any other science fiction lover! Great job of bringing the Generations crew to rest, but hoping to see them in another movie, maybe with Voyager

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Slow in the middle
Review: I've seen all 10 films; this was one of the best, but it suffered from a slow and talky middle. I actually fell asleep briefly during those segments! And, the story itself is cribbed more than a little from "Wrath of Khan". A LOT of similarities. Tom Hardy was not convincing as a Picard clone. Lacked the charisma and gravitas of Patrick Stewart. The Data story was pointless and a distraction from the main story. The look of the film was outstanding. Special effects, set design and makeup were all top-notch and convincing.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: The worst of all.
Review: After a long wait to see the Romulans in a Star Trek movie they
appear on the tenth movie as the good guys who helped Captain Picard. On the other hand, the bad guy in none other than Cap.Picard himself as his clone. By the way, he looked more like a clone of Kojak than Picard, what a shame!
The plot is so full of flaws and so illogical that sometimes I think that Mr.Rick Bermann take the fans as stupid people. It is the worst Star Trek movie ever and I hope it is the last because I can't stand this disrespect towards Gene Roddenberry's legacy.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Don't waste your time - see Khan again with the commentary
Review: As a long time Trek fan, I can safely say that Nemesis is the worst Star Trek ever (and that's saying something, considering the Shatner-directed train wreck, Star Trek V). It's not just because the script relies on cliched sci-fi plot elements without contributing anything fresh. It's not just that the script is dull, illogical, and poorly paced. It's not just that every actor seems bored with her or his amateurish dialogue. It's not just the lame close-ups of hands and faces, the poor lighting, terrible score, the cheap sets and corny special effects. And it's not just that they needlessly kill the best character unceremoniously. It's that this isn't Star Trek. The science is bad (Trek used to pride itself on its accuracy), it is untrue to character types, it doesn't follow the established Trek rules for technology (holograms can be generated anywhere at random, it seems), and, perhaps worst of all, it has the main characters break the Prime Directive, the number one rule of Star Trek, without thinking twice, all for the sake of an unexciting, traditional shoot-'em-up chase sequence with no purpose in the overarching plot. Thankfully, this should be the last TNG movie, ending a great TV series and a very poor movie franchise (save First Contact).

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Star Trek passed away - long live TOS!
Review: Without the guidance of Gene Roddenberry, Star Trek has just become a commercial series... the quality of the scripts and the characters involvement is beyond the Neutral Zone - and this is not good at all!

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Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Give it a chance
Review: This tenth installment in the Trek series is probably the best one with the exception of Wrath of Khan. if it fails in any way it would be its less than stellar special effects. I thinks it probably did not do as well as Treks past because this was a film for the die hard Trek fan. There are several references to television shows and movies of the past that the average movie goer looking for run of the mill Saturday matinee entertainment will not get. All that aside it is an pretty good movie.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: The problem with ST movies made for cinema...
Review: ...is that they have to sell. Yes, that's right. While for the TV shows the producers have the liberty to play with really wonderful SF ideas (like the episode where Dr. Crusher gets trapped inside her own universe, or like "Yesterday's Enterprise" and there are so many more) and truly explore new worlds -- in terms of imagination at least, when they make the movies for the big screen, they have to compromise in order to satisfy the tastes of a broader audience, and that's how you get fist fights, Picard with a gun, chases through places with pipes etc, Data singing... True, all these are elements that were seen occasionally even in the TV series, but not all together at once, in an obvious attempt to make the movie SF, action-movie, occasionally funny all at once. Oh yes, and the ugly aliens. Why do they always have to be so repulsive??? The Romulans were always OK (our luck that we already knew them from TV and they couldn't change them), but the Remans just had to be as ugly as they can get. It's not believable, either... just think that the viceroy had nails so long that he couldn't press the buttons right. For me, these elements ruined the movie in parts. Also, some inconsistencies: what was Wesley doing at the wedding in a Starfleet uniform when we know clearly that he has left Starfleet years before with the Traveller?

Well, all these being said, you may wonder why it gets 4 stars. First of all, it's still Star Trek -- and definitely better than Insurrection. Then, if you leave aside the above, the movie does have its good parts. The Shinzon/Picard conflict is good -- even if it deals with cloning, but then, doesn't everything these days? -- and I loved the space battle. Thumbs up for ST on this one -- I was so dissapointed in SW II, where they had so much money but not a single space battle was shot... Also, the emotional development is good... except that I didn't quite sympathize with B4, he was never sufficiently developed.

And there was an aspect which reminded me of ST VI: there, in the end, they make peace with the Klingonians... here, in the end, they make peace with the Romulans. Feels like a nice closure. And a new beggining.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The Final Journey?
Review: Apparently the final film in the long-running STAR TREK film series, NEMESIS is simply the best of the franchise. It also works as a marker to show how far the films have come since the first snooze-fest STAR TREK. Stuart Baird's direction makes this one a tautly-paced, exciting adventure with fantastic special effects and a great score from Trek veteran Jerry Goldsmith. Both Patrick Stewart as Picard and Jonathan Frakes as William Riker turn out great peformances, and the added gravitas fills the void left by previous Trek movies. There are some complaints; the middle section tends to drag on for a while and the cop-out ending seems to contradict the well-known publicity about this one being the last. But this is minor carping, as the film as a whole is great fun.


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