Last Trek for the Next Generation

I went to see this when it was first released in 2002 and at first i loved it, but the second time around i found myself thinking this should have been so much better. The film certainly lacked something, most of the time i felt i was watching a remake of the brilliant 'Wrath of Khan' but without the great story, William Shatner and the superb Ricardo Montalban as Khan. Im not saying this is a bad movie, it's certainly alot better than the dismal 'Generations' and the embarrasing 'Insurrection', what im saying is that this should have been better considering it's the last Next Generation big screen outing. The are some great moments in the film however such as the epic face-off between the Enterprise E and Shinzons ship and the wedding scene has some good humour (Despite an appearence by Westley Crusher). Overall im not sure about this one, on the one hand it's a good solid Star Trek film, but on the other hand it feels like a half arsed remake of 'The Wrath of Khan' and it's not even close to been as good as that film. Judge for your self and give it a try.

Where they have gone before...

I have only just seen this movie, partly because I began to lose interest after Insurrection, and partly because of the overall negative reviews.

However, Nemesis is certainly worth watching, even if it is a little formulaic; although there are a number of questionables, many of which have been pointed out by other fans.

For me, the recurring idiocy is the idea of being defenseless against a cloaked ship. Hello, the second the ship fired, even a modern-day military computer and radar system could pinpoint the exact source of the shot, and provide counterattack coordinates to the ship under fire. Even if you can't see the ship, you can see the point of emanation.

As for using up all of the photon torpedoes in a single relatively brief engagement; as another fan pointed out, this is simply ridiculous.

Please watch the movie and make up your own mind. It's better than Insurrection, but not a 'great' movie, like First Contact or any of the Classic Trek epics.

There's certainly the possibility of a sequel built into the ending, but after the disappointing box office for Nemesis, they will need to be very sure they have a winner before they put anything else together. Especially since the sequel would be an odd-numbered movie...

Star Trek: No Energy

The story behind this movie isn't at all bad. It's just executed in an extraordinary bad manner. First, this may be a loyal star trek fans paranoia or did the turbo lift doors and other sets not have the crisp sounds when they open or close like in previous movies? If the crew can't get the turbo lift doors right then how can they get the more important parts of the movie right? Also, when the scene where Captain Picard receives the orders to proceed into Romulan space from Admiral Janeway and the Enterprise goes to warp on his orders have any energy? I didn't think that it did and it's a crucial scene to get a star trek audience into a film. Star Trek: Generations had the intense plot building scene in Stellar Cartography with Picard and data, Star Trek: First Contact contained the scene where the Enterprise warped to Earth to encounter the borg, and Star Trek: Insurrection even had scenes that built the excitement with the plot with the Enterprise traveling to the briar patch and through the briar patch. One thing that I believe these scenes shared was that they got the audience pumped for the primary development of the plot. This corresponding scene in Star Trek: Nemesis left you feeling cold and uninterested.
In addition, even though there was a barrage of weapons fire exchanged in the Enterprise and between the Enterprise and the Scimatar you didn't even get the feeling that the fight is a legitimate one because of the sheer size of the scimatar and its defense capabilities. The whole battle has no point when Cmdr. Laforge informs the bridge that the Scimatar shields are at 70 percent even though the Enterprise "supposely" emptied the contents of its torpedo launchers on it. This film doesn't grab you and say "Hey, this is some serious stuff" even though the potential of that occurance is technically in the film. This is also frustrating because there will not be another ST: TNG film even there were talks of one only a few months ago. Having a leading actor such as Patrick Stewart at an age of 65 shortened the life span of the trek franchise. Frankly, Stuart Baird's performance as the director on Nemesis wasn't anything to write home about and he didn't believe in the theme behind Star Trek that Gene Roddenberry created.