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Surprisingly incoherent and boring

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

'Star Trek: The Next Generation' may not be quite as influential or as ground-breaking as the original 'Star Trek' series (though it certainly has those elements), but quality-wise it is every bit as good with a few improvements.Of the four films based off 'The Next Generation', the only outstanding one is 'First Contact', which was also one of the best 'Star Trek' films, along with 'The Wrath of Khan', 'The Voyage Home' and 'The Undiscovered Country' (of the previous films) and a great film in general. 'Nemesis' is a long way from a terrible film, none of the 'Star Trek' films are even the often panned 'The Motion Picture' and 'The Final Frontier', but to me it is one of the weaker 'Star Trek' films overall along with 'The Final Frontier' and 'Insurrection', 'The Motion Picture' and 'Generations' are also frustratingly uneven efforts.There are certainly strengths here. Despite the sets being somewhat more basic compared to the other 'Next Generation' films and 'The Next Generation' series, though they don't look cheap just not as detailed or as elaborate, the cinematography is intimate, colourful, brooding and immersive in equal measure and the striking special effects will leave one in awe.Having Jerry Goldsmith on board for composer always promises much, seeing as Goldsmith was a personal favourite film composer of mine and some of the best 'Star Trek' music was penned by him, and the man doesn't disappoint, with a lot of rousing, foreboding and melancholic themes, varied textures and clever use of instrumentation. The action sequences are well choreographed and shot and among the more exciting of the 'Next Generation' films, especially the thrilling final battle.Most of the cast are good. Patrick Stewart has the lion's share of the material, and he is effortlessly commanding and brings much dignified gravitas, integrity, wry stoicism, a sense of fun, heart and a conflicted edge. Brent Spiner enjoys himself with neither his acting or material overdone as with the disastrous emotion-chip subplot in 'Generations', though some of his material doesn't add much at all and felt a little on the self indulgent side. Ron Perlman is suitably menacing, while Tom Hardy throws himself into his role of Shinzon and clearly did a lot to prepare himself for it.On the other, 'Nemesis' is badly let down by the script and story not being up to par. The script is one of the most stilted of all the 'Star Trek' films put together, and not only is it far too talky with some confusing gobbledegook techno-babble but it is rather poorly balanced and not particularly well focused, with some clumsy humour that often jarred.'Nemesis's' story very rarely compels outside of the action. Pacing is often pedestrian, especially in the first half which also had a very corny opening, and the whole film feels very tired and like, like 'Insurrection', a padded out two-parter of the series. There is nothing new or surprising, and there are parts that are pointless, could have gone into more detail or convoluted. The direction is uninspired.While the rest of the supporting do their best, their screen time is limited and uninteresting. In the previous two 'Next Generations' films it was understandable in the case of Jonathan Frakes as he was also director for those films, but here there was no excuse and it's the same for the rest of the cast. There definitely could have been more of the rest of the regular 'Next Generation' crew and the film could have been less villain-centric, Jonathan Frakes apparently thought this and am in complete agreement with him.In conclusion, not awful but 'The Next Generation' at its most flawed. 5/10 Bethany Cox

This movie isn't all that bad. It's not nearly as good as Generations or First Contact but I find it about as good as Insurrection. Similar to Insurrection, this film could have been cut down to the core of the matter at hand and trimmed from it's filler scenes then we would have a TV episode of The Next Generation.Will Riker and Deanna Troy finally get married. There is a new Romulan leader, Shinzon, that claims they want peace with Starfleet but it is a trick. Shinzon needs Picard to survive and it's up to Picard and crew to put an end to this. That about sums up this film.It is Star Trek entertainment that is a pretty good watch... just a bit better than Insurrection in my opinion.7/10

Though I've been a fan of the original Star Trek TV series and films based on that franchise, I've never been moved to check out any of the spin-off series. This is actually the first look I've ever had at the 'Next Generation' crew, and more than a few decades after the fact. I can't say that I felt anything really new here except for the cast of characters which I'm vaguely familiar with. Having just started wearing hearing aids, I felt a bit like Picard (Patrick Stewart) and Shinzon (Tom Hardy) dealing with Shalaft's Syndrome, in that I'm hearing things I haven't heard in a long time, as even the clacking of the computer keyboard as I write this has an annoying quality to it.The story itself here felt derivative of any number of earlier Star Trek stories - the Enterprise gets into a jam with it's current Commander, and he needs to use all of his experience and wiles to avoid destruction. Picard's opponent Shinzon was originally created with temporal RNA sequencing, but his cellular structure is breaking down because the sequencing was never activated. That seemed like a pretty big oversight to me when I heard it. Everyone knows you have to activate the RNA sequencing in order for the aging process to proceed at an accelerated rate.The bigger problem I had with the story was Picard all of a sudden agreeing to side with Romulan Commander Donatra (Dina Mayer) to go up against Shinzon. What happened to all that wariness against Romulan subterfuge and eons of hostile behavior against the Federation? That didn't seem realistic to me, even if Donatra had her own issues with Shinzon's plan to annihilate the Earth.But the biggest kicker of all was Picard deciding to ram the Romulan vessel Scimitar! What!?!? Seems there could have been a reckless endangerment charge in there someplace for the Captain. Fortunately it all worked out, but what about the repair bill on the Enterprise? You would think that would have amounted to a few sheckels when all was said and done. If only Picard would have downloaded Data's memory engrams into the cloaking device of the Scimitar, he could have lowered the Thaloran radiation level to sixty percent and made a clean sweep of overtaking the ship without all the destruction. Doesn't everybody know that?

Well everyone said the same thing in detail. To summarize, deliberate sabotage. The head of this ship( the director) was careless and irresponsible and everyone under him suffered! If you don't steer the ship properly, its going down -- the very least, you go in a direction most inappropriate.. I get how everyone feels but this ST installment didn't have a fair and fighting chance! I say ... Do Over! Do Over! I liked this movie but it could have been sooooo much better! I mean, you've got the 'original cast' for goodness sake. Regardless of where they've moved on to, at this point of the game , you've got the original cast! I think that's half the battle for a great movie. What I always appreciated and missed was the light banter they always had with each other. That's what always stayed in my mind and had me chuckling long after the shows were over. I know the characters have evolved over the years but we still expect to see the familiar little something. In this last installment , to me, they seemed ... I don't know ... flat, forced and stifled. I mean , for instance, what was Wesley Crusher doing all the way over there in the corner during the wedding reception, huh? It was noticeable how off to the side he was. Part of the group but not. That to me was just awkward. Yea his storyline took him out of the game but still, on this occasion they should have done him better than that. His characters parting gift should have been more than that! And oh how Luxanna Troi would have loved this. And where was Worfs militant outbursts?! I don't know. Now the interactions between the Captain and Data ... I got a glimpse of the old familiarity in the interactions between those two. Why do they keep messin' with the formula once it's established. For me, it was the little things that I missed and that mattered. *sigh*