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[QUOTE]Originally posted by The_Tom: [QB] Having never seen TSFS (the horrors!) nor all of TVH (again, I see your shocked expressions) nor the TMP:DE (well, this is forgiveable, no?) my list will be abbreviated. Please don't revoke my Trekkie license. 1)TWOK. Oh, it's hardly true to TOS all right, and I'll agree that Harve Bennett is incredibly overrated and worshipped by fanboys who like their Trek with military spit-and-polish and no-smoking signs on facilities. But it's the only film that can truly be considered a classic. It's the only film that I love just as much no matter how often I watch it. Very few hours of Trek hold up this well on repeated viewing. 2)First Contact: When I saw it in theatres, I was blown away. I loved loved loved this film. Easily my number one. But I can't say time has been so kind to it, and after rewatching it two or three more times, the really rapid pacing has had a nasty habit of making the movie just fly by without drawing you in. Strong script, strong score, strong acting, and overall an exceptional portrayal of the characters we know and love. Could have been half an hour longer. 3)TUC: Decent political thriller and not an enormously short movie or anything, but it still does a spotty job at bringing us back into the fold with the characters we love; the Enterprise "family" could have been more up front and centre than it ended up being. Much as I love Christopher Plummer, Chang is a pretty lousy character, and the Shakespeare stuff is a little roughly-inserted. Shatner and Kelley are outstanding, though. In many ways, it's a movie about Kirk through the eyes of McCoy. *feels himself lapse into an Eberty vibe and stops* 4)Insurrection: Terribly underrated, but still disappointing. I walked out of the film feeling (a)cheated that it was all over-and-done-with so quickly but (b)nursing a warm fuzzy feeling in my heart because it was just so damn nice to see the TNG cast back together again. The jokes didn't strike me as as bad as they're made out to be online, nor did the VFX. And take-or-leave the Ba'ku storyline, it's still miles better than TFF. 5)Generations: Yuck. Has its bright spots, but ultimately it's two lousy villains, a lousily pulled-off Enterprise destruction and a lousily pulled-off Kirkdeath. It's a rushjob and it shows. Moore and Braga knew better. 6)TMP (non-DE): Yes. Boring. Yes. Boring. 7)TFF: I won't begin to open the "it had potential" debate because it did. But the VFX alone are bad enough to send it down to the bottom of the list. And the Uhura song number is bad enough to send it down to the bottom of the list. And the reuse of TNG sets is bad enough to send it down to the bottom of the list. And the pathetic finale is bad enough to send it down to the bottom of the list. And the whole "I-feel-your-pain-cult" is bad enough to send it down to the bottom of the list. I feel really sorry for Shatner having to live with this, because most of the problems weren't honestly his fault. But sympathy won't raise this any higher. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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