Critics Pan Nemesis

CgiJobs writes "The critics aren't much impressed with the new Star trek: "The 10th entry in the Star Trek movie franchise ... is the dullest and drabbest of the lot"; "this ship-bound and lackluster entry tells a rather harebrained story"; "suffers from a nasty case of the cutes"; More at Google News. Of course, I'll still be going to see it." Calling this movie the worst of the series is a pretty harsh criticism...

Reader NCC1701E submitted a short write-up on the movie:

"First, the executive summary: wait for the video. Now, the Gory Details, in all their splendor. I somehow received an email invitation to an advance screening to the Paramount Theater in Times Square, here in NYC. I had to wait in line for 30 minutes, and there was some confusion in swapping my email print out for a pass. But they didn't even check names against a list; it was basically first-come, first served among those who had been inveigled there through various means. In the end, there were even some empty seats. The movie itself? Basically disappointing. IMHO, the weakest entry yet in the series. Production values and special effects were excellent. And it was great to see the movie in a big theater with Dolby sound. But NEMESIS is little more than a Western type "shoot out" movie. The bad guys attack. The good guys fight back, Then, there's more attacking and more fighting back. Then it happens again. And again. You get the idea. I'm a sucker for the hokey humanism that was the hallmark of Star Trek at its best. There was very little of that on display here. In fact, there was very little in the way of a plot. Just some mildly amusing cutesy scenes, plus some murky musings about the nature vs. nuture debate re: a Picard clone. So I didn't much care for the movie. And judging by the subdued response in the theater, neither did the audience. BTW, NY audiences can be cruel. This one snickered at corny lines that weren't supposed to be funny. The phrase "derisive laughter" leaps to mind. I predict NEMESIS will be a huge box office hit. But long-time fans may be as disappointed as I was."

Comments

Re:I wonder how much of this is quality . . .

[swv3752]

Heming Way is a hack. While some of Shakespeare is brilliant, some is just twaddle. And recommending Chaucer? What next? Say go read Beowulf in the original prose? Read Voltaire in the original French?

While I do agree that one should broaden thier horizens, some of your choices are a bit lacking. That and I would categorize Poe and Shelly as being Science Fiction, or at least some of thier more famous stories are.

Here are the numbers: 5th best ST movie ever!

[dmoen]

Here are the IMDB ratings for all 10 movies.

It's the worst even-numbered movie ever released,
but it still beats all of the odd-numbered movies. Note that the even/odd rule still applies.

#10 Nemesis: 6.5 (based on 52 votes)
#9 Insurrection 6.3
#8 First Contact 7.2
#7 Generations 6.1
#6 Undiscovered Country 6.8
#5 The Final Frontier 4.7
#4 The Voyage Home 7.0
#3 Search for Spock 6.1
#2 Wrath of Khan 7.5
#1 The Motionless Picture 5.7

Doug Moen.