I thought I would chim in with a small review.
I went into Nemesis with no expectations. I had non ever since finding out about the plot nearly a year ago. After seeing Nemesis, one thought occured to me. If George Lucas could do what John Logan did here, then Star Wars AOTC, would have been a far better movie. That is to say, strong character development, and very talented acting, could easily over come a weak and dismal story plot.
Did I say weak and dismal story plot? Well yes I did. I am sorry, I loved the movie for many reason, but I found the Nemesis's plot begged more questions than it provided answers. Some of the plot was just too much of a leep of faith to often for me to truly enjoy, however, despite the movies weak plot, I found that I actually enjoyed this movie because of the acting and the action. A very well acted movie on all levels.
I did not like the dark look of the movie, and found myself often thinking that I was watching the movie with sun glasses on. I understood the plot point of this, but wished that it could have been a bit brighter.
The lack of details in the plot, the questions it posed, and the far fetched B.4 character, and the mind meld sub plot between Troi and the Vice Roy really annoyed me. I understand the need for B4, and will not spoil it, but I truly wish they would have explianed in greater detail where they found him and how he came to be there. The Tori, Vice Roy sub plot really need more material to work for me. It was an interesting idea that was under used.
One question lummed heavily on my mind while watching this movie, no it was not oh hey I know that Admiral lady, she's from Voyager, it was where in the hell was the Tal'Shiar? Come on now, one of the most feared, and still active (According to DS9) intelligance agencies in the quadrant allowing a human clone to amass an army and build a super dreadnought while in the process of plotting to over throw the Romulan leadership, without so much as an attempt to stop him? Kinda sounds like our own CIA doesn't it. The fact that they did not mention how they avoided the Tal'shair was just plain unforgiveable as a missed story detail. That is one thread of detail that simply should have been addressed.
One thing is for sure with all of the STNG movies, they have outstanding production quality far far far better than the six previous trek movies, and that alone deserves a thank you to Paramount and films producers. Nemesis looked great, sounded great, and was a kick to watch.
Over all, despite the weak plot and the many questions it raised, I like the movie enough to recommend paying full price too see it. Just be prepared to scratch your head often. The predict that Nemesis will break the 100 million mark during it's run. (I hope)
They can actually scan positronic readings from an arm over two light years away??? Well I guess Data will not be able to ever hide again. Ooops, that was a bad pun. Me bad.
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The Enterprise definitely did not look like a peaceful exploration ship in this movie. to bad it didnt have the Spinal Mount from the series finally.
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The ship in the series finally was a modified Galaxy class ship called the Galaxy X. The Enterprise in this movie is a Soverign Class ship. If you have not yet seen Star Trek Generations, and Star Trek First Contact, I highly recommend them.
[ December 15, 2002, 10:26: Message edited by: Atrocities ]