Matt's Reviews. Star Trek: Nemesis
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Rating: 1 alien (and that's generous)
This movie totally sucked. Or maybe it sucked 85%. I liked the scene
where Captain Picard rides his little dune-buggy on the planet, so
that accounts for the 15%.
The plot was completely formula. There is the very bad guy who wants to
destroy the universe. Fortunately, Captain Picard and his
excellent colleagues are able to thwart them! The last 45 minutes of the
movie show a dramatic space battle which ends with the near-destruction of
the Enterprise. Zzzz. I guess they probably spent a lot of money on this movie,
but there are plenty of episodes of "Star Trek: Next Generation" that are really
much better than this movie.
The exciting part of this movie is that the bad guy is a clone of Captain
Picard. "Why would anyone want to clone him?" my brother mused. "I didn't know
he was that great." Anyways, this guy is only about 25, yet he has
even less hair than Captain Picard. Besides having no hair, he really
bears little resemblance to Captain Picard, though.
They had a really good discussion
of Nemesis, on
Slashdot.
Also, remember Wesley Crusher? The actor that plays him is
Wil Wheaton, and he has his website here.
He's a pretty cool guy, apparently. I must confess that I disliked
his character on the show, but now I would like to offer an
apology to Wil for all the times I disparaged him.
For Nemesis, he says they filmed a few scenes with him, but then
cut the scenes. Too bad, maybe that would have saved the movie!
STAR TREK: NEMESIS (2002)
Directed by Stuart Baird; written by John Logan, based on "Star Trek," created by Gene Roddenberry, and a story by Mr. Logan, Rick Berman and Brent Spiner; director of photography, Jeffrey L. Kimball; edited by Dallas Puett; music by Jerry Goldsmith; production designer, Herman Zimmerman; produced by Mr. Berman; released by Paramount Pictures. Running time: 117 minutes. This film is rated PG-13.
WITH: Patrick Stewart (Jean-Luc Picard), Jonathan Frakes (William Riker), Brent Spiner (Data/B-4), LeVar Burton (Geordi La Forge), Michael Dorn (Worf), Marina Sirtis (Deanna Troi), Gates McFadden (Beverly Crusher), Tom Hardy (Shinzon), Ron Perlman (Viceroy).