Star Trek: Nemesis
December. 13,2002 PG-13En route to the honeymoon of William Riker to Deanna Troi on her home planet of Betazed, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise receives word from Starfleet that a coup has resulted in the installation of a new Romulan political leader, Shinzon, who claims to seek peace with the human-backed United Federation of Planets. Once in enemy territory, the captain and his crew make a startling discovery: Shinzon is human, a slave from the Romulan sister planet of Remus, and has a secret, shocking relationship to Picard himself.
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I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.
It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...
what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.
Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.
This is a Star Trek film that gets better as people view it a second or third time. The opening scene is surprising in it opens in Romulus and then goes to Will and Deanna's wedding. Both scenes surprised me then the mystery of B2 Shinzon and possible peace with the Romulans. The film has action great acting and is shot beautifully especially the final battle. Tom Hardy is the best villain since Ricardo Montevon.
After the so-so box office totals brought in from Star Trek: Insurrection, as well as an overall downturn in viewership of Star Trek TV shows on the air, the Star Trek franchise heavily promoted "Nemesis" as the film that would keep the franchise alive and kicking. Instead, this horrible film had the exact opposite effect.With "Nemesis", the Star Trek writers/producers tried to emulate the story of "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan", where Captain Kirk squares off against hated rival Khan. In this story, Captain Jean-Luc Picard discovers he has a clone who is trying to take over the Romulan High Council. This plot fails for two reasons: First, the tension between Picard and his clone is not nearly what it should be, as the clone is so evil that Picard (and thus the audience) can feel no sympathy towards him. Second, the Romulans are just weak villains. They have never been featured in any previous Star Trek movies, and their appearance in this film does not better that reputation.Also, for the third consecutive movie, the fan-favorite Data character is heavily featured. While this is usually a good thing, the plot surrounding Data seems a bit contrived this time. The "drama" of finding "Data's" severed head...already used in the Next Generation series. A Data clone...same deal. Plus, the end scene (which is supposed to be reminiscent of "Khan's" ending) does not carry with it the emotional punch of Spock's death.To conclude, though the graphics and action scenes in this movie are on par with the other Next Generation movie installments, as well as some character development at the wedding of Riker and Troi, the drama is severely lacking, turning to outright boredom in some spots. If you are a hard-core Star Trek fan who will watch this film no matter what I say, enjoy the slim good moments when you can. If you are just looking for a good sci-fi film, avoid this movie and wait for J.J. Abram's re-boot of the Star Trek franchise in 2009.
I don't know why, when the Star Trek TV series are so good, that the movies have to suck. It seems like the director thinks they can do something better when all I want is a two hour version of one of the TV series.The Star Trek Nemesis is slow and boring. It lacks the crispness of the TV series. It was predictable too. I actually couldn't watch it all the way through and gave up 3/4 of the way. I rarely quit watching movies before the end but I just wasn't enjoying this one.I'm not sure any of the Star Trek full length movies pleased me.It's good to see the old characters back in action. I blame direction for the weakness of nemesis.
There has been a coup on Romulus. Shinzon (Tom Hardy) is the new Praetor. He's a Reman which is a lower lesser-known species of the Romulan society. The Enterprise crew is on their way to Betazed for Riker and Deanna Troi's wedding. They are sidetracked by the discovery of a basic Data android. Then Enterprise is ordered to Romulus on a diplomatic mission. Shinzon turns out to be a failed Romulan clone of Picard who was abandoned on Remus. Shinzon proposes peace with the Federation.It's just so dreary and dull. It starts with an intriguing coup on Romulus but it dives right into the Next Generation camp. It takes away all the tension and it continues to drain away as the movie relies mostly on talking. There are some interesting ideas as always in a Star Trek movie. However, the first half is unbearably slow and boring. Shinzon is an intriguing villain but this is one of the lesser Star Trek movies.