Garbage. Makes the new Star Trek movies look good. Crap story, acting, cinematography, lighting, sets, costumes, fx. No charisma. Just plain garbage. What a shame. I'm a fan of the original TV series. I hate all other TV series, including the Next Generation, and all the movies. Even the worst original TV series, like I, Mudd is better than the crap that was produced after the original TV series ended, including this movie, Star Trek 3. Here's the main problem. The story just plain sucks. The dialogue sucks. The acting is garbage. Best acting was Bones, and even that was a joke compared to the 60's TV. When Kirk found out his son was killed, it's pure embarrassing. What the hell is the deal with FAT SCOTCHY with that stupid MUSTACH? Maybe someone tells him, hey you want to be in the movie, lose some weight and that stupid mustache. Jackoff, Solo, and U Whore You, were there, but nothing special. Spock directed this mess. Maybe he should stick to acting. He was great in the TV series. Here, he's not even there until the end, and the dialogue was just retirement home sleep inducing. What about the villain, Christopher Lorde. He's a good actor. Here, he's a freaking mess, joke cliché nonsense. He tries to pull Kirk down, and gets Kirk's boot in the face and falls into a volcano. Not suck a great villain. Spock's father, another mess. He was great in the TV series. Here, not so good. On Vulcan, U Whore You just shows up. Did Scotchy beam her up? I would rather if this movie was just the original cast sitting in a retirement home watching tv and telling stupid jokes. That would have made a better movie. Captain Jerk, Spot, Boner, Jackoff, Solo, U Whore You, Scotchy. What a mess. The costumes? 80's neon disco! What we have here is pollution. It pollutes the airwaves. If you want to unpolluted, consider not watching any of the movies or any other tv series, and just stick to the original 60's TV. There are a few bad episodes in the original as well. But if you stick with it you'll find most have some great stories, acting and even fx. May the original Live Long and Prosper, and the rest go to hell.

I loved the TV series. I was a child when it ran in the Sixties. Then, as I grew up in the Seventies, they invented UHF stations that ran "old" series in syndication, and Star Trek was on every day. So I was delighted that, in the Eighties, as a young adult, it came back, via the movie screen. Some of the space effects in this film were excellent, even viewed now. Some, like the planetscapes the characters trod and fought through, not so much. In the inevitable comparisons, this film is not as good as II and IV. But, as these three films were a serial in a way, the events of all three combined taking place in the space of a few weeks, one must see it with the others. Don't get me wrong, it isn't bad, but it may suffer a bit by comparison. (I've never seen any of the other Star Trek series or the movies based on them, so I cannot compare this to them)

One of the better written and directed Star Trek (early) movies. The actors (especially "Scotty and Bones") look quite long-in-the-tooth. So many full head wigs, probably sold at a "fire sale" to Pat Sajak of Wheel Of Fortune. Just a comment about Vulcan men in "season". There must be more to it than the intense rubbing of fingertips. The ILM models are good but some of the scenes look over-processed and a bit fake. Christopher Lloyd makes a pretty good "Klingon" and his snarly alligator-dog is a hoot! The new "Vulcans" prove that it's all in the ear make-up as female "Saavik" can truly be played by anyone, so it appears. A rather fast-moving story with pretty good scenery and somewhat convincing set decoration. The "puppet worms" on the planet look truly disgusting. The Genesis Planet doesn't look quite as hokey as most Star Trek "worlds" do. I expected Kirk's son would die as both the other hostages were needed for the movie to continue. Star Trek (usually) only kills off extraneous female aliens. As usual, typically over-tight costumes on female personnel. Saavik was needed to help transport young Spock's "body shell" home to Vulcan. A good satisfying film although quite a predictable ending. A nice Star Trek adventure from beginning to end.

I have now officially seen every "Star Trek" movie ever made! I guess you could call me a full fledged Trekkie even though I still haven't seen a single episode of any of the shows. What I like about this movie is how it directly follows up the classic "Wrath Of Khan" film. Yes, that's a tough act to follow, but this is still enjoyable in its own right. While Khan was classic, I actually did enjoy seeing the villain played by Christopher Lloyd. Yeah, I had no idea he was ever in "Star Trek". I really am impressed at how prolific that guy is. The movie's biggest weakness is probably how it gets boring at times.Now it isn't too long (at least for a "Star Trek" film) which works out pretty well. It actually does get really interesting in the climax. We get to see Kirk's son die and the Enterprise be destroyed! While not that memorable for most people, this actually is a pretty relevant film in the "Star Trek" mythos. We get some really nice special effects here, especially with the Klingons. I don't know why, but with the versions of films I see, there aren't any subtitles. Not even for Klingon! This was definitely watchable. ***