I wasn't at all impressed with the last Star Trek movie called Star Trek:Insurrection, so my expectations weren't all that high for Star Trek:Nemesis. Well they should've been, because Star Trek:Nemesis is the best Star Trek film since Star Trek II:The Wrath of Khan - and it may be better than that one. This film has got everything, A strong plot, good character development,brilliant acting,edge of your seat action sequences, great special effects, and a wonderful musical score.....I was blown away by how good Star Trek:Nemesis was. I found myself immediately wanting to see it again. I cant wait to add this film to my DVD collection. This is the film that George Lucus wishes that Star Wars Episodes I & II could've been. I cant say enough good about Star Trek:Nemesis

This film is the tenth of the franchise and marks the farewell of Patrick Stewart, and the end of a stage of this long franchise, which has never managed to match the quality and popularity of the series that gave rise to it. This film, like its predecessor, never surpasses the middleweight, with an uninteresting and forgettable script, something tiresome special effects and CGI and actors that do no more than comply with the minimum that is demanded to them. Stewart is the most outstanding actor, but he is not particularly brilliant in his participation, as also Brent Spiner. Perhaps its not the fault of these actors but the absolutely basic script and the undemanding direction of Stuart Baird. Anyway, this phase of the film franchise "Star Trek" ended without glory, but also without great shame.

WARNING: CONTAINS A FEW spoilers Let me start by saying I am a primo Trek fan. I've seen every episode of every series, I actually cried when the last Generation and DS9 episodes aired. Everyone who knows Trek knows that in the Original movies the odd numbered ones sucked, with V being the worst, followed by I, and then III (which I thought was OK, just hokey). In the Next Gen movies, First Contact was definitely the best, and you could place the other two in whatever order you want. I hadn't seen this movie in the theater because it wasn't a time when I was with other Trek fans, and there were so many other big movies out at the same time. Eventually so much time had passed, and I had heard it was not great. Boy was it ever!I blame the very poor script, (by John Logan and Brent Spiner) and a director (Stuart Baird) who had NEVER SEEN any of the Next Gen before, how ridiculous is that?! There are so many holes it's just not even funny. Here are just a few:* they get a "signal" of positron emissions from a planet, which means it's another Data. Now I can't remember from the show, but I don't think that had ever been able to detect it from a planet to a ship. They never explain any of this, finding pieces of an old Data prototype on some planet, other than it was to lure the Enterprise close to Shinzon. How did he get the prototype? Why was it in pieces? Why did they use a dune buggy that was really like 350 year old technology? Why did they not care about the Advanced Directive about not interfering with a pre- warp civilization, who then randomly shoots at them, like Mad Max?!*Of course it's no big deal to just download Data's brain into his suddenly-not-in pieces prototype, who magically is working instantly.*The Romulan Senate has like no security (even though they are suspicious people) and one leaves behind a "bomb" device that goes unnoticed until it's too late. The downfall of the Klingon Empire in VII was miles ahead.*They leave the shields down when dealing with Picard's clone who obviously is up to no good, so he can be kidnapped.*They don't explain how Data swaps for B-4 on the Scimitar, or how the enemy didn't know, or differentiate between the two, or anticipate the swap.*The Remans, who are light- sensitive, beam aboard, yet they don't brighten the lights.*The fight sequences are actually very slow... Why didn't the far more powerful Scimitar just keep firing? The pacing was terrible.*The Enterprise rams the Scimitar at a painfully slow pace, and yet they can't react, even though it has shields, it just kind of half- buckles into it. Both ships still maintain their integrity, and the Scimitar's weapon isn't disabled, and of course takes minutes to charge up. *Because the transporters are down Data launches himself into space, and yeah that works. Please.*Picard doesn't act like typical Picard and doesn't shoot his clone, but then they can get into a convenient knife battle, and then of course hesitates and doesn't want to finish him off.*Data then just blows the weapon up with a simple phaser blast with two seconds to spare (Data doesn't act like Data and hesitates too), and the whole ship is instantly pulverized by a phaser into a weapon that before was shown drying out flesh, but yeah okay who needs consistency?So they kill Data off but somehow this is okay because his memory is in the prototype, no big deal. Overall, the directing and the writing were terrible. I think this movie is now the second worst in the franchise after the original #5.I wonder what Gene Roddenberry would think, he'd probably hate it on almost every level.So there you have it, from a true Trekkie (yes I've gone to conventions and I've won trivia contests).

It's difficult for a particular franchise of films to live on for an extended period of time, let alone a long TV series and 4 feature films. With uninspired direction and a gradually silly film, It seems that after 15 years, this iteration of the Enterprise crew just ran out of gas. Though 'Insurrection' did well at further developing the crew of the Enterprise, 'Nemesis' puts a heavy focus on its villain. This time played by newcomer (at the time) Tom Hardy. Hardy plays Shinzon, a mysterious character hell-bent on completing his Romulan mission with a background linked to Captain Picard himself. Although the dialogue isn't always the best, Hardy shows just how good of an actor he would become, especially up against someone as revered as Patrick Stewart.Director Stuart Baird supposedly had never seen an episode of The Next Generation, and the way he handled the direction and tone of this film definitely showed that lack of knowledge. I think his attempt at creating a story that felt very different from what came before is admirable, but too much liberties taken and you may have some upset fans.This also comes into play when you think about the strange inclusion of a brother to Data, and Shinzon being a clone of Picard. I didn't find either of those two story lines compelling, nor did it really bring anything new to that approach of storytelling. It's only when I watched the actors bring much more out of the dialogue that I realized there could have been something great here.If for anything else, Shinzon is an extremely active villain and Hardy doesn't waste the extra screen time, though I was a bit turned off by a unique communication device he uses early on in the film, seriously it's just uncomfortable (and not Star Trek at all) for the wrong reasons. With diminished screen time for the Enterprise crew, they barely leave the bridge, except for one out of place Mad Max style desert sequence. Nemesis is just one of those Star Trek films I can't seem to figure out. I can tell the franchise fatigue seemed to set in, but there's still plenty of good with the performances of the crew and the newcomer Tom Hardy.+Hardy showed promise+Picard and Data's performances-But their strange subplots were unnecessary-Director/writers uncomfortable plot choices5.4/10