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Star Trek - First Contact

Star Trek - First Contact

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The Line Must Be Drawn HERE! Picard vs The Borg.
Review: This is THE best Star Trek movie. Far superior to Wrath of Khan or Voyage Home. In fact, even my non-Star Trek fans loved this movie. If you like the Borg, or Picard, or The Enterprise-E, or just action, this movie is for you. If you are a Trekkie, you have no doubt already seen this and loved it. What more can one want than Picard, yet again, saving humanity? All else to be said has been said by previous reviewers.

The Line Must Be Drawn HERE! And I...Will Make Them Pay!!
Brilliant!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A Classic
Review: An excellent Star Trek movie for hardcore fans or the occasional viewer. Jam packed full of action, drama, awesome effects, everything..

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A great Star Trek and Sci-Fi Film
Review: (...) I liked Star Trek First Contact and it's one of the best things Star Trek has ever done.

First Contact is the continuing adventures of the crew of the Enterprise from TNG series. The crew must go back in time and stop the cybernetic species The Borg. The Borg are trying to stop Zepryham Cochran. The man who developed warp drive and established first contact. If stoped it could be catostrophic to the futre of the Enterprise and of the federation.

The cast from The Next Generation is fantastic. They all had there specific talents that added to the show. They all shine in First Contact.

Patrick Stewart is great. He is one of the most underrated actors of all-time. He is a former Shakesperian actor and he can flat out act. He wasn't always given the best work in Star Trek and this is some of his finest work he has ever done.

Jonathan Frakes is great. Not only does he continue his role as Cmdr. Riker but he directed the film. He uses the suspense and unkown of the Borg well. He really does add to there race with what he does with them in the movie. He's funny as Riker and is less of the playboy that Riker is in the show.

Brent Spiner is great as well. It's a shame he hasn't done a lot more out of Star Trek. He really gets into his characters well and plays them well. Data is one of the most beloved characters in Star Trek and the film really shows why.

Levar Burton has a great role in the film. He plays Geordi well in what has become his signature role. He's argueably the most successful man ouside of Star Trek with his role on Reading Rainbow and from the hit mini series Roots. It's great to see Geordi without that stupid visor he had the show. I love his optical implants.

I love the score Jerry Goldsmith wrote for this film. I think it's the best work he's ever done. I think it got jipped at the Oscars. The woodwind and horns are beautiful in the theme. If your a classical music fan you should love the score.

Star Trek Fist Contact is one of the best Star Trek films ever made. Fans outside of Star Trek should like it. You don't have to be a trekkie to understand the film which really helps it a lot. It's a must for anybody that calls themself a Trekkie and I think all Sci-Fi fans should see it. It's a great movie that will do what movies are suppose to do: Teach us a lesson and Entertain us.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Undeniably intelligent, thoroughly entertaining
Review: Star Trek: First Contact is the most searching, driven, smart, and watchable of the Star Trek movies. The character development is mostly even-sided, and we can see the actors having fun with their characters in ways that they had not done in the TV show.

There are humorous scenes: an exasperated Riker trying to talk with a 21st century Zephram Cochrane while a drunken Troi passes out; a blearly-eyed first warp-drive mission accompanied by Steppenwolf, a Captain jealous of Mr. Data's ability to turn off his emotions when frightened, and a angry Klingon telling a Borg precisely what he can assimilate.

There is increadible action and suspense: a fight against the (nearly) unstoppable Borg as they colonize the Enterprise, a race to protect humanity's past and secure its future.

There is real character conflict. Captain Picard gets angrier than ever as he faces his own consuming drive to destroy the Borg.

A smart movie, and a fun one, too. It seems that Star Trek always succeeds when it takes its cues from Melville.

Sail on.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: The adventure continues
Review: Eventhough this movie is one of my least favorites it deserves four stars for bringing a great addition to the colection. We have great TNG moments in it: cameos of loved characters, holodeck magic and one of Starfleets greatest foes. I loved the subplot about the First Contact, it brought a new perpective of the Starfleet culture.
I don't espcially like the new Enterprise, looks too cartoonish next to the refited Enterprise and Enterprise-A. And I didn't like the devellopment of the Borg. I always thought of the Borg as a very misterious civilization, I think that all civilizations depicted in Star Trek express a different side of humanity and the Borg being the darkest one of all. Even so, it is very fun to watch and I definetly recommend it.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Star Trek: First Contact
Review: In my opinion, this is the best of the Star Trek films. It has everything! If you like any Star Trek film, series or action film, you will love this film. Although I am a huge Star Trek fan, I believe this will appeal to the none-fan as well. Hell. I think everyone will love this film! It appealed to me because it has the two main things that appeal to me in Star Trek. The Borg and time travel, in that order. This film is a must see

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Second Times a Charm
Review: Not only is "Star Trek: First Contact" the best of the Star Trek Series, it is also one of the best science fiction films made in recent history. Even if you are not particularly a fan of the series, this film stands alone very well on its own.

The full compliment of "The Next Generation" film crew returned for this project including the talents of Patrick Stewart, Brent Spiner, Jonathan Frakes, and all the fine actors and actresses we have come to know in this series. Fans are also treated to the acting talents of Alfre Woodard and James Cromwell. Woodard plays the bewildered Lily who has good chemistry with Stewart. Cromwell is outstanding as the reluctant Zephram Cochrane; A character credited with developing warp speeds (speed faster than the speed of light) possible.

The story is about an attack by a terrible cybornetic race called the Borg who assimilates organic lifeforms into twisted beings and destroys everything in their path. Captain Picard (Stewart) who was once captured and assimilated by the Borg (during the television series) has an edge on fighting this dreaded enemy because as he explains, he has "cybornetic implants" in his body and his mind is still somehow connected to the "collective". The story has two themes, Picard who is bent on a personal vedetta and the crew's mission to undo the rewriting of history that eventually led to the enslavement of mankind in an alternate future.

Jonathan Frakes who plays Cpt. Picard's loyal first officer is also the director and does a very impressive job. Perhaps there is a career opportunity when the Star Trek days are over. Frakes masterfully creates tension and uneasyness with camera angles and Jerry Goldsmith's score is both articulate and expressive. This is a great action and suspenseful film. If you find yourself getting into this film, you will not be able to stop until the very end. If you thought that you have never been able to get into this series, this one is a great one to start off with.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Star Trek TNG at its finest
Review: I'm surprised by all the criticisms of this movie, but not by its praises. I wouldn't change a thing about it. Everything just felt right, and unforced. Unlike in "Enterprise," the story fits well with established Star Trek knowledge and expands on it nicely.

Despite being hyped as a Big Action Movie[TM] there are several thoughtful undercurrents being played here, like how much Picard is still suffering from his assimilation by the Borg and how out of the most desperate and dismal situations (WW3) something good and pure (an era of peace) can arise. This is a can't-miss for fans and non-fans alike.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A Very Good Movie.
Review: I like Star Trek, and I'm not ashamed to admit it! This was a great movie - I love Patrick Stewart, and this got really in depth about the Borg (Who are downright scary). I also liked Levarr Burton (I was a Reading Rainbow child). This was overall a very good Science Fiction, with some humor (Provided mostly by Data), and lots of thrills.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: The best Star Trek film...................Almost
Review: In 13 words: Star Trek First Contact is the best film of the "Next Generation" movies. It has superb plotting, pacing, acting, humor, and the BEST special effects of ANY of the films, even surpassing the newest Star Trek Nemesis. (This is the last Trek movie where the special effects were done by ILM). The only problem with this film is that it could've been the best Trek movie out of them ALL if not for a major pitfall...

Basically, the action scenes are way too underdeveloped. Each action scene consists of about 5 (or less) phaser shots and that's it. The ship battle at the beginning is something to behold, but all of the other action scenes just bum out. The zero-gravity battle on the hull of the Enterprise E is VERY SUBDUED compared to the scene read in the script. (In the script, there is a MASSIVE, 10 page battle where Riker and Worf must realign a Quantaum Torpedo and fight off dozens of Borg who are firing at them.) In the move, all we get is a very slow-paced scene where the only highlight is Worf saying "A S S I M I L A T E T H I S ! !

Another problem is the ending. It's too dang boring. Picard displays incredible acting ability in a 5 minute scene were he throws stuff around in his ready room and gets ready to make a final stand against the Borg. We get the idea that there's going to be a massive climax, but instead all we get is Data punching a tube and Picard climbing on metal "rope things." Not very exciting.

If the film had been about 10 minutes longer, (allowing for more action) this would've been a PERFECT STAR TREK FILM. So all in all, if you want a good solid Trek film with good acting, plotting, special effects humor, etc., see this one. I you want to see a Trek film with tons of action and a massive climax, I suggest you see Nemesis instead.

Don't get me wrong: I'm a trekkie and I own all of the Trek movies. First Contact is one of my all-time favorite Star Trek movies, but it just left me with a little bit more to be desired.

1996; 111 minutes; RATED PG-13 for sci-fi action violence, brief strong language, some sexual content, and disturbing/scary images


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