Best to worst and assorted commentary
1. ST II satisfying action, Kahn rocks and saves movie from Shatner's poor
acting. I feel special effects and quality of film stock are not up to par. Mainly from wrecking the beautiful pearlescent finish that the Enterprise had in TMP. Still best Trek film. Only now after hundreds of rewatchings are it flaws truly bothering me.
2. ST IV Very rewatchable and mainstream, great balance of humor and plot, plus I do like whales.
3. ST III Under rated. I feel there is a lot to like about this film. Many great moments such as the theft of Enterprise, destruction of Enterprise and various performances by the cast. I am a big Commander Kruge fan plus Sarek is good. Visual quality is much much better on model shots than TWOK as is the Genesis planet. I like the music better than TWOK as well. Very slight negative points for terrible Excelsior bridge set and 1984 Uhura hair.
4. ST:TMP Epic, best score, great plot. V'ger is otherworldly and terrifying. Does have slow pacing and really only needs to be watched one or twice a decade. Of TOS films I feel the special effects are in many ways unmatched until ST:VI
5. ST VI Overrated. Bizzare and stupid dialouge such as " Praxis exploded because of unsafe mining procedures...we are lodging an OSHA complaint" and Spock's Nixonian quips. Still it was an eligant and fitting retirement for Captain Kirk which should not have been revisited in Generations.
6. ST:INSURRECTION Best TNG film, not deep but again relatively harmless. I agree much like a tv episode.
7.ST:First Contact Over rated but workable. I can easily see why some believe this to be the best TNG film, however the Borg have no need for a Queen, it only cheapens them. I feel FC almost as much Voyager wrecked their coolness.
In Voyager's defense many of those episodes not featuring the Queen are quite enjoyable. Also many major characters are not emotionally themselves especially Worf, Beverly and Picard. Picard is practically flying off the handle with rage.
To parody Lloyd Bentsen "I knew Zephram Cochrane Sir, you are no Zephram Cochrane".
Also very dicey plot holes with time travel. Only ST:IV pulled it off sucessfully so far in cinema.
8. ST:Generations Extremely bad lighting both for interior and exterior shots. I felt like I was in a dimly lit amber basement the entire movie. The Nexus was interesting but its temporal nature leads to large plot holes. Plus I absolutely hated this movie when it came out for killing not only the legendary Kirk but the beautiful Enterprise-D. In ST III the Enterprise was 20(40) years old so at least she died with dignity.
9. ST:Nemisis Pointless, why was this made? Data looks older than dirt. Really didn't need that mind raping of Troi or Rikers fight to the death in the bowels of the Enterprise either.
10 ST V Crap. Terrible plot, weak attempts at campy humor, many continutiy errors and unlikeable Klingons. I did enjoy some scenes but you can't make a feature length movie out of 5 minutes of clips. Also truly aweful special effects.
