I once won a competition based on all my Star Trek knowledge. Sad but true. What can I say except I'm a sci-fi nerd and Star Trek was mine show when I was a kid. So it's no wonder that I've watched the movies. Or that I know the words to that Star Trekkin song...
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Starring: You know who
Original release: 1979
Synopsis: Star Trekkin across the universe...A possible interesting story bogged down by way too many long shots which are meant to inspire awe but which kind of make you wish they would just hurry up and get on with it.
Both the soundtrack and the special effects are pretty good but beyond that there's not much else going on.
Both the soundtrack and the special effects are pretty good but beyond that there's not much else going on.
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Starring: Them again and that dude from Fantasy Island
Original release: 1982
Synopsis: Boldly going forward...So much better than the 1st film even if some of the actors are looking a little too old to be believable as space heroes.
William Shatner plays the humor and stoicism surprisingly well while Ricardo M is just having so much fun playing Khan, a villain who doesn't know when to give up. The action and tension is pretty spot on too.
William Shatner plays the humor and stoicism surprisingly well while Ricardo M is just having so much fun playing Khan, a villain who doesn't know when to give up. The action and tension is pretty spot on too.
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Starring:
Original release: 1982
Synopsis: There's Klingons on the starboard bow...Falls somewhere between 1 and 2. Entertaining enough but also very predictable. 
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Starring:
Original release: 1986
Synopsis: Whales... in space The Star Trek crew do comedy... and though it might have been mildly funny in the 80s now it just seems all a little bit silly and cringe worthy.
The story itself is in some ways like a rewrite of the 1st movie only this time there's time travel and whales. Hard to say which is better to be honest.
The story itself is in some ways like a rewrite of the 1st movie only this time there's time travel and whales. Hard to say which is better to be honest.
Star Trek: Generations
Starring:
Original release: 1994
Synopsis: They killed Kirk A farewell to Kirk. Might have been better to have done it as part of the The Next Generation TV series but as a film it kind of works.
Star Trek: First Contact
Starring: The Next Generation
Original release: 1996
Synopsis: Earth, the Borg and time travelNow this is my kind of sci-fi. Action tension, conflict and drama all wrapped up in a Borg bow. Stewart and Spiner shine in their roles - Picard tortured by what the Borg did to him in the past and Data in his quest to be more human.
Excellent viewing all round.
Excellent viewing all round.
Star Trek: Insurrection
Starring:
Original release: 1998
Synopsis: Shoot to kill...Okay. So it's not First Contact. But overall it's still a entertaining movie and that's more than can be said for a lot of other sci-fi movies. 
Star Trek: Nemesis
Starring: Tom Hardy when he was younger
Original release:2002
Synopsis: Romulans being badNot even the crew of the Enterprise can save this one.
Star Trek
Starring: Well it's not the original actors that's for sure
Original release: 2009
Synopsis: It's life Jim but not as we know it...I kind of wish that they had just made new characters etc. rather than go down the route of alternative reality which seems such a cop out.
Still in the end it kinds of works even if some of the characters seem different to how they were portrayed in other movies.
Still in the end it kinds of works even if some of the characters seem different to how they were portrayed in other movies.
Star Trek: Into the Darkness
Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch being sexy bad
Original release: 2013
Synopsis: He's back... again.If you pretend you have never seen the original TV series or movies then this movie is actually okay. BC makes a pretty good villain and the story moves along quite well.
Pretending is probably for the best.
Pretending is probably for the best.
Star Trek: Beyond
Starring:
Original release: 2016
Synopsis: Somehow there's a motorbike. On an alien planet...Further adventures in the alt reality universe. Entertaining and actiony enough that you don't really care anymore about the differences between this and the original crew
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