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2.0 out of 5 stars
Regardless of being a franchise fan or not, it's a poor film all round.
23 May 2011
By Spike Owen
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Format:DVD
Regardless of being a franchise fan or not, it's a poor film all round.
The voyage here is a search for God, the big guy in the sky, the big cheese with a beard. Cunningly disguised as the thirst for ultimate knowledge. Taking over from Leonard Nimoy in the directing chair is The Shat himself, Captain Tiberius William Shatner Kirk. In an attempt at blending the fun corny aspects of the series with sci-fi histrionics (Klingon dialogue consultant, really?), Shatner and his co-writers have only achieved what is almost an embarrassing parody of a parody.
Where's the danger? Where's the brothers in arms spirit? In fact where is our badly underwritten crew? Star Trek humour is a wonderful thing, when it's in the right places and done with a straight lace so befitting what has come before The Final Frontier. Some light moments exist, but they do not compensate for the lack of serious moments. While do we really need another Spock revelation? Really?
Some nice sets and little knowing Trek moments aside, The Final Frontier is just a bad movie experience. 3/10
The voyage here is a search for God, the big guy in the sky, the big cheese with a beard. Cunningly disguised as the thirst for ultimate knowledge. Taking over from Leonard Nimoy in the directing chair is The Shat himself, Captain Tiberius William Shatner Kirk. In an attempt at blending the fun corny aspects of the series with sci-fi histrionics (Klingon dialogue consultant, really?), Shatner and his co-writers have only achieved what is almost an embarrassing parody of a parody.
Where's the danger? Where's the brothers in arms spirit? In fact where is our badly underwritten crew? Star Trek humour is a wonderful thing, when it's in the right places and done with a straight lace so befitting what has come before The Final Frontier. Some light moments exist, but they do not compensate for the lack of serious moments. While do we really need another Spock revelation? Really?
Some nice sets and little knowing Trek moments aside, The Final Frontier is just a bad movie experience. 3/10
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
A mad passionate Vulcan! Klingons doing there bit to keep space tidy! And then in the mist of all this we meet God?! with shatner at the helm directing and big bucks to spend, he didn`t save much for the story line. but we forgive him.Well nearly the singing of "row row rwo your boat" has you heading to the FF button.great effects one liners plus uhura singing .great fun!!!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Albatross
Format:DVD
Most people who know about the Star Trek films feel that the fifth outing was the weakest of the series... and they're probably right. Nothing really fits for the big-screen. The villain isn't particularly villainous. The Klingon sub-plot is pretty lame. There isn't much action and there's never much of a feel of threat to the characters.
However, despite all that, the film isn't too bad. I look at as more as an extended episode of the TV show. The Enterprise gets taken over (rather easily in my opinion - it must have been the Security staffs' lunch hour or something) by some blokes wearing rags, lead by Spock's half brother (who should have been played by Sean Connery, only he turned the part down). Then, the ship is taken to the centre of the universe (which is apparently only a few hours journey away) in an attempt to meet God.
Since Star Trek 4: The Voyage Home had a lot of humour in it, it seems like they've tried to recreate a humorous atmosphere in number 5, too. However, it doesn't really work and take away what little tension there is for the situation. The banter between the Kirk-Spock-McCoy triangle is nice, but, again, it only serves to make this a light-hearted film that deals with serious subject matter.
William Shatner, aka Captain Kirk, also directs. And, to be fair, he doesn't do a bad job. Everything here is pretty standard stuff. It certainly won't win over many new fans to either the genre or the franchise. However, if you're a fan of the old crew and have an hour and a half to spare, there are worse sci-fi outings out there.
However, despite all that, the film isn't too bad. I look at as more as an extended episode of the TV show. The Enterprise gets taken over (rather easily in my opinion - it must have been the Security staffs' lunch hour or something) by some blokes wearing rags, lead by Spock's half brother (who should have been played by Sean Connery, only he turned the part down). Then, the ship is taken to the centre of the universe (which is apparently only a few hours journey away) in an attempt to meet God.
Since Star Trek 4: The Voyage Home had a lot of humour in it, it seems like they've tried to recreate a humorous atmosphere in number 5, too. However, it doesn't really work and take away what little tension there is for the situation. The banter between the Kirk-Spock-McCoy triangle is nice, but, again, it only serves to make this a light-hearted film that deals with serious subject matter.
William Shatner, aka Captain Kirk, also directs. And, to be fair, he doesn't do a bad job. Everything here is pretty standard stuff. It certainly won't win over many new fans to either the genre or the franchise. However, if you're a fan of the old crew and have an hour and a half to spare, there are worse sci-fi outings out there.
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