Star Trek: First Contact

Best of the Next Gen Star Trek's

I had to join in and watch this film for "First Contact Day." The fact I know it's "First Contact Day" reveals I have a Star Trek bias, and of course, I enjoyed it. I think what makes this film special is they brought the pacing and chemistry from the TV show.

Totally without expectation, the eighth in the big-screen Star Trek adventures (and the second for the crew of The Next Generation) turns out to be one of the best. Frakes's direction is strong and confident, bringing a nice, creepy touch of horror to the Trek universe, following in the tradition of the second-in-command being the one to truly know and understand how a good Star Trek movie should play. Nearly everything works, from the atmosphere to the FX to the humor to the cast

Aside from "Let's Do The Time Plot Agaaaaaiiiiiiinnnnn" driving the screenwriting, this is one of the few Star Trek films I genuinely enjoy. Then again, I do find most of Alice Krige's acting work highly entertaining.

Second use of the Moby Dick theme in ST movies, and another good one.

Pretty fun with some great scenes, but I don't think it's fully deserving of its reputation. The setup is incredibly rushed and there are several instances where it feels like scenes are missing. In contrast, the second half is more settled but at the cost of dragging by comparison. All that aside, Patrick Stewart is great, the Borg are a killer antagonist and everything with Data is pretty interesting. If you can kick back & blind yourself to time travel illogicality, then it's a good time.

The best Star Trek movie!

I like this one better than any of the others, partly because of the time travel, and partly because the characters are more real and don't take a back seat to the action.

The best of the TNG films.

The only thing "menacing" about a big cube spaceship is its capacity to bore you to death.

WTF was this film

Way to make the Borg suck. Good job.

Not a great Star Trek movie, but watchable.

I tried to watch it but really couldn't take it seriously so I gave up.

A nice bit of action, as well as helps shed light on a very important event in Trek lore. The best TNG era movie, in my opinion.

Prolly one of the best Star Trek movies, right after Wrath of Khan.

Enjoyable, and gave me hope for the new guys to make some good movies.

The best TNG movie by far and also one of the best Star Trek movies overall. Maybe not the customary TNG morale tale, but a very entertaining action flick.

My favourite star trek film. The borg are great as the bad guys and provide plenty of great action.

A great entry (the only good entry) for the Next Generation. The new Enterprise is really cool.

Uneven and over-acted, like all Star Trek, but the best (I think) of the Next Generation movies

good one

The Next Generation crew have their last (and most dramatic) outing in this time travellling, borg-chasing hoo-ha of a film. The Borg have created a time machine to go back in time to the inception of warp drive in the wake of the Third World War in 2068 so they can stop the creator and enslave the human race. Pretty far-fetched, but it's a thrilling yarn with a few humourous parts and plenty of action, however there are some parts that will leave you cringing.

Learning from the mistakes of the last entry, First Contact actually feels and acts like a movie. It takes the opportunity to use it's budget to make the Borg, who were creepy in concept but not in appreance into more monstrous creations, with wet skin and more "in your face" conversions via nanaprobes. The script successfully balances out story arcs among all the characters, although yet again Stewart and Spiner get the meat. This is easily the nest Next Gen film, and accessible to non-fans.

One of the best Star Trek movies, full of action and a really good story line, and exploring deeper into some of your favorite TNG characters.

A very entertaining entry in the Stark Trek franchise. Worth seeing even if not a Star Trek fan.