Star Trek: Insurrection by far is the worst of the nine existing Trek films. No, no, worse than that--it doesn't deserve the name Star Trek.
Its focus on the evils of transplanting of a small group of people is somewhat enlightening, but this was simply not a compelling story. For the first time ever with a Trek movie, I was bored to death in the theatre. At least in Generations, the second worst film, I could await the much anticipated appearance of Kirk. Insurrection fails, I think, because the storyline lags behind with virtually no action. The cutsie little attempts at making this movie entertaining with the Next Generation crew is simply terrible---the writers of Star Trek need to think some things through before they depend on Riker's beard-shaving, a navigation joystick, and Data's playing to carry a Star Trek film. In my own opinion, the plot fails because the storyline is not far-reaching enough---most viewers I presume want to see Earth in danger, then the Enterprise (or whatever ship they'll use later) swoops in to save the day. The Star Trek shows that get the worst reviews (V, Gen., Insurrection) were event driven in some remote corner of the galaxy that was virtually unimportant. First Contact, The Undiscovered Country, and the rest create an Armaggeddon of a storyline, then our heros swoop in to save the day. Sure it makes for predictability, but most movies are predictable these days. Insurrection is by far, a miss. I hope Rick Berman gets it right next time! :-)
Its focus on the evils of transplanting of a small group of people is somewhat enlightening, but this was simply not a compelling story. For the first time ever with a Trek movie, I was bored to death in the theatre. At least in Generations, the second worst film, I could await the much anticipated appearance of Kirk. Insurrection fails, I think, because the storyline lags behind with virtually no action. The cutsie little attempts at making this movie entertaining with the Next Generation crew is simply terrible---the writers of Star Trek need to think some things through before they depend on Riker's beard-shaving, a navigation joystick, and Data's playing to carry a Star Trek film. In my own opinion, the plot fails because the storyline is not far-reaching enough---most viewers I presume want to see Earth in danger, then the Enterprise (or whatever ship they'll use later) swoops in to save the day. The Star Trek shows that get the worst reviews (V, Gen., Insurrection) were event driven in some remote corner of the galaxy that was virtually unimportant. First Contact, The Undiscovered Country, and the rest create an Armaggeddon of a storyline, then our heros swoop in to save the day. Sure it makes for predictability, but most movies are predictable these days. Insurrection is by far, a miss. I hope Rick Berman gets it right next time! :-)