Review of Star Trek: Generations (1994) by Kai82 — 14 Mar 2020

An underwhelming movie that could be an episode or two parter for the TV series. The premise itself was great. A film with both beloved crews or at least many of the characters. The execution sadly did not live up to this.

Lets start at the beginning: Its starts with the maiden voyage of the Enterprise B and changes with a time-jump to TNG. The beginning is a satisfying setup but then the movie declines. The following parts while not boring or bad are not meaningful enough to carry the story.

It is interesting for fans including me because we are familiar with many things here but you will have trouble to find fans that are excited by this movie. The characters deliver a good performance but I wont say there is an outstanding performance except for Data and Soran.

Soran is a driven and interesting character. Honourable mention for Guinan. Kirks final fate is a disgrace to the character. He should have either a happy ever after or an ending worthy of a legendary character.

By the way my favourite captains are Sisko, Picard and then Kirk in that order so I am not a Kirk fanboy (He is good at solving problems but he created some of them). The story itself and the idea of the nexus are great.

I also like the interesting idea that makes the battle at the end nasty for the Enterprise. The final should be more memorable but it is still not as emotional as the same scene in Star Trek 3. I cant even point out why.

I sound again to negative. This is no angry rant because this is no failure. Overall an entertaining but also forgettable movie. As you have heard the even numbered Star Trek movies are the good once (Until 10).