I've heard so many mixed feelings on this movie. Some people love it, some people hate it. I personally thought it was quite good...good enough that I saw it twice in fact. While this is not my absolute favorite of the Trek movies (First Contact still holds that title) it's definitely right up there. I thought the plot was very interesting, with some definite twists in there and a very surprising ending! (no, I most certainly won't give it away... if you're curious you'll just have to go see it for yourself) I've heard a lot of negative things on the villian, Shinzon, as well. People saying he's too sensitive, and not "evil" enough. I personally thought he was a wonderfully complex character. You could really tell that he had some inner conflicts going on. I think what made it even more interesting was that it seemed he kind of saw Picard as a father figure, and his only link to the past he could of had and who he could have been...but Picard was still his enemy, and in the way of is goal, and as long as he were still around, Shinzon would remain a shadow without purpose...but there were times you could tell he wasn't completely certain of what he really wanted to do. Shinzon is definitely one of my favorite Trek villians of all time...possibly my number one fave. The only real problem I had with the movie was that it seemed a little too fast-paced. I know a lot of scenes were cut to shorten the length of the film, and I think that left a little too many battle scenes compared to a little too few character development scenes. In my opinion, had those scenes not been cut the movie would have been a lot better. I greatly look forward to the DVD...where we will hopefully get to see the movie in its entirety...as it should have been released.
Good movie...I give it a 9 out of 10.
Good movie...I give it a 9 out of 10.