This was a tribute film by his son, Adam Nimoy. At best the film uses film clips, Leonard's voice over and letters to tell his story of a talented hard working actor.
Most interesting aspects covered are already well known to Trekkies, such as Nimoy's contribution to the charactor of Spock including the "mind meld" the "Vulcan taser" the hand greeting and even his delivery of "fascinating". Some of the most fun clips are from Shatner's 2001 film MIND MELD where both stars reminisce together. Nimoy's personal life and his other very successful roles are also covered. It's fun seeing the real man just being a regular person instead of the charactor as we all know him.
What really ruins this film is the endless musings and opinions of others that do not contribute to Leonard Nimoy's story. It seems like any random celebrity who agreed to be interviewed was included, like....Jason Alexander? Really?
Sure, Nimoy's brilliant portrayal of Spock was the role of a lifetime and propelled his career into our consciousness & popular culture. But to interview every distant celebrity that "Spock" influenced wastes a lot of precious screen time, loses focus on Nimoy the person and becomes a real bore. Even the actor who plays a "young" Spock in the new movie franchise is given "opinion" screen time.
Most interesting aspects covered are already well known to Trekkies, such as Nimoy's contribution to the charactor of Spock including the "mind meld" the "Vulcan taser" the hand greeting and even his delivery of "fascinating". Some of the most fun clips are from Shatner's 2001 film MIND MELD where both stars reminisce together. Nimoy's personal life and his other very successful roles are also covered. It's fun seeing the real man just being a regular person instead of the charactor as we all know him.
What really ruins this film is the endless musings and opinions of others that do not contribute to Leonard Nimoy's story. It seems like any random celebrity who agreed to be interviewed was included, like....Jason Alexander? Really?
Sure, Nimoy's brilliant portrayal of Spock was the role of a lifetime and propelled his career into our consciousness & popular culture. But to interview every distant celebrity that "Spock" influenced wastes a lot of precious screen time, loses focus on Nimoy the person and becomes a real bore. Even the actor who plays a "young" Spock in the new movie franchise is given "opinion" screen time.