Star Trek Film Fest
Movie #5
Synopsis: The
Star Trek gang finds “God”...to be a real dick.
Blurb From the VHS
Jacket: “It’s Stardate 8454.130 and vacationing Captain Kirk faces two
challenges: climbing Yosemite’s El Capitan and teaching campfire songs to
Spock.”
What Did I Learn?:
Michelle Nicholls (Uhura) performing a semi-nude fan dance: sexy in 1969, cringe-inducing in 1989.
You Might Like This
Movie If: 1) You’ve always wanted to see this guy in a Star Trek movie. 2)
You believe this song could be part of a kickass soundtrack.
Really?: 1)
Gee...that “Great Barrier” at the Centre of the Universe was a bit of a dud. I
wonder how they made it through. 2) I realize the Enterprise is manned by a
skeleton crew, but how does Sybok gain control of the ship so easily? Is
everyone standing around, passively? 3) Fart jokes? A Star Trek movie is
resorting to fart jokes? 4) Even if that
alien dude at the end isn’t really God, it’s a bit of a letdown to see him bite
the dust after taking a couple of proton torpedos to the head.
Rating: Star Trek V: The Final Frontier is one,
long William Shatner ego trip; not only does he direct, but he gives himself
the best lines, and most of the heroics. Nearly everything about this movie
is wrong: the special effects are sub-par, the pacing is inconsistent, the
storyline meshes poorly with Voyage Home-style comedy, and the characters
become caricatures...Sulu gets lost in the woods? Scotty bonks his head on a
metal beam? Uhura...well, let’s not bring up that fan dance, again. I’m barely
recommending this movie only because Laurence Luckinbill provides a wonderful
performance as Sybok, and I liked the interplay between Kirk, Spock and Bones.
5.5/10 stars.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098382/
This movie was terrible, the only redeeming thing about it was that when I went to see it in the theatre it was sold out and I ended up seeing Dead Poets Society
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