One last ride with Kirk. It was my 2022 task to watch all episodes of the original series plus the subsequent six movies. I'm a big fan of the franchise. It was a difficult task to accomplish though. It wasn't fun. There's perhaps only a handful of recommendable episodes of the TV show and perhaps only one movie I thoroughly enjoyed. I'm glad it's over and this movie certainly won't make me a Kirk fan (Spock was great most of the time though).
This is another mediocre movie. A better finale than the show's finale but not a great conclusion for the original crew. Trying to find bits and pieces of the TNG stages was perhaps the most entertaining part. In theory that's not even a bad plot. It's a tale of overcoming hate, racism, produced and peace making. Before retirement, (a very old) Kirk's supposed to become a diplomat and burry his personal hatchet. The Klingons and their culture are much more fascinating than in any of the Kirk stories before (all while TNG doing a much better job already). Something is off though. Can't even why I'm that indifferent. It's often boring. It's worse than many regular TNG episodes which aired successfully at the same time. I wonder who had the idea to "pit" Kirk against Picard. He could only loose.
PS: never forget that this is the same Kim Catrall from SATC. Can't get my head around this fact.
Review by Alexander von LimbergBlockedParent2023-01-12T20:33:23Z
One last ride with Kirk. It was my 2022 task to watch all episodes of the original series plus the subsequent six movies. I'm a big fan of the franchise. It was a difficult task to accomplish though. It wasn't fun. There's perhaps only a handful of recommendable episodes of the TV show and perhaps only one movie I thoroughly enjoyed. I'm glad it's over and this movie certainly won't make me a Kirk fan (Spock was great most of the time though).
This is another mediocre movie. A better finale than the show's finale but not a great conclusion for the original crew. Trying to find bits and pieces of the TNG stages was perhaps the most entertaining part. In theory that's not even a bad plot. It's a tale of overcoming hate, racism, produced and peace making. Before retirement, (a very old) Kirk's supposed to become a diplomat and burry his personal hatchet. The Klingons and their culture are much more fascinating than in any of the Kirk stories before (all while TNG doing a much better job already). Something is off though. Can't even why I'm that indifferent. It's often boring. It's worse than many regular TNG episodes which aired successfully at the same time. I wonder who had the idea to "pit" Kirk against Picard. He could only loose.
PS: never forget that this is the same Kim Catrall from SATC. Can't get my head around this fact.