Plantiana Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

Helloturia I have absolutely never seen anything like this movie before. You have to see this movie.

Stephan Hammond It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Cody One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

mike48128 Although the "rebooted" movie series is not over (yet) this still remains my best-loved Star Trek Movie to date, but I also have to include the 2 part episode "Best of Both Worlds", as a runner-up from Star Trek:TNG TV series. What is so fascinating about the Borg? Certainly their "Frankensteinish" appearance and Borg Queen which has also appeared with "7 of 9" in "Voyager" as well. (Actress Alice Krige won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar as the Borg Queen in the movie.) She apparently likes mating with humans and Data as well. Capt. Picard still has a link with the Borg Queen as she almost turns Data into a real human being (like Pinocchio) and that's the 2 illogical things about this film. Borgs try to rewrite history so that Dr. Cochran never launches the first warp-drive prototype and meets The Vulcan spaceship, hence the title "First Contact" with aliens for Mankind. Lots of hand-to-hand combat on 21th Century Earth and 24th Century Enterprise. As always, it is almost self-destructed as in other films. Capt.Picard is compared to "Capt. Ahab pursuing Moby Dick" with the Borg as the prey, in this case. The film manages to cover all the details including Geordi's enhanced new eyes (from Borg technology) to the Holodeck "Speakeasy". Very few, if any, "errors" in the plot. Most of the computer generated ships and effects look quite real considering that this is from 1996. So well scanned that I waited years before buying a disc copy. A great space-walk on the hull of the ship and the usual great interiors. The "curse of the red shirts" continues as all of the assimilated humans are new "recruits". As I have mentioned before, why is there never a reference for the creation of The Borg, which happened when "Commander Decker "joined" with an electronic entity in "Star Trek:The Motion Picture"?

Cory Myer There are so many good things about this movie, this is one of the best sci-fi movies ever. There are no slow moments, the dialogue and scenes are just right. The Borg are the creepiest, best villain in the Star Trek universe. The Borg queen was excellent.The anti-hero Cochrain was a nice different spin. Filling in the series plot gaps of where warp technology was discovered was an excellent device. Showing Captain Picard with weaknesses added depth. The acting was excellent. The ending makes you pump your fist.I have nothing but good things to say about this film.

Roark_0009 So much to love about this movie: - The wonder of space exploration and the fictional history of the first warp drive. Hearkens back to the Wright Brothers and the first ever flight - As the title suggests, an amazing theme to talk about the first time ever meeting other intelligent life - Time travel, the drama around changing historical events in the balance, and a great villain - Entire cast at the top of their form, plus great directing from Frakes - The music is epic and perfect for the themes around humanity, exploration, and wonderNo question the best TNG movie. In my opinion easily the best Star Trek movie ever. On the list for one of the best science fiction movies as well.

freemantle_uk Star Trek: First Contact is often considered to be one of the best Star Trek films and the best films featuring The Next Generation cast. This statement is justified because as someone who has never watched any Star Trek involving the TNG cast it does stand alone side the best 'Trek' films.Star Trek: First Contact is set six years after Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) had been rescued from the Borg and he is stilled plagued with nightmares and flashbacks. Now the Borg have started to invade the Federation and the battle is only won by the Enterprise's late intervention. However the Borg have a trick up the sleeve and travel back in time to conquer Earth. The Enterprise crew is unaffected and it is up to them to travel back to stop the Borg conquest and help the legendary Zefram Cochrane (James Cromwell) who achieved the first wrap flight and made contact with an alien race.Like 'Wrath of Khan' 'First Contact' was a continuation of a critically acclaimed episode, but even if you haven't seen it 'First Contact' works on its own terms and finds that sweet spot to appeal to fans and non-fans alike and matching the two tones the franchise has straddled, dark and brooding and light-hearted and funny. The film has with a dark image of Picard being assimilated into the Borg and his eye about to drilled before waking up and all the half of the film that features the Borg is the most atmospheric. The Borg are great villains, a near unstoppable hive a races that have been conquered, a collective that all linked together who work as one unit.Picard's assimilation with the Borg is both an advantage and disadvantage. Picard knows how the Borg operates and their tactics, so knows how to fight them, but he desire for revenge make Picard irrational. It's like Khan who could have been free after capturing the Enterprise in 'Wrath of Khan' but his want for revenge against Kirk is his downfall. Stewart gave a passionate speech about not sacrificing the Enterprise to the Borg.The Borg's assimilation of the Enterprise makes for a dark and dank atmosphere compared to the more brightly lit environments of the Enterprise. It is this sector of the film where we saw the Borg Queen (Alice Krige), the voice and personification of the Borg collective. Her introduction was impressive, her human body being lowered into a cybernetic body, CGI effects that still hold up today. Most of the Borg Queen's interactions are with Data (Brent Spiner), trying to convince him to join the collective, making him more human to attractive this.The cliché perspective of Star Trek from non-fans is that it a slow, boring franchise that only appeals to a hardcore fanbase. "First Contact" blows that perspective out of the water - it starts with a huge space battle between the Federation and the Borg as the alien hive try to invade Earth and there are sprinklings of actions scenes throughout the film. One of the best is scene when three members of the Enterprise crew having to stop the Borg from creating a satellite dish - it was a tense scene that was similar to the assassination of the Klingon Chancellor in "The Undiscovered Country".The action on Earth where Riker (Jonathan Frakes), Troi (Marina Sirtis) and Geordi La Forge (LeVar Burton) help Cochran with the first warp flight is more lighter in tone. The more comedic approach combined with the time travel story, cultural clash and essentially revealing the future to Cochrane made this half of film similar to "The Voyage Home". Cochrane is hailed a hero by everyone in the Federation, a man whose action united Earth, made a scientific breakthrough and made his planet a player in galactic politics but the reality was he was a drunk, he wanted to make money and is overwhelmed by finding out what his future holds. It made the character more human as he has to accept his destiny and James Cromwell, being the professional that he is was brilliant at humanising the character as he drunkenly dances and having the deal with the weight on his shoulders."First Contact" is a film that works for both fans and non-fans alike, having action, being able to balance a dark plot with lighter moments and working as a continuation and a standalone film, being a strong sci-fi film in its own right.