Here’s mine:
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The Undiscovered Country
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Wrath of Khan
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Voyage Home
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Motion Picture
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Search for Spock
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Generations
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First Contact
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Final frontier
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Insurrection
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Nemesis
I’m not a fan of any of the Kelvinverse films, BUT if forced to rank them, it would be like this:
- Beyond
- Into Darkness
- Star Trek
EDIT: Apparently everyone on this website is insane
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Generations above First Contact is a hot take, too
I have a soft spot for it. It’s weird in a good way! No shade at First Contact tho.
It’s got Kirk and Picard, which is a movie that should exist even if the execution wasn’t ideal.
Generations gave us Data’s lifeforms song, which is certainly a positive in my book.
There’s also: “Yes it is REVOLTING!”
“More?”
“Please!!”
And the cinematography is always eye catching.
Some of the best in the entire franchise!
My perspective is that at least Into Darkness has a message? Kind of? '09 felt like Star Trek: Mountain Dew. Don’t get me wrong though I don’t feel either is worth defending and I put one second total into deciding the Kelvinverse order.
\1. Star Trek VI
Very tight film. Christopher Plummer is excellent.
\2. Star Trek II / III / IV (as a complete Trilogy)
Can’t separate these just like the LoTR films, anyways you got KHAN, the sacrifice of the Enterprise and Double Dumbass on you. Excellent trilogy.. (Note: Khan/Voyage/Search is the order of likeness)
\3. First Contact
It’s the borg, gotta give it up for the Borg 👏
\4. Galaxy Quest
Never give up, never surrender!
\5. Star Trek TMP
Fuck you I LIKE Enterprise beauty shots set to Jerry Goldsmith music. With that said I like the story and character arcs of Kirk and Spock.
\6. Generations
It’s OK. The rest of the DS9 uniform replacements won’t arrive til Tuesday
\7. Star Trek V
Underrated. Has its moments. I think Sybok gives an excellent performance otherwise forgettable movie
\8. Star Trek Kelvin I
It’s OK. Karl.Urban nails Bones.
Didn’t see the others. I haven’t been sold on seeing Insurrection and Nemesis ever despite easily able to and apparently I should give Beyond (Kelvin III) a chance.
Edit: so the numbers all got changed to 1 when posted and using ol reliable backslash to fix it did but left the slashes? I give up.
I need to retract my answer for my failure to include Galaxy Quest.
and Double Dumbass on you
Ha I forgot about that part. Makes sense to view those movies as a trilogy, too.
One damn minute, admiral!
I love this discussion.
Star Trek VI is precious to me for reasons of special memories seeing it with my father. So I know I watch it with rose colored glasses.
It’s neat to see some validation that it’s actually really good film.
It’s a good story on it’s surface, but somehow also packs in a really metaphor for the end of the Cold War, AND a metaphor about Star Trek as a franchise. Simply the best.
Just watched it again last week. It’s just a very well done movie all around.
EDIT: Apparently everyone on this website is insane
Have you considered the possibility that ya basic?
“Live Laugh Love” is good advice for ANYBODY
Is that chidy 🤣
EDIT: Apparently everyone on this website is insane
The inmates are running the asylum
To be clear, I do not excuse myself from the descriptor.
Genuinely good films: 4,6,2,8
Ok but flawed films: 1,3,9,5,7
Derivative and unnecessary, but sometimes charming films: 11,13
Very few redeeming qualities and should never have been made: 10,12
- Wrath of Khan
- Search for Spock
- Voyage Home
- Undiscovered Country
- Star Trek (2009)
- First Contact
- Generations
- Into Darkness
- Beyond
- Motion Picture
- Insurrection
- Nemesis
- Final Frontier
2009 Trek higher than First Contact??? This is heresy of the highest order!!!
Here’s my full list:
- Undiscovered Country
- Wrath of Khan
- Voyage Home
- First Contact
- Search for Spock
- Motion Picture
- Generations
- Beyond
- 2009
- Final Frontier
- Insurrection
- Nemesis
- Into Darkness
I guess this is a hot take.
- Wrath of Khan - Here it comes.
- The Search for Spock - Your planet, welcome!
- The Voyage Home - Gracie’s pregnant.
- Star Trek 2009 - Tiberius? No that’s the worst.
- The Undiscovered Country - What IS it with you?
- First Contact - It’s a primitive culture!
- Generations - It won’t be installed until Tuesday.
- The Final Frontier - Not in front of the Klingons!
- Beyond - We are not equipped for this method of combat
- Into Darkness - Gorn C-section, those bastards bite!
- The Motion Picture - Still puts me to sleep
- Nemesis - I hated it more after the director commentary. DARK!
- Howard the Duck - Better than Insurrection
- Picard Season 2 - Still better than Insurrection
- … (other movies here, like Lilo and Stitch 2)
- Insurrection
- “Beyond”
- “The Voyage Home”
- “Undiscovered Country”
- “Search for Spock”
- “Wrath of Khan”
- “TMP”
- “The Final Frontier”
- “Insurrection”
- “First Contact”
- “Generations”
- “Nemesis”
- “ST09”
- “Into Darkness”
Beyond
Gotta ask why this is #1
Because it’s the one I enjoy the most.
That’s a pretty good reason. You like the plot, the casting, the production…?
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I’m totally with you … especially on the “All Good Things” take … Q is as iconic to TNG as the Borg and it’s a shame he didn’t make it into a film.
Interestingly, I’m thinking … how much could they have just swapped the stories of Generations and All Good Things? Seems oddly feasible, with the whole Kirk thing being the most awkward component to handle.
Otherwise … my only change would be to put Generations further up on the list … I’m partial to it … maybe it’s just the look/cinematography of it?
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- Star Trek VI - The Undiscovered Country - Wild card, I watched this with my dad, so it’s my overall favorite for personal reasons. I’ll defer to others on whether it really belongs at #1.
- First Contact - Viola Davis is a national treasure and her performance elevates this film.
- Voyage Home - The OG cast performing in peak conditions.
- Wrath of Khan - It’s ricidulous to put this masterpiece this low on my list. I’m sorry, and I will rethink my life.
- Generations - Has a little is everything. I probably rank it higher because it is a celebration of Trek history. But that said, for the number of cast and cameos, this is a surprisingly great movie.
- 09 Yes, it’s a popcorn blockbuster, but Chris Helmsworth’s opening scene is a masterful performance, and plenty of solid Star Trek follows. Zoe Saldana is a national treasure and elevates this movie. Leonard Nimoy delivers another fantastic performance.
- Beyond - The Yorktown is one of the coolest things I’ve seen in scifi, and the movie is solid.
- Nemesis - An important chapter in Brent Spiner’s decades long perfected Pinochio story.
- Into darkness - Zoe Saldana is a national treasure and is unfortunately not in the remaining films in my list. I’m saying this tongue-in-cheek since plenty of Trek actors deserve highlighted here.
After this point, I really like the remaining films, but not enough to have strong feelings to rank them.
10-12) Search, Insurrection, Final Frontier
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- The Motion Picture - Still a pretty great film, but the pacing issues prevent me from rewatching it often.
- Undiscovered Country
- Wrath of Khan
- Beyond
- Galaxy Quest
- First Contact
- Voyage Home
- Generations
- Insurrection
- Search for Spock
- Star Trek
- The Motion Picture
- Nemesis
- Into Darkness
- The Final Frontier
I only consider the bottom three to be outright “bad” movies.
@Corgana The Wrath of Khan
The Voyage Home
The Undiscovered Country
The Search for Spock
First Contact
The Motion Picture (With Marijuana)
Generations
The Motion Picture (Without Marijuana)
The Final Frontier
Insurrection
Nemesis…
The Kelvin Films
- First Contact
- The Undiscovered Country
- The Voyage Home
- The Wrath of Khan
- Insurrection
- The Search for Spock
- The Motion Picture
- Nemesis
- Generations
- The Final Frontier
- Wrath of Khan
- First Contact
- Insurrection
- Voyage Home
- Nemesis
- The Undiscovered Country
- Generations
- Search for Spock
- Motion Picture
- Final frontier
I enjoyed the Kelvin films pretty equally. In wouldn’t have started watching Trek if it were not for 09. But I do see them as a separate thing.
Big fan of Insurrection getting some respect! I love it for being the big budget, high production mashup of TNG that it clearly is, even though it also doubles down on the Picard-as-Action-Hero trend that ends up ruining Nemesis (IMO).
Insurrection is not among my faves but for me it’s exactly what a Star Trek movie should be: a two parter episode with better budget.
Nemesis above Undiscovered Country? That’s a shock!
I agree, it is a most illogical choice.
I’m not certain but I think that’s an actual crime in some states.
