Star Wars, in its own right, is nothing more than a movie in which people fly ships and shoot at each other. What I think makes it so popular is its extremely deep story line. If it wasn't for the story and the mystery, I think Star Wars would have been a flop.
Star Trek, I think is more in depth scientifically than Star Wars. Star Trek has more substance than Star Wars, but on occasion has become repetative. Star Trek: Nemesis is a great film on its own, but as a Trek film has many people asking questions. It seems to have been written without much Trek history taken into effect. Such as Wesley's mysterious appearance at the wedding, the trouble with the Shinzon hisory, a Reman ship being built in secret that is more powerful than any Romulan ship, etc. A great film, but many errors.
No, Nemesis is NOT a great film on its own. It's a defilement of the even-numbered Trek franchise. It is badly paced, lazily done, and rather cheap. Still, at least the main villain was played well.
But yes, the Reman stuff was pretty silly from a Trek point of view. I really wanted this film to be the one that gave the Romulans a decent outing but they looked just as crappy as ever, and they give all the cool stuff to the bloody 'Remans'... pah.
BTW, I understand Wesley's rather mysterious appearance would have been better explained if his lines had not been cut out.
Yes that is very true. As it was we were left completely in the dark about what some of the key charcaters had been up to since the last film. There was no explanation about Worf being an ambassador, why Wes had suddenly returned and of course how Data's twin was made.The highlight was of course seeing Riker and Deanna finally get together.And seeing the Romulans on the big screen was a nice bonus.
i enjoyed the movie, but there were things that were kind of stupid (all of which you guys have already hit on). but i think i enjoyed it because it showed a lot of ships battling one another. call me a war monger (only in movies) but that is the type of action i enjoy in films and this one didnt disappoint in that respect.