re: #5 Targetpractice

There was only ever one good TNG film and that was the one where they pretty much made a generic action film. Generations was blighted by half-measures, Insurrection was an overblown TV episode, and Nemesis was basically all the institutional rot and decay that was blighting the franchise put up on the silver screen.

Generations could have been a really good bridge between the TOS and TNG timelines (and in parts, it was fairly good), but overall, Berman and Braga wasted not only the main cast on a jumbled script, but Shatner and McDowell as well (who were a couple of the brighter spots in the movie, along with Whoopi).

First Contact, the one that you apparently liked, was the best of the TNG movies IMO; I loved James Cromwell as Zefram Cochrane, Alfre Woodard was great (especially in the “Ahab” scene in the ready room with Stewart), and Patrick Stewart was just badass. However, I agree with you that it did suffer from Action Movie-itis some.

Insurrection, while another interesting premise, would up being another movie where Berman and Braga wasted not only the main cast, but F. Murray Abraham as well, on a less-than-optimal script; there were some good moments (especially with Alice Krige as the Borg Queen), but not enough.