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Ceticultsot Beautiful, moving film.

Nessieldwi Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

martinxperry-14868 This has everything. It begins with the Federation wanting to hang Kirk for stealing and losing the fabled Enterprise. Kirk and his crew aboard their hi-jacked bird of prey save Earth from instant death, a punishment for killing all the Humpback Whales. A heroic mission begins right where the last one left off. To save the Earth the crew travels back in time to find some Humpback Whales, George and a pregnant Gracie, then bring them forward to their current Star Date. There is humor, and sillyness that gives this edition a lovely light hearted feel that only Kirk and his crew can do. Sit back and watch this one. Grab a DVD because you will want watch this time traveling romp more than once. Live long and prosper, Kirk out.

frickabee The stupid plot of the movie is summed up in one line by Doctor McCoy: "Who would send a probe hundreds of light years to talk to a whale?" Spock then obviously infers in an exchange of dialog that whales not only have a entire language, but if only humans were smart enough to understand it, the Earth wouldn't suffer from global warming. Only a Hollywood activist like Leonard Nimoy would write preachy crap like that. No one seems to care that there's no plausible explanation presented as to why an alien civilization hundreds of light-years away would send a probe to destroy the entire Earth because of a single species no longer making the noises that they've become accustomed to hearing, even through space from that distance. Not only that, but it would happen 200 years after the fact. If it took that long for the probe to reach the Earth, despite being sent by a much more advanced civilization, wouldn't it have been encountered in space several times during its journey, disabling ships in its wake? Based on the vast majority of reviews, the only reason people seem to like this movie is because it's a fish-out-of-water story when the 23rd century clashes with the 20th century, which no doubt creates for a lot of humorous scenes. It is for that reason alone that I can enjoy this movie much more than any of its successors in the franchise while looking past all the gaping plot holes and unanswered questions, but it's nowhere near as good as Star Trek II or even Star Trek III.

Filipe Neto This film is the fourth film of the franchise and clearly addresses a naturalistic theme, very dear of this time, when ecological movements began to be noticed. In fact, the script itself consists of a trip to the past to save the last representatives of a certain species of whales. Obviously the issue around time travel is pure science fiction and the way the Enterprise craft does this seemed unlikely, but everything else is extremely positive in the movie. I loved the way the script made comedy with the shock of the future travelers (especially Dr. McCoy) with our social and technological backwardness. These moments of humor are the strongest and most appealing point of this film. The technical details of the film are roughly the same as the previous films, in particular with regard to the special effects that these days do not seem very surprising due to the computer effects we get used to. And as for the actors it can be said that it is the film of DeForest Kelley par excellence, in that the actor gets some of the most memorable scenes. The remaining cast, however, live up to our expectations, contributing to make this film a worthy continuation of the franchise.

FlashCallahan So the fourth film wraps up the narrative arc that begun with Wrath..... And this is widely regarded as one of the better Trek films because it's tone is considerably lighter, as the gang all travel back in time, and become metaphorical aliens.....A space probe appears over Earth, emanating strange sounds towards the planet, and apparently waiting for something. As time goes on, the probe starts to cause major storms on Earth and threaten its destruction. Admiral James T. Kirk and crew are called upon once again to save mankind. They discover the strange sounds are actually the songs of the humpback whale - which has been hunted to extinction. They have only one choice - to attempt to time travel back into the 20th century, locate two whales, and bring them back to 23rd century Earth to respond to the probe.....So it's the Eco-friendly one, the one where Kirk saves the whales, and sends everyone in audience a subliminal message telling us to 'look after our planet', but with a few laughs thrown in so it looks like Nimoy isn't preaching too much.And whilst the film is wonderfully entertaining when it's set in 1986, step back and look at the bigger picture, and you'll find that its nothing more than the film being about a big piece of liquorice who is lonely and can't speak any language apart from whale.The makers knew that the story wasn't the best, so they implemented the element of time travel to keep the series fresh and 'down with the kids'.Kelleys is easily the best thing here, his scenes in the hospital are hilarious, and some of his finest comedic scenes in the film series. In fact, everybody seems to be having such a good time, you can't help but go with the comedy.Back in space though, it's a pretty sombre affair. We start with the council watching the third act of Search For Spock, and we end with everybody slapping each other on the back.It's not deserved of its high regard in the Trek universe, but at least you see Kirk throw Spock playfully in the ocean.