When I first saw this movie my reaction was not very positive. Now, years later, after viewing it for a second time, I can see what irritated me back then. Compared to the other STAR TREK movies there's way too much comedy and hokeyness, from Spock with his anti-gravity boots, Scotty banging himself unconcious in the engineering room or Uhura doing a dance just dressed in feathers. The story, concerning Spock's half-brother Sybok hijacking the Enterprise in order to find God in the center of the universe is a decent enough idea, but this and the comedy simply doesn't mix so well.William Shatner isn't a bad director--- it's the script that was bad.
When I first saw this movie my reaction was not very positive. Now, years later, after viewing it for a second time, I can see what irritated me back then. Compared to the other STAR TREK movies there's way too much comedy and hokeyness, from Spock with his anti-gravity boots, Scotty banging himself unconcious in the engineering room or Uhura doing a dance just dressed in feathers. The story, concerning Spock's half-brother Sybok hijacking the Enterprise in order to find God in the center of the universe is a decent enough idea, but this and the comedy simply doesn't mix so well.William Shatner isn't a bad director--- it's the script that was bad.
