Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

This is definitely the worst Star Trek movie ever made! It has very few positive qualities, and copious amounts of negative ones. First off, the special effects look much more fake than those in the Star Trek movies preceding it. Some of them, especially the Great Barrier, are almost a cheesy as those in the original series itself, which brings me to my next point. It is stated on more than one occasion that the Great Barrier, which the Enterprise passes through in ST:V, is located in the center of the galaxy. This is, of course absolute bullshit! From the neutral zone between the Romulans, Klingons and the Federation, it would take about 20 or more years to get to the center of the galaxy, and the Enterprise reaches the Great Barrier in less than a day! There is absolutely no way in hell that the Enterprise actually went to the center of the galaxy, it simply could not have happened. Yet, it is stated that it lies at the center of the galaxy on multiple occasions. However, these comments do not have to be interpreted literally. Instead of taking Sybok’s statements to mean that the Great Barrier is literally at the center of the galaxy, it could be interpreted to mean that the Great Barrier is located in the direction of the center of the galaxy but still near to Nimbus Three, probably encompassing “sha-ka-ree” in order to contain the malevolent life form that attempted to pass itself off as God. Another continuity error in this movie is the fact that the turbo-shaft that Kirk, Spock and McCoy shoot up is labeled incorrectly. As stated in a previous post this is most likely the result of a simple malfunction in the automated device that most likely labeled the shaft; everything else on that ship was screwed up, so why not this too? This mislabeling may have been the reason that the ship was closed for repairs. The plot of The Final Frontier is boring and really stupid: A madman rounds up the biggest low-lifes of the Federation, and Klingon and Romulan empires, takes over the Enterprise and takes it on a wild goose chase for Eden, while being pursued by Klingons, whose captain is apparently having a bad hair day! This is basically the entire plot, if you don’t count Kirk, Spock and McCoy going on a camping trip. Practically none of the movie is well written or directed. Despite the loads of crap that comprise this movie, there are a few good lines: Catlin Dar’s response to Kord’s gaseous welcome, “I expect that’s Klingon for hello,” and two of McCoy’s limes, one of his explosions of temper at Spock, “It’s a SONG you green-blooded… vulcan!” and my personal favorite “Jim! You don’t ask the Almighty for his I.D.!” Other than those quotes and a profound musical score by Jerry Goldsmith, this movie is pure crap, and easily the worst of the ten Star Trek movies made to date.