13. The Camping Scenes - Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
Paramount PicturesAh, Star Trek V
. We could probably compile an entire list of twenty moments from this movie alone. Some readers would probably prefer us to simply title each entry Star Trek V and have done with it. The camping scenes involving Kirk, Spock, and McCoy, however, stand out from the rest. While these scenes are meant to be sweet and to remind us just how much we love these characters and how much they love each other, they instead cause us to question why we decided to waste our money buying this turkey on Blu-Ray in the first place when the Gamera movies were available for so much less. With the single exception of McCoy's line "God, I liked him better before he died," there's not a single thing in these scenes that is enjoyable or pleasurable. There's the absurd prop for dispensing marsh melons (marsh melons?). There's the sing-a-long and subsequent philosophical examination of "Row Row Row Your Boat." There's that damn tribute to The Waltons - yes, that's what that "Good night, Captain" madness is about. In short, the entire scene has the opposite emotional effect of what was intended - unless that intention was to send everyone out of the room to dry heave in the bathroom. Oh, and speaking of dry heaves...