The biggest takeaway one should get from re-watching this movie is the rock solid pacing, and direction involved. It rarely lets up from beginning to end, and allows a certain "fun" factor that wasn't present in the later Next Generation films. Case and point, it's not too dark or serious, and even when you run into some extra dialogue heavy scenes, many of the lines are punchy enough to keep you engaged. Needless to say a shout out should be given to director David Carson for ensuring the film never really let up, except for maybe to have Picard and Kirk cook breakfast together, ha! In the end, there's a lot to love in this film, from seeing Data let loose for once, Kirk save the day not once but twice, superbly staged action scenes set in space, and on the ground, and lastly Picard's emotional turmoil from beginning to end, losing his only family and then being confronted with Soran destroying millions of people. You really got to see a side of Picard who rarely showed off his emotions during the TV series 7 season run. Some argue that too much was jam packed into one film, but the end result is clearly more good than bad. I'll be interested in hearing your comments below on your views for Star Trek Generations, good, bad, ugly, and if your views have changed over the years on this film like my own have. Please feel free to sound off in the comments.
