I am out
seeing Star Trek: Into Darkness at the very moment this tally posts,
so that new movie will not be included in the roster below, but here is my (no
doubt controversial…) ranking of all the Star Trek films, best to worst.
Tier One
(Meaning Classic, or Great)
1.
Star
Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
2.
Star
Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
3.
Star
Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
Tier Two
(Meaning good)
4.
Star
Trek (2009)
5.
Star
Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
6.
Star
Trek: First Contact (1996)
7.
Star
Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
Tier
Three (Meaning, not-so-good, and sometimes downright awful)
8.
Star
Trek: Insurrection (1998)
9.
Star
Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
10. Star Trek: Generations (1994)
11. Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
This is great fun to read, John. I don't know what it is that propels us to want to make rankings like this, but Dixon and I did exactly the same at the end of last year with these movies! Your run of review posts has inspired me to want to dust down my box set and watch all of them in order again, and I'm sure there are some I would reappraise—starting with The Motion Picture!
ReplyDeleteFor what it's worth, though, here is my own list from the end of last year. (I've not updated it with Into Darkness just yet, so will hold my tongue there!)
1. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
2. Star Trek: Generations (1994)
3. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
4. Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
5. Star Trek: First Contact (1986)
6. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
7. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
8. Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
9. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
10. Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
11. Star Trek (2009)
John I like your very specific rating of the Star Trek movies.
ReplyDeleteHere is my personal more general best#1 to worst#11 rating:
1. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
2. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
3. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
4. Star Trek (2009)
5. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
6. Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
7. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
8. Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
9. Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
10. Star Trek: Generations (1994)
11. Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
I will be seeing Star Trek Into Darkness(2013) shortly.
SGB