It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

Star Trek : The Search For SpockThe rudimentary process in here is the downer that never allows the feature to raise the bar at any point of the feature addition to that its first two act grows obvious and dull as it barely move past its premise which too lacks enough potential to feed the audience throughout its runtime. It is short on technical aspects like visual effects, sound department and editing as usual. The script could have been supervised a lot better by Harve Bennett and on terms of execution Leonard Nimoy needs some work for it comes off chalky around the edges. The performance is decent by William Shatner, DeForest Kelley and Christopher Lloyd although there isn't much space for Leonard Nimoy to factor in as Spock, he never disappoints. The makers seem to take fandom for granted in here as their assumption for chewing off the characters too much, is definitely not good on terms of the quality that it is responsible to offer. The journey of young Spock in here is the best sequence in here where one can see the rich details in writing. Star Trek : The Search For Spock is actually a seek for mediocrity which is frankly not feasible for the actors, makers, audience and franchise.

Set directly after Wrath of Khan this is a decent movie about undoing a death scene. Kind of hokey in parts, it does have its moments, but it's no 2, 4, or 6.

Garbage. Makes the new Star Trek movies look good. Crap story, acting, cinematography, lighting, sets, costumes, fx. No charisma. Just plain garbage. What a shame. I'm a fan of the original TV series. I hate all other TV series, including the Next Generation, and all the movies. Even the worst original TV series, like I, Mudd is better than the crap that was produced after the original TV series ended, including this movie, Star Trek 3. Here's the main problem. The story just plain sucks. The dialogue sucks. The acting is garbage. Best acting was Bones, and even that was a joke compared to the 60's TV. When Kirk found out his son was killed, it's pure embarrassing. What the hell is the deal with FAT SCOTCHY with that stupid MUSTACH? Maybe someone tells him, hey you want to be in the movie, lose some weight and that stupid mustache. Jackoff, Solo, and U Whore You, were there, but nothing special. Spock directed this mess. Maybe he should stick to acting. He was great in the TV series. Here, he's not even there until the end, and the dialogue was just retirement home sleep inducing. What about the villain, Christopher Lorde. He's a good actor. Here, he's a freaking mess, joke cliché nonsense. He tries to pull Kirk down, and gets Kirk's boot in the face and falls into a volcano. Not suck a great villain. Spock's father, another mess. He was great in the TV series. Here, not so good. On Vulcan, U Whore You just shows up. Did Scotchy beam her up? I would rather if this movie was just the original cast sitting in a retirement home watching tv and telling stupid jokes. That would have made a better movie. Captain Jerk, Spot, Boner, Jackoff, Solo, U Whore You, Scotchy. What a mess. The costumes? 80's neon disco! What we have here is pollution. It pollutes the airwaves. If you want to unpolluted, consider not watching any of the movies or any other tv series, and just stick to the original 60's TV. There are a few bad episodes in the original as well. But if you stick with it you'll find most have some great stories, acting and even fx. May the original Live Long and Prosper, and the rest go to hell.

Having been one of the shows that was part of my childhood and growing up, the original 'Star Trek' still holds up as great and ground-breaking, even if not perfect.'The Search for Spock' is not the 'Star Trek' franchise at its worst (marginally better than 'The Motion Picture' and much better than 'Final Frontier' for the films based on the original series). However, considering that it came after one of the best (perhaps even the best) 'Star Trek' films 'The Wrath of Khan', it was a disappointment and could have been so much more. It is not as bad as has been said by some but has too many faults to be in the passionate defence camp. Am in the camp that was mixed on the film.Starting with the faults with 'The Search for Spock', like 'The Motion Picture' the pacing is pedestrian, again taking a while to get going, and parts could easily have been trimmed and gotten to the point more. The whole Grissom and crew stuff could have been better explored (like being lost suddenly and then their fate being ambiguous).Leonard Nimoy takes the director's helm and while he does a competent job it is somewhat workmanlike and his experience in TV and not-so-much-experience in feature films shows, loved the focus on the characters and their relationships but it could have been more expansive. While 'Wrath of Khan' took a darker approach it wasn't consistently so and had themes that many could relate to, with the pacing being as dull as it was the tone often feels bleak and funereal which takes away from any excitement. The final scene is emotional, but the lead up is somewhat self-indulgent, while Robin Curtis is as stiff as a board and with the emotion of a corpse.However, for all its flaws 'The Search for Spock' has a lot to recommend too. The visuals, like 'Wrath of Khan', are a marked improvement over the original series. The sets are more elaborate, the photography is moody and stylish and the special effects (and there's plenty of them) are amazing and have a real sense of wonder and emotional charge. The music by James Horner is even more clever than in 'Wrath of Khan' and him returning was effective for continuity reasons. It is bombastic and rousing at times but also swelling in romance and sensitivity and beautiful orchestration, the heavy representation of the percussive and dissonant theme for the Klingons was also effective.'The Search for Spock' does have an intelligent script that develops the characters very well indeed, it also doesn't feel too talky like 'The Motion Picture' did. The story is not perfect and the search could have been more exciting and had more point to it, but that it focused on the characters and allowed them and their relationships to drive the story proved to be a good move, plus the characters that were underused before have more to do and the characters are interesting apart from the underdeveloped villain. The stealing and destruction of the Enterprise are a lot of fun and also very tense and the Kirk and David relationship does bring some emotional wallop.Acting-wise, 'The Search for Spock' is just fine. Nimoy proves why Spock is such an interesting and well-loved character, while William Shatner is more understated than usual and the rest of the original series crew have expanded screen time and make good impressions, DeForest Kelley having some really meaty moments. Consensus on Christopher Lloyd has been mixed, to me he did a really good job with what he was given to work with (the character itself could have been better written and was the problem, not Lloyd), bringing a sinister approach and also an enjoyably over-the-top one.In conclusion, watchable but disappointing at the same time. 6/10 Bethany Cox