Just perfect...

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.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

Star Trek : The Voyage HomeIt certainly isn't one's usual Star Trek tale, it pushes boundary and offers enough content to keep the audience engaged throughout the course of it. The sequence where the characters visit various places could have been the window for the makers to draw out most of the attention and visit places "where no member has had before". It is lot lighter considering the stakes that are projecting in the franchise usually ends up on the life and death query. It is short on technical aspects like visual effects, sound department and editing but the production design is plausible. Leonard Nimoy's execution has improved a lot but unfortunately that's not saying a lot as it fails to communicate on terms of story-line. The performance is appreciative as usual by the whole cast like William Shartner, Leonard Nimoy and DeForest Kelly. The real gem moments in here are the conversations between Spock and Kirk that should have been explored more by the makers to unsolved the mysterious characteristics of the character. Star Trek : The Voyage Home is an unwelcoming and uncomfortable home on terms of the plot for the characters are the only familiar pieces that helps stabilize the board.

I rented this movie some years ago and watched it after the first three. Wrath of Khan was pretty good, but this was definitely better. San Francisco, humpback whales, outstanding sets, a fugitive crew, and Catherine Hicks (of 7th Heaven and Child's Play). I wasn't aware of the box office numbers back then but I might have heard about the time travel. Of all the Star Trek films, this one was the best (IMO) and it sent a good eco-friendly message to not only the Trekkies, but also to the people concerned about the state of our planet. Save the whales because tomorrow they might be gone. That's not a prophecy; it's a message!

This film is the fourth film of the franchise and clearly addresses a naturalistic theme, very dear of this time, when ecological movements began to be noticed. In fact, the script itself consists of a trip to the past to save the last representatives of a certain species of whales. Obviously the issue around time travel is pure science fiction and the way the Enterprise craft does this seemed unlikely, but everything else is extremely positive in the movie. I loved the way the script made comedy with the shock of the future travelers (especially Dr. McCoy) with our social and technological backwardness. These moments of humor are the strongest and most appealing point of this film. The technical details of the film are roughly the same as the previous films, in particular with regard to the special effects that these days do not seem very surprising due to the computer effects we get used to. And as for the actors it can be said that it is the film of DeForest Kelley par excellence, in that the actor gets some of the most memorable scenes. The remaining cast, however, live up to our expectations, contributing to make this film a worthy continuation of the franchise.

Though Star Trek: The Original Series is probably best known for its diverse cast of characters and mind-bending story lines, many fans of the show consider the comedic-style episodes of the show to be paramount to all others, as they allow the main characters to emote in non-formulaic fashions (remember Sulu brandishing a rapier, Spock hanging from a tree, or the Easter bunny in "Shore Leave"?).Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home is a throwback to that style of episode. The film is bookended by moments of seriousness (which keep the film from falling too far outside the Star Trek cannon), but the meat of the story is hilarity all around!The movie begins with the U.S.S. Enterprise crew heading back home (in a Klingon warship) to face the criminal charges stemming from Captain Kirk's decision to destroy the Enterprise. On the way back to Starfleet, however, the crew finds that the world is in great peril and set off back in time (to twentieth-century San Francisco) to make things right.While in Frisco, the chaos (and hilarity!) begins. Whether it is Kirk and Spock trying to fit in among the locals, McCoy bemoaning the "dark ages of Medicine", Scotty deciphering old computer technology, or Chekhov trying to find his "nuclear wessels", non-stop laughs abound.Is this a perfect movie? By no means. A few aspects seem weird and forced, and it's a dramatic change in tone from II & III. The good news, of course, is that there is enough fun to go around and cover up these weaknesses.To conclude, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home is a rousing film filled with non-stop laughs. Though not as serious as all the other "Original Series" films, this movie has been embraced more than any other for its ability to lampoon both present and future cultures alike. If you just finished watching Star Trek III: The Search for Spock and are not in the mood for any more gut-wrenching scenes, this is the breathe of fresh air you need!