This "passing of the torch" from the Kirk generation to the Picard generation simply falls flat as a movie experience.It's full of plot contrivances and an insane amount of technobabble (which even the commentary admits), while holding very little dramatic punch. And (again, as the commentary admits) the scenes where Picard and Kirk are together are simply not what they should have been.Although this is not the worst Star Trek film, it's still a pretty boring movie. There are plenty of examples in this film of the kind of material that gives Star Trek a bad name. I would give an anti-recommendation to non-Trek fans (lest they think Star Trek is always like this). In fact, I can't imagine anyone but the most hardcore Trekkies even enjoying this one, despite the one or two good scenes or lines in it.