Prepare to have your mind blown.
The law is this: every odd-numbered Star Trek movie is dreck. Every even-numbered Star Trek movie is terrific. This Law - the subjectivity of movie criticism notwithstanding - held up perfectly for decades.
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) (bad)
- Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan (1982) (good)
- Star Trek III: The Search For Spock (1984) (bad)
- Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) (good)
- Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) (bad)
- Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) (good)
- Star Trek Generations (1994) (bad)
- Star Trek: First Contact (1996) (good)
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Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) (bad)
Then everything was up-messed:
- Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) (bad!? should have been good!)
- Star Trek (2009) (good??!?! should have been bad!)
- Star Trek XII: So Very Tired (2012) (???)
Now watch carefully as I restore the timeline.
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) (bad)
- Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan (1982) (good)
- Star Trek III: The Search For Spock (1984) (bad)
- Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) (good)
- Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) (bad)
- Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) (good)
- Star Trek Generations (1994) (bad)
- Star Trek: First Contact (1996) (good)
- Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) (bad)
- Galaxy Quest (1999) (good)
- Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) (bad)
- Star Trek (2009) (good)
2013 update
Unfortunately the rule is now permanently scuppered because Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) was neither good nor bad, but mediocre.
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