My wife is watching Nemesis on SyFy right now. I'm reminded of how absolutely terrible this movie is.
The #1 issue I have is (IMO) the greatest and biggest plot failure in the history of the ST universe....and it's not the one(s of many) that most people discuss.
As great an actor as Tom Hardy is (and I will even admit that the interactions between he and Stewart are among the very brief decent parts of the film) the character of Shinzon is simply NOT believable as a genetic alternate of Picard in any way, shape or form. The whole premise is actually extremely promising. But the movie asks you to take a bald head, and a rare genetic disorder as proof that this is the genetic identical twin of Jean-Luc. But no matter how different their lives were, it would have been SO much more compelling if there had been some similarities in their personalities. When Picard mentions that it's like looking into a mirror, it's a purely physical memory (and as much as they tried...it's not even accurate). The real story here would have been if both characters saw enough of themselves in one another to force them to look at themselves closer. If Shinzon would have seen the kind diplomat in himself, if Picard would have been forced to acknowledge the darker sides of himself...the bitterness that *may* have grown and altered him if he had let it (which would have had even more compelling ramifications considering the bitterness and anger he had just dealt with in his war on the Borg in FC....could have even referenced that movie).
I suppose what bothers me the most is that NONE of the ST movies showed so much promise, and yet was so completely botched on such a colossal level so as very nearly to destroy an entire franchise....and rightly so...it really is *THAT* bad. Combine that with the fact that you really knew this cast was getting older, and that going in, you knew it would most likely be their final film...it just made it that much more of a travesty. To have such an amazing ensemble go out with a horrible thud. Especially after what I felt was ST's most under-rated film Insurrection. (an AMAZING film with a lot of heart...it really doesn't get enough respect).
And speaking of Insurrection, I really think they gave up on Frakes as a director too quickly. This is the man that had just delivered *THE* most popular movie of the TNG cast. Yet he had one follow-up that underperformed (but by most people's standards was not a *bad* film...just meh) and they pull the plug on him as a director. I really believe that he deserved one more crack at directing the tenth film....but, woulda coulda shoulda.
Nemesis just failed on every single possible level. Story, direction, execution.....such an absolutely terrible movie. It's not just bad ST, it's bad sci-fi all the way around.