Editing Star Trek: First Contact (section)

==Reception==
''First Contact'' garnered positive reviews on release.<ref name="Werts-1996"/> Review aggregator [[Rotten Tomatoes]] reported an approval rating of 93% based on 68 reviews, with an average rating of 7.40/10. The site's critics' consensus reads: "While fans of the series will surely appreciate it, First Contact is exciting, engaging, and visually appealing enough to entertain Star Trek novices."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/star_trek_first_contact |title=Star Trek: First Contact (1996) |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango Media]] |access-date=June 9, 2019 |archive-date=August 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200821090441/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/star_trek_vi_the_undiscovered_country |url-status=live }}</ref> Audiences surveyed by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film a grade "A−" on scale of A to F.<ref name="CinemaScore">{{cite web |url=https://www.cinemascore.com/ |title=CinemaScore |website=[[CinemaScore]] |access-date=April 16, 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220413083139/https://www.cinemascore.com/ |archive-date=April 13, 2022 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Ryan Gilbey of ''[[The Independent]]'' considered the film wise to dispense with the cast of ''The Original Series:'' "For the first time, a ''Star Trek'' movie actually looks like something more ambitious than an extended TV show," he wrote.<ref name="independent-gilbey review">{{cite news |last=Gilbey |first=Ryan |date=December 12, 1996 |title=Alien nation |work=[[The Independent]] |number=3166  |issn=1741-9743 |page=4}}</ref> Conversely, critic Bob Thompson felt that ''First Contact'' was more in the spirit of the 1960s television series than any previous installment.<ref name="torontosun-thompson review">{{cite news| last = Thompson | first = Bob | date=November 22, 1996b|title=All A-Borg The New Star Trek; 'First Contact' says goodbye to the old with an all-new generation cast|work=[[The Toronto Sun]]|page=76}}</ref> ''[[The Globe and Mail]]''{{'s}} Elizabeth Renzeti said that ''First Contact'' succeeded in improving on the "stilted" previous entry in the series, and that it featured a renewed interest in storytelling.<ref name="globeandmail-renzeti review">{{cite news| last = Renzetti | first = Elizabeth | date=November 22, 1996|title=Also opening; Star Trek: First Contact|work=[[The Globe and Mail]]|page=D2}}</ref> [[Kenneth Turan]] of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' wrote, "''First Contact'' does everything you'd want a ''Star Trek'' film to do, and it does it with cheerfulness and style."<ref name="latimes-turan review">{{cite news|url=http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-movie961122-6,0,3974523.story |title=Star Trek: First Contact |access-date=March 24, 2008 |date=November 22, 1996 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |first=Kenneth |last=Turan |author-link=Kenneth Turan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409230925/http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-movie961122-6%2C0%2C3974523.story |archive-date=April 9, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Adrian Martin of ''[[The Age]]'' noted that the film was geared towards pleasing fans: "Strangers to this fanciful world first delineated by Gene Roddenberry will just have to struggle to comprehend as best they can," he wrote, but "cult-followers will be in heaven".<ref name="theage-martin review">{{cite news |last=Martin |first=Adrian |date=November 28, 1996 |title=Final frontier for fans |work=[[The Age]] |number=44138 |issn=2203-580X |page=C4}}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]''{{'}} [[Janet Maslin]] thought that the film's "convoluted" plot would "boggle all but hard-core devotees" of the series,<ref name="nytimes-maslin review"/> while [[Variety (magazine)|''Variety'']]'s Joe Leydon wrote that the film did not require intimate knowledge of the series and that fans and non-fans alike would enjoy the film.<ref name="Leydon-1996">{{cite news |last=Leydon |first=Joe |date=November 18, 1996 |title='Trek' on track for B.O. heights |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |volume=365 |issue=3 |page=59 |issn=0042-2738}}</ref> While Renzetti considered the lack of old characters from the previous seven movies a welcome change,<ref name="globeandmail-renzeti review"/> Maslin said that "The series now lacks all of its original stars and much of its earlier determination. It has morphed into something less innocent and more derivative than it used to be, something the noncultist is ever less likely to enjoy."<ref name="nytimes-maslin review">{{cite news | last = Maslin | first = Janet | author-link = Janet Maslin | date = November 22, 1996 | url = https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9A0CE4DA163DF931A15752C1A960958260 | title = Zap! And off to do battle with aliens | work = [[The New York Times]] | page = C3 | access-date = August 1, 2009 | quote = The series now lacks all of its original stars and much of its earlier determination. It has morphed into something less innocent and more derivative than it used to be, something the noncultist is ever less likely to enjoy. <br /> For one thing, this film's convoluted plot will boggle all but hard-core devotees. | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120217024433/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9A0CE4DA163DF931A15752C1A960958260 | archive-date = February 17, 2012 | url-status = live }}</ref> Conversely, [[Roger Ebert]] called ''First Contact'' one of the best ''Star Trek'' films,<ref name="ebert-review">{{cite news|url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19961122/REVIEWS/611220304/1023|title=Star Trek: First Contact|date=November 22, 1996|access-date=March 24, 2008|work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|first=Roger|last=Ebert|author-link=Roger Ebert|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080419052308/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F19961122%2FREVIEWS%2F611220304%2F1023|archive-date=April 19, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> and [[James Berardinelli]] found the film the most entertaining ''Star Trek'' feature in a decade; "It has single-handedly revived the ''Star Trek'' movie series, at least from a creative point of view," he wrote.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://preview.reelviews.net/movies/s/st8.html|title=Star Trek: First Contact|access-date=April 2, 2008|year=1996|last=Berardinelli|first=James|author-link=James Berardinelli|website=ReelViews|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817052153/http://preview.reelviews.net/movies/s/st8.html|archive-date=August 17, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> In ''[[The Times]]'', Frakes was praised as a director by Geoff Brown for "steering through a tangled script without losing momentum".<ref name="Brown-1996">{{cite news |last=Brown |first=Geoff |date=December 12, 1996 |title=What has 404 legs and flaws? |url=https://archive.org/details/NewsUK1996UKEnglish/Dec%2012%201996%2C%20The%20Times%2C%20%2365759%2C%20UK%20%28en%29/page/n32/mode/1up |work=[[The Times]]|number=65759 |page=33 |issn=0140-0460 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref>

The film's acting met with mixed reception. [[Lisa Schwarzbaum]] of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' appreciated that guest stars Woodard and Cromwell were used in "inventive contrast" to their better-known images, as a "serious dramatic actress" and "dancing farmer in ''[[Babe (film)|Babe]]''", respectively.<ref name="entertainmentweekly-schwarz review">{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/1996/11/29/movie-review-star-trek-first-contact/|title=Space Jammin' (1996)|last=Schwarzbaum|first=Lisa|author-link=Lisa Schwarzbaum|access-date=March 25, 2021|date=November 29, 1996|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724134142/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,295263,00.html|archive-date=July 24, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Lloyd Rose]] of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' felt that while Woodard and Cromwell managed to "take care of themselves", Frakes' direction of other actors was not inspired;<ref name="washingtonpost-rose review">{{cite news|last=Rose|first=Lloyd|author-link=Lloyd Rose|date=November 22, 1996|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/review96/startrekfirstcontactrose.htm|title=First Contact: A Stellar Fantasy|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=July 14, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108125114/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/review96/startrekfirstcontactrose.htm|archive-date=November 8, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> Steve Persall of the ''[[St. Petersburg Times]]'' opined that only Cromwell received a choice role in the film, "so he steals the show by default".<ref name="Persall-1996">{{cite news |last=Persall |first=Steve |date=November 22, 1996 |title=Lost in Space |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/263187119 |url-access=subscription |work=[[St. Petersburg Times]]|issn=2327-9052 |access-date=August 6, 2023 |page=8 |id={{ProQuest|263187119}} |via=ProQuest}}</ref> A couple of reviews noted that Data's interactions with the Borg Queen were among the most interesting parts of the film;<ref name="ebert-review"/><ref name="bbc-review"/> critic John Griffin credited Spiner's work as providing "ambivalent frisson" to the feature.<ref name="gazette-griffin review">{{cite news |last=Griffin |first=John |date=November 22, 1996 |title=Star Trek leaves old gang behind but gives a few new twists |work=[[The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]] |issn=0384-1294 |page=D3}}</ref> ''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]'' magazine's Adam Smith wrote that some characters, particularly Troi and Crusher, were lost or ignored, and that the rapid pacing of the film left no time for those unfamiliar with the series to know or care about the characters.<ref name="empire-scott review">{{cite news|url=https://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?DVDID=10616|title=Star Trek: First Contact (12)|access-date=March 24, 2008|last=Smith|first=Adam|work=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119223233/http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?DVDID=10616|archive-date=January 19, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Likewise, Emily Carlisle of the [[BBC]] praised Woodard's, Spiner's, and Stewart's performances, but felt the film focused more on action than characterization.<ref name="bbc-review">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2001/02/07/star_trek_first_contact_1996_review.shtml|title=Star Trek: First Contact (1996)|access-date=March 24, 2008|date=February 7, 2001|last=Carlisle|first=Emily|work=[[BBC]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080108052815/http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2001/02/07/star_trek_first_contact_1996_review.shtml|archive-date=January 8, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> Stewart, whom Thompson and Renzetti considered overshadowed by [[William Shatner]] in the previous film,<ref name="torontosun-thompson review"/><ref name="globeandmail-renzeti review"/> received praise from [[Richard Corliss]] of ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'': "As Patrick Stewart delivers [a] line with a majestic ferocity worthy of a [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] alumnus, the audience gapes in awe at a special effect more imposing than any ILM digital doodle. Here is real acting! In a ''Star Trek'' film!"<ref name="time-review">{{cite magazine |last=Corliss |first=Richard |author-link=Richard Corliss |date=November 25, 1996 |title=Aliens! Adventure! Acting! |url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,985589,00.html |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |volume=148 |issue=24 |issn=0040-781X |access-date=August 14, 2021}}</ref>

The special effects were generally praised. Jay Carr of ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' said that ''First Contact'' successfully updated ''Star Trek'' creator [[Gene Roddenberry]]'s concept with more elaborate effects and action.<ref name="bostonglobe-carr review"/> Thompson's assessment mirrored Carr's; he agreed that the film managed to convey much of the original 1960s television show, and contained enough "special effects wonders and interstellar gunplay" to sate all types of viewers. Ebert wrote that while previous films had often looked "clunky" in the effects department, ''First Contact'' benefited from the latest in effects technology.<ref name="ebert-review"/> A dissenting opinion was offered by Scott, who wrote that aside from the key effects sequences, Frakes "aims to distract Trekkers from the distinctly cheap-looking remainder".<ref name="empire-scott review"/>

Critics reacted favorably to the Borg, describing them as akin to creatures from ''[[Hellraiser (franchise)|Hellraiser]]''.<ref name="bostonglobe-carr review">{{cite news |last=Carr |first=Jay |date=November 22, 1996 |title=New 'Star Trek' makes comfy contact |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |volume=250 |number=145 |page=E5 |issn=0743-1791}}</ref> Renzetti credited them with breathing "new life" into the crew of the ''Enterprise'' while simultaneously trying to kill them.<ref name="globeandmail-renzeti review"/> The Borg Queen received special attention for her combination of horror and seduction, Ebert writing that while she looked "like no notion of sexy I have ever heard of", he was inspired "to keep an open mind".<ref name="ebert-review"/> Carr said, "She proves that women with filmy blue skin, lots of external tubing and bad teeth can be sleekly seductive."<ref name="bostonglobe-carr review"/>

In 2021, ''First Contact'' was rated the second best film in ''Star Trek'' franchise (after ''[[Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country|The Undiscovered Country]]'') by Scott Mendelson, who writing for ''[[Forbes]]'' magazine, described it as "probably the biggest ''Star Trek'' movie that still feels like a ''Star Trek'' movie".<ref name="Mendelson-2021">{{cite web |last=Mendelson |first=Scott |date=December 3, 2021 |title=All 13 'Star Trek' Movies Ranked From Worst To Best |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2021/12/03/star-trek-movies-ranked-from-best-to-worst-kirk-spock-picard-khan-data/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119233353/https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2021/12/03/star-trek-movies-ranked-from-best-to-worst-kirk-spock-picard-khan-data/ |archive-date=January 19, 2022 |website=[[Forbes]] |access-date=August 16, 2023}}</ref> It was also ranked second (after ''The Wrath of Khan'') for ''Empire'' magazine in 2022 by Owen Williams, who called the film "one of ''Trek''{{'}}s nailed-on classics".<ref name="Williams-2022">{{cite web |last=Williams |first=Owen |date=October 24, 2022 |title=Every Star Trek Movie Ranked |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/best-star-trek-movies-ranked/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206193720/https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/best-star-trek-movies-ranked/ |archive-date=December 6, 2022 |website=Empire |access-date=August 17, 2023}}</ref>

===Accolades===
{| class="wikitable"
!Award
!Date of ceremony
!Category
!Recipient
!Results
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|20/20 Awards
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|Best Makeup
|[[Michael Westmore]]<br />[[Scott Wheeler (make-up artist)|Scott Wheeler]]<br />[[Jake Garber]]
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
|[[Academy Awards]]
|[[69th Academy Awards|March 24, 1997]]
|[[Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling|Best Makeup]]
|Michael Westmore<br />Scott Wheeler<br />Jake Garber
|{{Nominated}}
|<ref name="Oscars-1997">{{cite web  |date=March 24, 1997 |title=The 69th Academy Awards {{pipe}} 1997 |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1997 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109082132/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1997 |archive-date=November 9, 2014 |website=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=August 4, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|Award Circuit Community Awards
|
|Best Visual Effects
|{{n/a}}
|{{Nominated}}
|<ref>{{cite web|work=Awards Circuit Community Awards|url=http://www.awardscircuit.com/2015/05/22/1996-awards-circuit-community-awards-winners-fargo-nearly-sweeps-the-table/|first=Davis|last=Clayton|date=May 22, 2015|access-date=April 9, 2018|title=1996 Awards Circuit Community Awards Winners – 'Fargo' Nearly Sweeps the Table|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530090834/http://www.awardscircuit.com/2015/05/22/1996-awards-circuit-community-awards-winners-fargo-nearly-sweeps-the-table/|archive-date=May 30, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Blockbuster Entertainment Awards]]
| rowspan="2" |March 11, 1997
|[[Blockbuster Entertainment Awards|Favorite Actor – Science Fiction]]
|[[Patrick Stewart]]
|{{Nominated}}
| rowspan="2" |
|-
|[[Blockbuster Entertainment Awards|Favorite Supporting Actor – Science Fiction]]
|[[Jonathan Frakes]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|[[Broadcast Music, Inc.|BMI Film & TV Awards]]
|
|[[Broadcast Music, Inc.|BMI Film Music Award]]
|[[Jerry Goldsmith]]
|{{Won}}
|
|-
|[[Hugo Award]]s
|
|[[Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation|Best Dramatic Presentation]]
|[[Jonathan Frakes]]<br />[[Brannon Braga]]<br />[[Ronald D. Moore]]<br />[[Rick Berman]]
|{{Nominated}}
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1997-hugo-awards/ |title=1997 Hugo Awards |date=July 26, 2007 |publisher=World Science Fiction Society |access-date=April 19, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110507164739/http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1997-hugo-awards/ |archive-date=May 7, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[NAACP Image Awards]]
|February 8, 1997
|[[NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture]]
|[[Alfre Woodard]]
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
| rowspan="10" |Online Film & Television Association Awards
| rowspan="10" |
|Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Horror Picture
|[[Rick Berman]]
|{{Won}}
| rowspan="10" |<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oftaawards.com/film-awards/1st-annual-film-awards-1996/  |title=1st Annual Film Awards (1996) |publisher=Online Film & Television Association |access-date=August 13, 2021 }}</ref>
|-
|Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Horror Actor
|[[Brent Spiner]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Horror Actor
|[[Patrick Stewart]]
|{{Won}}
|-
|Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Horror Actress
|[[Alice Krige]]
|{{Won}}
|-
|Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Horror Actress
|[[Alfre Woodard]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|Best Production Design
|[[Herman F. Zimmerman|Herman Zimmerman]] & [[John M. Dwyer]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|Best Makeup
|[[Michael Westmore]]<br />[[Scott Wheeler (makeup artist)|Scott Wheeler]]<br />[[Jake Garber]]
|{{Won}}
|-
|Best Sound
|[[Steve Maslow]]<br />[[Gregg Landaker]]<br />[[Kevin O'Connell (sound mixer)|Kevin O'Connell]]<br />[[Geoffrey Patterson]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|Best Sound Effects
|Cameron Frankley & James Wolvington
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|Best Visual Effects
|[[John Knoll]]<br />Adam Howard<br />[[George Murphy (special effects artist)|George Murphy]]<br />Scott Rader
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|[[Satellite Awards]]
|[[1st Golden Satellite Awards|January 15, 1997]]
|[[Satellite Award for Best Visual Effects|Best Visual Effects]]
|[[John Knoll]]
|{{Nominated}}
|
|-
| rowspan="10" |[[Saturn Award]]s
| rowspan="10" |[[23rd Saturn Awards|July 23, 1997]]
|[[Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film|Best Science Fiction Film]]
|{{n/a}}
|{{Nominated}}
| rowspan="10" |
|-
|[[Saturn Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
|[[Jonathan Frakes]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|[[Saturn Award for Best Writing|Best Writer]]
|[[Jonathan Frakes]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|[[Saturn Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
|[[Patrick Stewart]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|[[Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
|[[Brent Spiner]]
|{{Won}}
|-
|[[Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
|[[Alice Krige]]
|{{Won}}
|-
|[[Saturn Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costumes]]
|Deborah Everton
|{{Won}}
|-
|[[Saturn Award for Best Music|Best Music]]
|[[Jerry Goldsmith]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|[[Saturn Award for Best Make-up|Best Make-up]]
|[[Michael Westmore]]<br />[[Scott Wheeler (makeup artist)|Scott Wheeler]]<br />[[Jake Garber]]
|{{Nominated}}
|-
|[[Saturn Award for Best Special Effects|Best Special Effects]]
|[[John Knoll]]
|{{Nominated}}
|}