h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Ok... scoff. However, watching this film - filled with capers, antics, alien conspiracies and enough humorous nods to knock your cap off - just channelled me back to the heyday of Trek when it was fresh, exciting and a joy to watch from start to finish. When the crew, having finally saved the day, returned to the Enterprise and Uhuru passed on the information that the ship was to return to Earth to be decomissioned I could feel a lump rising in my throat. Then Spock retorted, uncharacteristically, that the person sending the order should go to hell and Kirk was asked for a heading - returning with the directions to Never-Neverland. As the ship vanished into the sunset and Kirk recited te 'Final Frontier' speech for the 'final' time I was sobbing my little heart - which is always difficult in a cramped cinema.

Very moving stuff. Like watching your favourite family pet being put down after long years of faithful service.

I was really happy to see this one included. I oft think that TUC was overlooked in "The best star trek film" arguments. Wtaching it agina particularly the kirk/spock conversations are brilliantly written and teh sentiment of teh film is great.