Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

*Spoiler/plot- The Captains, 2011. Bill Shatner finally embraces his Star Trek geekiness and produces, directs, and stars in just another self-serving documentary exploring the many careers, lives, impressions, and experiences of himself and the many performers playing any Starship captain's roles in the billion dollar Paramount franchise that he was part of.*Special Stars- William Shatner, all captains of Star Trek starship EXCEPT Jeffrey Hunter.*Theme- Star Trek franchise can make you rich and famous.*Trivia/location/goofs- Filmed at homes, scifi conventions and theaters where the varied actors are to talk about their Star Trek production experiences and moods. Mr. Shatner walks through the Las Vegas Sat Trek convention garnering the fan worship of his faithful.*Emotion- This documentary was only interesting for the candid non-Star Trek confessions of some of the interviewees involved. The canonization of Star Trek actors like Shatner has been done by him and other sycophantic unbiased fans to the death of this subject. That makes this documentary pedestrian, boring, uninspired, and ploddingly unexciting. I found this film to be unoriginal and a waste of my time.

My comment has to do with the accuracy of a very important name - that of the new Captain Kirk. The actor's actual name is Chris Pine (not Pike); the author confused his name with the character of the original captain on Enterprise Captain Chris Pike in the 2009 movie. Please correct this. As to the film itself; it was delightful, quirky and very much like William Shatner himself in all his charming and endearing ways. I was happy to see him be so nice to young Chris Pine who is a very good actor and who surprised me as being able to take on the iconic role created by Mr. Shatner. I loved his interview with Sir Patrick Stewart and the revelation that Mr. Shatner came to after listening to Sir Patrick. All the interviews brought out something unique in each actor.

The best moments.... Shatner on convention floor with fans. Patrick Stewart interviews and interviews with Scott fun too. The recognition that fame is not worth the price of family... Very touching stuff!!!! Kate reminding me of the imbalance of parenting... She is awesome!Odd moments... Everything with Avery, my favorite Captain. Stoned? Or just weird? Discontinuity of editingBad moments... Crew...from bad cinematography to friggin annoying reflectors blinding the actors during the interviews (the gold reflector is for morning, not middle of the day ya doofases... oh and the piano underscore was too loud and far too dramatic. As others have said, such golden moments were missed to chat up memories, anecdotal stories, etc. but still, a must see for any trek fan for those great moments here and there :)

I love Star Trek and have seen every episode ever made, most of them more than once. I found the pacing of this documentary to be very slow. The music just didn't do it for me either. Most of the questions that were asked seemed irrelevant. There were some questions that were asked which I really wanted to hear more about, but both Shatner and the rest seemed to dance around the answers. For example, about life-after- death. The absolute worst scenes were those with Avery Brooks. Has he lost his mind? I've never heard somebody speak so many different words without actually saying anything. I did not enjoy listening to him or Shatner sing next to the piano.I was also disappointed that there were not more guest stars. They did show Robert Picardo and Johnathan Frakes but just for a few lines. They deserved more screen time. I'd rather have listened more to them than to Avery Brooks babbling.I did gather some insight into the grueling labor that was involved in shooting the series. I do give the documentary credit for explaining that.