PeteByrdie
Privateer in the service of Princess Frideswide
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I think First Contact is probably my favourite of the Star Trek movies post the original crew. I find James Cromwell incredibly watchable in anything, but I think his character here could be considered annoying. He's an unwilling genius, putting mild barriers in the path of the stories resolution, but one never feels his reticence to be the architect of the future is any real threat. It feels outside of the narrative, so his antics are just a distraction from watching the drama with the Borg unfold. That's when a great actor playing a fun character can suddenly feel like a child making noise just to get your attention when you're trying to watch your favourite drama series, for example.