How exciting was the crash in theaters?

Get real. "Wrath of Khan" is one of the least Trek movies. Remember when Scotty melodramatically brought his wounded nephew to the Bridge instead of Sickbay (which is one of the lamest scenes in Trek history)? There are many other eye-rolling bits or logical errors, like: How could Starfleet and their cartographers not realize that an entire planet is missing in the Ceti Alpha system? How could Chekov not realize this since he’s a trained navigator for the freakin' Federation of Planets? Why didn’t Chekov realize that the Ceti Alpha system was the system in which Khan and his clan were marooned by his former captain (even assuming he wasn’t aboard the Enterprise during the 1st Season of the Original Series, he would have certainly gotten word from his Helmsman buddy Sulu, not to mention the ship's computer files)? Why does the ear slug simply leave Chekov instead of killing him as the creatures did to twenty of Khan’s people?

"Generations," by contrast, is ambitious sci-fi of the highest order, leaving the viewer with many interesting questions to ponder afterwards. Although the Nexus has been criticized as a mere gimmick to get Kirk and Picard together, it's a fascinating concept: No matter how much we want it, an illusory paradise is just that — an illusion. The idea of the Nexus and its implementation into the storyline is nothing short of brilliant. Who created the Nexus? Who else but the Talosians, the 'antagonists' of Trek's very first episode, "The Cage"! (And repeated in the two-part “The Menagerie”). Think about it.

There are other highlights: The usual Trek humor, Data’s amusing experiences with the emotion chip, Malcolm McDowell’s outstanding performance as the mad Soran, his believable obsession and justifications, B’Etor & Lursa and the renegade Klingons, the startling obliteration of them and their vessel, the thrilling crash-landing of the Enterprise-D, the meeting of Kirk and Picard n the Nexus, the final showdown with Soran and Kirk’s death.