Star Trek: The Motion Picture is completely missing all of the warmth and humor that was the trademark of the TV series.
It is stiff, wooden and boring. It has *loong* scenes of the crew staring at the viewing screen, and many, many, *many* of them at that.
When this film came out, for fans of the original TV series, it was great to see the characters back together and seeing the refitted starship Enterprise was awesome.
But the characters are given nothing to do; the addition of the two new characters adds nothing.
The visual effects are the only great thing about the film that make it worth a watch. After 40 years, Douglas Trumbull's work still holds up as some of the best ever captured on film.
I am a huge Star Trek fan and wanted to love this movie, but it's impossible. (I have seen the director's cut too; it does not save it in the slightest).
5 stars for ST:TMP: 10 stars for the visuals, 0 stars for the rest of it.
For a perfect rendering of why the television series is so beloved, leave this behind and go straight to Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
It is stiff, wooden and boring. It has *loong* scenes of the crew staring at the viewing screen, and many, many, *many* of them at that.
When this film came out, for fans of the original TV series, it was great to see the characters back together and seeing the refitted starship Enterprise was awesome.
But the characters are given nothing to do; the addition of the two new characters adds nothing.
The visual effects are the only great thing about the film that make it worth a watch. After 40 years, Douglas Trumbull's work still holds up as some of the best ever captured on film.
I am a huge Star Trek fan and wanted to love this movie, but it's impossible. (I have seen the director's cut too; it does not save it in the slightest).
5 stars for ST:TMP: 10 stars for the visuals, 0 stars for the rest of it.
For a perfect rendering of why the television series is so beloved, leave this behind and go straight to Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.