ThiefHott Too much of everything

VividSimon Simply Perfect

Nonureva Really Surprised!

Humaira Grant It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Anshul Agrawal The movie's unnecessarily long run time due to its drawn out scenes of ships, clouds and space, and a boring substandard plot which makes use of none of its strong characters, makes me wonder why I even bothered to write this review.

mylkione It puzzles me to constantly read the now commonplace negative reviews on this film. I've watched this film many times over the last nearly forty years and in actuality, the initial iteration in the Star Trek film franchise comes closest to hard sci fi than any other.This movie only suffers from its location in time, in that pre-2000 generations grew up reading Asimov, Clarke, Bradbury and other great I. Lieu of the schlock fantasy pulp so popular now.Everything about this film actually was far ahead of it's time, even the uniforms which were wildly lambasted after it's release.Yes, the uniforms. Look at the critical scene where in they discover V'Ger to be a Voyager probe...The clothes they wear look exactly like your local Lululemon or even Nike attire so many of us don in our 21st century spare time.The tone of the movie was satisfyingly devoid of the hamfisted and cute attempts at humor that would plague every other film after this, aside from Wrath of course.The effects haven't aged well as we've moved into 4k resolution and the Styrofoam and wire becomes ever more embarrassing but some re edits have been performed.In no other movie with the original cast is Shatner more a part of an ensemble than this, and if anything, it's Nimoy's magnum opus.

rdevine_az Of all the Start Trek Films this was the least entertaining. The fact that no established writer wanted to write the script should have been the first sign to producers of a pending disaster. The story was choppy and appears to have elements of several of the TV story lines twisted within the script.The actors we stiff. That has always been the norm for Shatner, but even Nimoy, Doohan, and Kelly just didn't seem to have the chemistry that they had in the TV series or even the later films. And this film, coming off the heels of Star Wars, had to make the special effects even more special. Unfortunately,without a good story, the special effects are meaningless and Trumball and Dyskstra just couldn't carry the whole film. It's a good thing the had better success with Wrath of Khan or we may not have had the Star Trek culture that we have today.

zkonedog Often times when a hit TV show makes the jump to the big screen, that show loses one or more key elements of what makes the show a hit in the first place. This was exactly the case with Star Trek: The Motion Picture.The core of Star Trek: The Original Series was its thought-provoking plots, spectacular action, subtle humor, and character development. This first motion picture only succeed in one of those areas. Let's quickly examine each of those areas to see where this move succeeded and failed:Plot: The plot of this movie is a very well-defined script that (without spoiling anything) produces an incredible surprise ending that very few viewers likely saw coming. Essentially, the Enterprise is sent to investigate a strange cloud-like phenomena that is wreaking havoc on the galaxies. While invesigating, they find that the phenomena is more intimately linked to themselves than they could possibly imagine.Action: While this film contains some spectacular special effects, it ultimately is bogged down by long, and rather boring, periods of pure dialogue. Though some people are amazed by the endless panning shots of the "new" U.S.S. Enterprise, I found it to be way too overdone.Humor: This aspect that was so popular in the Original Series is severely lacking in this first film. The entire movie has a very serious tone that does not include much witty banter or light moments.Character Development: In my mind, the ultimate success of the entire Star Trek franchise hinges on the notion of character development. By using an ensemble cast, the Original Series was able to develop their auxiliary characters (albeit not as much as they should have!) into important members of the show. This movie, however, focuses too much on "foreign" characters (those not seen in the TV show).To conclude, while Star Trek: The Motion Picture featured a thought-provoking plot that harkened back to the days of the Original Series, it also strayed too far from the core of that show to be considered a classic film. Even the drab grey/white uniforms conveyed a serious, non-fun feel to the entire picture. If you want to get acclimated to the Star Trek universe, do not start your quest with this film (instead, skip to the second movie). However, if you could care less about the cannon of the show and want to watch a thought-provoking sci-fi film, than you will likely enjoy most aspects of this movie.