hyped garbage

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

Star Trek : The Motion PictureThe makers takes too much time to sink their teeth in their characters and the surrounding offered to them, leaving them spending away their first act which is clearly not feasible as they suffer for it latter on their second act which grows obvious as it ages on screen, creating an enormous amount of pressure on the last act to pull it off, which they do, but it isn't glorifying enough to save the almost sunken ship. It is rich on technical aspects like visual effects, make-up design and production design but is short on editing. Robert Wise's execution is appreciative but it could have been a lot better and so could have been the screenplay by Harold Livingston which never even attempts to seek the attention of the viewers. The returned characters have hold on to their roles especially by Leonard Nimoy and William Shartner, although the maturity seemed to be missing in there. The writer uses the magnitude of the characters and their chemistry among each other and chooses their moments wisely which helps the feature survive for a bit longer period. Star Trek : The Motion Picture is a misguided plot dipped into a space-fest of unknown creatures and regions whose well written characters are the only thread to hold on to.

Movie Review: "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" (1979)With principal television show creator Gene Roddenberry (1921-1991) producing in good faith backed by Hollywood Major Studio "Paramount Pictures" with their highest production budget ever encountered to that day of principal photography in television-show-exceeding décor by production designer Harold Michelson (1920-2007) and to this day beyond-belief-tense cinematographic approach in flawless lighting schemes and camera works by Richard H. Kline that the slow-but-matured-received directions of legendary director Robert Wise (1914-2005), known for extraordinary motion picture realizations as "West Side Story" (1961) and "The Andromenda Strain" (1971), make "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" still a marvel to watch due to the metaphysically-raised questions of a galaxies-inhabited, constant-expanding universe in shape of an magnificiently-designed breathing entity called "VGER".The starship crew surrounding Admiral-promoted Captain James Tiberius Kirk, performed in full-possessions of his action-beating powers actor William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy as Starfleet-admired as respected officer Vulcan Mr. Spock come along a storyline initially-received in type of Phillip K. Dick imaginations-indulging 30-year-old Alan Dean Foster, who needed to make way for professional screenwriter Harald Livingston, known for screenwriting for television series "Mission: Impossible" between 1970 and 1972, bringing a main theme of complete universal annihilation into the foreground, when Admiral Kirk needs to take charge of the "Enterprise" again in year 2271, bringing back in all initial crew members as Wrap-Lead-Engineer Montgomery "Scotty" Scott, portrayed by James Doohan (1920-2005), Piloting chief technician Pavel Chekov, given face by Walter Koenig, Intel-Communicator supreme Uhura, performed by Nichelle Nichols and also-acting-captain Master-pilot-navigator Sulu, in interpretation by George Takei, before DeForest Kelley (1920-1999) as Dr. Leonard McCoy shares wisdom of the grounded, down-to-earth human condition that this marvel of a science-fiction opera stays relevant to this day due to ongoing mental journeys of philosophical proportions of what it means to confront one's own self-aware creation concerning a 20th century send-off solely-information-gathering probe shot into deep space before highlighted character Spock dares the incredible-captured in live-action / special effect composition toward a full-frontal cinemascope confrontation with "The Unknown"."Star Trek: The Motion Picture" has become one of the rare films in motion picture history that changes reception with every viewing. It is hard to say if it stays in an already image-overpoluted spectators' mind because it needs to be watched on a movie-theatre silver-screen in full restoration with no scheduled time pressure of contemporary Internet-infested life-styles, which has become more and more the exception these days. Nevertheless every filmmaker involved in this Major motion picture Achievement shall remain proud to be part of a self-created as over the years constant-expanded motion picture universe with "Next Generation" television series and a renowned resurrection with director/producer J.J. Abrams in 2009.© 2018 Felix Alexander Dausend (Cinemajesty Entertainments LLC)

Among all these "Star Trek" movies, 1979~2016, this is the only one that's reasonably interesting. Probably the closest thing to a "Trumbull movie". Unfortunately, it will never get the attention of, and be "re-discovered" by, many people interested in visuals, real science fiction, and space, simply because it has the label "Star Trek" attached to its title

Below average acting (probably from everyones experience with the animated series) and waaaaaay too much dialogue. The strange plot surrounding a massive vessel called the intruder doesn't help either. This has the distinction of being one of the most boring movies ever made.