Review of Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) by A T — 09 May 2014

Star Wars came out in 1977 and changed the blockbuster game. So for Star Trek to come out two years later, there had to be some covered ground the series needs to make. Instead, the movie is filled with weird sweeping visuals of the Enterprise for elongated amounts of time, that just feel odd, awkward and stilted.

The story, while doesn't really pick up until the final third, the overall feel of the movie feels more like The Muppets, getting the gang back versus any concern for something new to deliver. And by now, I get Star Trek wasn't all "smoke and mirrors, lens flares and fist fighting".

But like Wrath, it's slow tactical approach drones on for almost too long.