Atom User Reviews for Star Trek: The Motion Picture - The Director's Edition

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JG
Jim Green
#greatvisualfx
#great

The fx enhanced the story, simply beautiful.

MD
Mathew DeFreitas
#greatvisualfx
#mustsee
#smart

The Director’s Edition in 4K is truly the definitive version of Robert Wise’s film. In a time where Star Trek has become more and more shoot ‘em up bang bang, this movie is truly refreshing, with amazing visuals, the GOAT score by Jerry Goldsmith, and asks some interesting…

SD
Steven DeBlasi
#familyfriendly
#epic
#<3

This is true Trek! Not the best Star Trek movie ever, but definitely underrated. It’s so much better than any modern Trek made since 2009.

WK
wayne kern

Picture quality was great - bright and sharp, colors looked good. Great new CGI effects.

BE
Brad Elledge

Excellent presentation of the source material. Was very nice to see it cleaned up and restored.

JC
James Cepeda

It was just a fun experience watching one of my favorite shows on the big screen.

DC
David Cunningham

Beautiful film. Well paced. Nothing compares to seeing it on the big screen. Went with another couple and everyone was impressed with how good the film was.

KJ
KEVYN JACOBS
#greatsoundtrack
#visuallybeautiful
#epic

Visually beautiful edition. The movie USS Enterprise is truly a thing of beauty. Loved Jerry Goldsmith's soundtrack.

BG
Brenda Gripentrog
#startrekgeek

They could have started the movie on time. Great experience otherwise!!

ML
Marie Lemus
#predictable
#boring
#snoozefest

felt like I was watching a rerun 🥱

BR
Ben Ragunton
#epic
#greatvisualfx
#greatcast

Seeing a remastered version of this movie on the big screen, after all these years, feels both familiar and new. It looked beautiful, and the sound was stunning! If I could see it again in the theater, I would!

BK
Brian Kelly

Great seeing the new FX! Definitely worth the money!

DP
David Penn

Finally finished the way Robert Wise wanted in 1979

BB
Bruce Berger

I really loved how they tweaked a few things and made it better. The sound was excellent. Overall a great experience.

JM
Jeannie Moreland

Loved seeing this on the big screen

CT
Chris Taylor

the digital remastery of the cgi was impressive and the commentary on the models and special effects was interesting. seeing it on the big screen was cool.

MN
Matt Nelson

Great movie, and re-mastering. Sadly it was 4/5 due to the theater doing a poor job with the movie. Didn't turn the house lights all the way off, so it was like watching in my living room, and there were some A/V sync issues with the dialog. Both of these pulled me…

CP
Chris Price
#greatcast

Great fun to see old friends again with some old friends!

PR
Paul Ring
#greatvisualfx
#seeingitagain

I last saw this movie in the theaters 43 years ago. When the titles appeared on screen, I was just as excite as I was back then. It's not a fast-paced action movie, but it's beautifully shot and a pleasure to watch.

KC
Kelby Condie
#greatvisualfx
#epic

An extremely underrated film. Not action packed but more of a cerebral slow paced 2001 a space odyssey style pure sci fi flick.

CM
C M
#greatcast
#seeingitagain

Nice to see this movie again in theaters. The improved sfx were nice. They did overdo it in some places with the background atmosphere on the ship (beeps, button presses, etc.), and the removed some of the "flavor" dialogue from the original for some reason. Overall, was…

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Lance E Williams
KC
Kevin Charles
#smart
#great
JR
Jeff Richmond
#epic
#greatcast
DJ
Denise Jensen
#epic
#datenight
GO
George OBrien
#epic
EM
Eduardo Mello
#epic
#smart
DS
Daniel Snell
AS
am sj
AM
Adam Mughal
#greatvisualfx
#greatcast
#seeingitagain
KS
Konrad Sosnow
#toolonganddrawnout
MF
Mike Frese
#smart
AL
Alan Lutton
JN
Joseph Nubile
KW
Ken Wallis
#great
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Adam Laux
#smart
#seeingitagain
AB
Alan Batongbacal
#smart
#realstartrek
#greatcast
DY
D.J. Yates
DB
Damien Banda
#epic
#greatvisualfx
#greatcast
CS
Carol Steeves
#mustsee
RS
Robert Smith
#fantasy
#mustsee
#epic
GG
Grahamandmimi Grant
#mustsee
#greatvisualfx
#epic
RM
Richard Mounce
#greatvisualfx
#epic
#greatcast
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Carol Schaef
#epic
#mustsee
#greatvisualfx
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Darrell Johnson
BT
Brittany Tibbetts
#original
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Will Keefe
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Michael Poole
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Donna Vermillion
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Maxwell Titelbaum

Metacritic

80

It’s a bit overextended but very watchable with flourishes of exotic invention.

Metacritic review by Peter Bradshaw
Peter Bradshaw
The Guardian
30

Star Trek is, finally, nothing but a long day's journey into ennui.

Richard Schickel
Time
30

This 1979 movie adaptation of the cult TV series is blandness raised to an epic scale. Robert Wise's bloodless direction drains all the air from the Enterprise.

Metacritic review by Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader