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Summary: Robert Wise vision not the best for star trek
Review: Ok, I have to say that I approve of directors cuts. This dvd is loaded with deleted scenes and finalized special fx that the director didn't get to finish the first time around. However I first must say that this movie bored me the first time in 1979 and it bores me now. Star trek isnt about watching 30 minutes of special fx of Vger. Its about the relationships of Kirk, Spock and the rest of the crew. I personally prefer the versions of this movie with the extra dialog scenes added back in. Vger drags on and on. I'm one of the few that would rather watch star trek 5. Now the directors cut of trek II rocks.
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Summary: Not the best star trek movie but, definiely not the worst
Review: This is the first star trek movie between the Original Series and Next Generation. The movie tends to be drawn out especially the section were Admiral Kirk boards the Enterprise. Eventhough it is drawn out you do see how magniificent of a ship the original enterprise was. Out of all the versions of the enterprise, the first, Not Archer's but Kirk's, is the best. She is one beautiful magnificent ship. It is good to see how fast she can really go. The TV series does not show this but, the special effects in the movie version shows she is one fast ship.The story centers around an annomaly that has entered the Alpha Quadrant. The annomaly is a large cloud that was first intercepted by three Klingon battle ship. This is the first time Klingons are seen with their full make-up with head ridges.You also hear the Klingon language for the first time. I don't think they spoke their language during the original series. The Klingon ships are destroyed in the cloud. Federation gets word about this anomaly and sends the Enterprise to investigate. The anomaly was created by V'ger or Voyager. Voyager was released during the 20th century and was rescued from space by a civilization of machines. Voyager then sets out on a quest to find its creator. The movie was not the best in the star trek series. The special effects were quite good, especially when they get inside the cloud. The musical score was fantastic. Especially the music used when the Kilingon ships contact the cloud. The opening title tune will eventually becomes the opening music for The Next Generation series.
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Summary: Now I remember
Review: I first saw this movie in the theatre in 1979. I remember being horribly bored, with pictures of taking "forever" cruising around the new Enterprise, showing me how "ooh","ahh","pretty", the new Enterprise was. And showing me "look how much like Star Wars we are" special effects. I vowed at that time that I would never watch this boring thing again. When this DVD version came out, I had heard it was supposed to have been improved. I figured, "OK, I'll give it another chance." Well, this did a great job of reminding me why I vowed I'd never watch this thing again. It's still as boring, for all the same reasons, as it was 22 years ago. Yawn.
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Summary: A droll story with brilliant dialogue and effects-very 2001
Review: This is my second favorite of the Star Trek movies. It is so wondrfully done with imagination and brilliantly written dialogue. A massive object is approaching Earth with a deadly force capable of wiping out the entire planet. It is up to Kirk, Spock and the crew to fight past its defences to descover its vulnerability and save the planet from untter enialation. The score is beautiful, the costums are rediculas and the effects are masterful. I think Gene would have been proud of how it was turned out after having so many production problems leading up to its initial release. The did not take away from the movie at all-only added. My only issue corresponds with some of the scenes that were cut from the full version. Some of the greatest conversations were left out??? Anyway, a worthy movie that was missread by many Star Trek fans as they were expecting slam,bag,action instead of intelligence-the problem with most sci-fi movies these days including the last three star treks. If you give it chance and follow the story and dialogue and character development, then you will hopefully appreciate a movie tha was very similar to 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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Summary: A Great Classic SCI-FI Movie Gets A New Look
Review: When I was younger I considered Star Trek The Motion Picture to be the worst Star Trek Fim I ever seen. A few years ago I watched this movie on The SCI-FI Channel and found out Just how good of a film this is. Star Trek The Motion Picture went from being the worst Star Trek movie to being one of the best. I think the reason why I like it better now is because I'm older and can understand it better. Over the years there has been diffrent prints of this movie. The regular 132min. print that was shown in theaters in 1979/1980. The 143min. extended print that has been shown on T.V. and VHS. And now a new 136min. print with added special effects and certain parts of the film trimmed down to keep the movie going at a faster pace. Director Rober Wise has done a good job tying up the loose ends in the film that he couldn't get finished in 1979 because of the studio's target release date for the movie. There's new shots of The Enterprise and new shots of V-GER that really help the movie out. The DVD contains all kinds of Special Features. And the movie is better then ever. My only gripe is I wish they added the 143min print footage back into the film. The footage in that print gave the charcters more dialouge. But at least you get to see that footage in the deleated scences on the DVD. If your a fan of Star Trek this is a great DVD to put in your collection.
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Summary: Interesting Edition, Nothing More
Review: I have to say that I used to watch the original "Star Trek" T.V. show when I was a kid, but it never really attracted me as a fan. In fact, I just watched it for fun. Until "Star Trek-The Motion Picture" caught my attention. I fell in love with this movie because it was like looking at a painting about outer space, supported by spectacular visual effects by Douglas Trumbull ("Close Encounters Of The Third Kind") and John Dykstra ("Star Wars"), a magnificent musical score by Jerry Goldsmith, and a fine screenplay -although many people think it's too cerebral. Robert Wise directed this film a bit slow, that some people may think it's boring. But I don't care because I'd give it five stars all the same because my admiration for "Star Trek" woke up thanks to this movie.
However, I'm giving this Director's Edition DVD only four stars. Why? Because some scenes were eliminated -or even chopped up - and that makes this version a bit strange, a bit incomplete. In the plus side, though, some visual F/X shots were added, giving the film's look some freshness and a great repair to some incongruent shots in the original cut, apparently because of time constraints. If only the Klingon battle scene had been polished, because the matte lines surrounding the Klingon cruisers are still visible. How sad because that's one of the best scenes in the movie.
As for the extra features, I have to say that they are very good, specially the documentaries regarding the different stages of the film's production, the rush the makers had to face in order to meet their December 1979 opening. Thank goodness that the deleted scenes from the original version are there on the second disc, as well as the unaltered scenes.
This DVD is an interesting edition that should have deserved five stars if those aforementioned deleted scenes had been included and the F/X on the Klingon battle sequence had been polished.
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Summary: Star Trek: the special LONGER cut
Review: (this does not refer to the DVD director's edition edit)
One of the most popular tv shows of it's time(and one of the most popular movie franchises) Star Trek: the movie is a winner. This slow-paced scifi flick maybe hard to watch if your one of those desparate viewers who won't wait forever something to happen(or boring as heck). Granted Star Trek is worth it down to the final climax, this 12 minutes of more footage is not needed! It is long as it is and it needs to be cut down to 2hrs or shorter!This movie does have a lot of pausing and a lot of scenes where they are "hoing and aweing" at the special effects for 7 mins or so. Some movies need longer cuts,but obviously Star Trek didn't.
(2 1/2 stars actually)
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Summary: Polished To A Brilliant Shine
Review: Star Trek - The Motion Picture - The Director's Edition works much better than all the previous versions of the film. Despite it being slightly longer than the theatrical release the plot is carried at a more natural, less plodding pace. The film has always benefitted from Jerry Goldsmith's excellent score, and the remastered soundtrack is now simply outstanding. It's sounds almost as if they've re-recorded it with modern equipment. Definitely worth consideration, a must have for fans of the original.
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Summary: Three Cheers for Robert Wise!
Review: Like many Star Trek fans when Star Trek - The Motion Picture hit theaters in 1979 I was thrilled, amazed, excited . . . and just a wee bit disappointed. The visuals were stunning, the Enterprise was unbelievably gorgeous (and has never looked better since) and the score blew me away. Yet, the movie was clearly flawed: long, dark and surprisingly cold for a Star Trek adventure. This new Director's Edition goes a long way toward fixing those problems.
The changes, though numerous, are mostly small: The addition of a moving star field to the overture, the cutting of Kirk's stilted and rather embarrassing "Oh, my god!" reaction to the transporter accident, the subtle cutting and shortening of the V'ger fly-over sequence. But there are big changes too. The asteroid explosion inside the wormhole was completely redone and greatly improved. Through CGI digital magic we finally get to see the Vulcan landscape the way it was originally intended to be shown. And when it's time for Kirk and company to leave the ship and meet V'ger itself, it's shown from an entirely different angle (using a combination of new CG and some original blue screen work that was never used), and we get to actually see the hexagonal block walkway being "constructed." And again, this is the way the scene was originally intended to be shown. In fact, all of the added effects were based on original storyboards.
Oh, yes, and they added lots and lots of sound.
As others have said, this edition does not fix all the problems-after all, Wise had to work with the live footage he had-but it is still a vast improvement. I'm generally a little leery of "Director's Cuts" and special editions. Lucas' reworking of the first three Star Wars movies seemed utterly pointless, and did more harm than good. But STTMP is a movie that was crying out for retooling. The movie was rushed through production, and Wise was never even given the chance to run the film by test audiences before the final cut. This special edition is a real and overdue improvement: the pace of the film has been picked up (despite being about 5 minutes longer than the theatrical release) and the characters given just a bit more focus. Even the additional sound effects seem to lift the movie from its dark and quiet hole and into the 23rd century.
And once you've watched the movie a few times, be sure to check out the extras. One of the best features of this disk is the commentary. Turn on the commentary and sit back and watch and listen as Robert Wise, Doug Trumbull, John Dykstra, Jerry Goldsmith and even Stephen Collins enlighten and provide new and intriguing insights into the making of STTMP. This may be the best running commentary feature ever. Very, very interesting. There are some great little documentaries on disk 2 as well, including "Redirecting the Future" about the work that went into producing this special edition.
If you are a Star Trek fan, buy this disk! If you are someone who sorta-kinda liked this movie (but would never admit it in public) buy this disk. Ah, heck. Just buy it anyway. If you've read this far you're obviously interested. You won't be disappointed.
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Summary: A movie that shoots for the stars----with success!
Review: After a 10-year vacation (in human years at least), Kirk, who is now Admiral Kirk, goes onboard his old spaceship, the U.S.S. Enterprise once again. The Enterprise is now vastly updated with slicker looks and most of its crew members are relatively new; they never had to work under the eyes of Captain Kirk. When a mysterious alien creature sets its sights on Earth, Captain Kirk, being the ruthless leader he is, just can't help but to take things in his own hands along with the help of some familiar faces (Spock, Bones, Uhura, etc.), and some new faces (Ilia, Decker, etc.). Will this be something such as a troublesome morphing creature, a device that swallows galaxies whole, or a simple Klingon invasion? Will it be a mission that just about anybody can solve or will it be so complicated that it requires things such as a Vulcan Mind Meld? There's only one way to find out! "Star Trek - The Motion Picture" was made almost a year before I was born, so I never got the honor of seeing the original TV series or even this movie while they were showing for the first time. Nonetheless, I became addicted to watching Star Trek - The Original Series on the Sci-Fi channel, so I had to watch this movie. I can imagine the thrills of the Star Trek fans that were watching this movie in the theatres. For the time (1979), "Star Trek - The Motion Picture" has some SPECTACULAR special effects! You'll see what I mean throughout the entire movie, especially in sequences such as what happens when the Enterprise goes into warp speed for the first time (in the movie). Just as impressive is the musical score and the sound effects. You'll hear an impressive echoing sound at times throughout the film and you'll also hear familiar pieces of music, along with some brand new ones. It's real easy to see why "Star Trek - The Motion Picture" was nominated for an award in both of those categories. "Star Trek - The Motion Picture" is also done with style. Its plot is dynamic without being confusing or choppy, and the acting is also very well done. My only complaint with the movie's flow is that at times, certain scenes, such as when the Enterprise is on its path to V'Ger, seem to be pretty slow moving. In my opinion, these parts aren't boring; they give you more time to take in the dramatic visuals and for the suspense to take even more effect. The makers and performers of "Star Trek - The Motion Picture" shot for the stars with all they had at the time, and I think they did a great job of making a classic film that will never be forgotten! While it might not be the VERY best movie in the galactic series, it was perfect for getting the series on its feet, or engines, and for showing the fans that the Enterprise and its crew had a great future ahead of them. My eyes were glued to the screen the entire time that "Star Trek - The Motion Picture" was playing. There were times that my jaw dropped, even though the film is older than me. If you're a big fan of Star Trek - The Original Series, then don't take my word for it, purchase it for yourself and keep it dust-free in your collection! It's well worth it, to say the least.
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