Star Trek I: The Motion Picture [Blu-ray]

8 reviews for Star Trek I: The Motion Picture [Blu-ray]

1. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   gandalfcmk – July 25, 2014

   Amazon may never allow this review to see the light of day, but it’s got to be written anyway: no one should have to buy three separate DVD’s in order to find the “Director’s Cut” of Star Trek: The Motion Picture. There are some die-hard fans of The Original Series who fully understand why a director’s cut of this film would be necessary, perhaps even preferable. In a word, Robert Wise’s original film is interminable, and generally lacking in the character emphasis department. Without going through the entire list, the Klingon’s first attack of “the cloud” and the “thing” inside runs a bit long, even for those who believe the world is ultimately a better place with fewer Klingons in it. I don’t know if Wise shortened the sequence in the “Cut” version (I haven’t seen it yet: it’s on order, about which more in a minute), but it could definitely use some pruning.Second, the “Introduction Of The Enterprise” (the longest introduction of an inanimate object in the entire history of film), which includes every conceivable angle of the starship (and Kirk, we might as well add, sometimes ALSO an inanimate object) that one could possibly imagine (and THEN some) needs to come in at something under 40 minutes. OK, I’m exaggerating, but, not to put too fine a point on it, there are any number of things we could mention that are a lot more enjoyable that don’t last anywhere near as long. Finally, because this has gone on enough already, the scene in which McCoy mispronounces “Kolinar” is just inane, particularly since fans of TOS are aware that McCoy knows how to pronounce Kolinar perfectly well, unless he got suddenly stupid from shaving off his beard (and what was up with THAT, by the way? The guys in makeup didn’t have enough to DO? “Oh, I know what, let’s….”). All this being said, there are probably (what with regular, Blu-ray, re-mastered, classic, et al, and what-haven’t-you) six hundred and thirty-one separate and distinct versions currently available for Star Trek: The Motion Picture, probably more than there are for Citizen Kane…..or Zombies of the Stratosphere. Unfortunately, as many consumers already know, Amazon has acquired a bad habit of including some of the same advertising blurbs and the same reviews for every Star Trek: The Motion Picture no matter what the version, which, for this as well as other products of the same ilk, is misleading to the point of misrepresentation. If you are, in fact, looking for the “Director’s Cut,” do not buy the “green faces, left” box or the “full color faces across the middle” package, despite what you may conclude by reading the blurbs or the first reviews: both of these contain the endless version originally released in theaters. The “Director’s Cut” (unfortunately there seems to be no blu-ray edition) is the one in what I will call the “rainbow box” (THIS one, unless Amazon has posted this review elsewhere) for thirty-five bucks or so. From hard experience, I bought the other two and am just now sending them back, as they are virtually frame-for-frame identical. I can’t wait to see if the “Director’s Cut” has actually improved the film. I really DO need to get a life….

2. 

   Rated 4 out of 5

   MGHart – January 21, 2015

   I love this film. I’ve been a Trek fan since I was a kid, first saw this film as a teen, and have loved it ever since. Yes, it moves a bit slowly in places, but after ten years without Star Trek, we the audience needed this reintroduction to the crew as much as they needed reintroduction to each other, as changed people who have grown over time. The world changed between 1969 and 1979, and Star Trek needed to evolve as well. And after a decade, we needed that long, loving, lingering look over the Enterprise as much as Kirk did. I could go on defending the film, but I won’t here, because this is the point of my review and why a give it only 3 stars:My complaint here is not with the film. It’s with this particular product. Despite the product description, THIS IS NOT THE DIRECTOR’S CUT. Evidently the director’s cut has not yet been released on Blu-Ray. I don’t even think this is all that great a print. If you want a great version of the film, get the director’s cut on regular DVD, not this.

3. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   VirtualAlaskan – May 30, 2019

   Beloved characters in a movie that was too long. Yes, the V-ger cloud is amazing. Didn’t need so much time devoted to it, though. The reveal of the Enterprise after her refit is beautiful, though.

4. 

   Rated 4 out of 5

   Elvis – August 28, 2019

   This movie looks amazingly good on Blu-ray. The picture and sound quality along with the bonus features made it worth buying. I consider the original crew to be the best of all the Star Trek series. Their chemistry and interactions (made possible by the actors of the original series) are not matched by any of the others that came later. The Next Generation I think was very good though. The new Star Trek movies, although based on the original crew, don’t capture the magic of the original.

5. 

   Rated 4 out of 5

   Steve M. Rotolo – May 2, 2021

   I give it three stars because Star Trek TMP is one of my favorite Star Trek films. After all these years, it’s one of the few Trek films that still looks cinematic and beautiful even on my HD screen (unlike Wrath of Khan). However the only version worth owning these days is the directors cut and this is not the director’s cut… this is the original theatrical release from 1979 which was released in a rush lacking finishing touches with editing and special effects.

6. 

   Rated 4 out of 5

   Supaflex1 – May 12, 2021

   I like all six of the original crew movies, but I always find that when I am in a big budget Trek movie mood..TMP is the one I watch. It was the event picture of its time. The way it unfolds, it always makes me feel I am along with the crew for this space odyssey.

7. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Charles McWhorter – August 5, 2022

   It was great

8. 

   Rated 4 out of 5

   Jaime – May 12, 2023

   It looks great in my collection