Yes, visually the film is stunning and the work by cinematographer Richard H. But there is no denying that Star Trek: The Motion Picture is just a bad movie on all fronts and no amount of time can change that. Unlike some films in the series, most notably Star Trek: Insurrection, that improve with age and with some hindsight, Star Trek: The Motion Picture is just as boring and dull as the first time you watched it 39 years ago.ĭoes it hurt me to say that? Sure. It isn’t exactly hard to see why Star Trek: The Motion Picture foundered at the box office and occupies an odd place in Star Trek lore. Considered both a box office and critical disappointment at the time, nonetheless Paramount was happy enough to green light a sequel as long as Roddenberry was removed as producer and the budget could be kept under control. Star Trek: The Motion Picture ended up making $139 million worldwide against a budget that began at $15 million but quickly grew to $46 million by the time the film was released on December 7, 1979. The movie saw the Enterprise head into space to stop V’Ger, a cloud/spaceship that was annihilating everything in its path and had its sights set on Earth. Directed by Robert Wise and produced by Gene Roddenberry himself, the film reunited the entire cast of the television show in a big budget extravaganza. The result was Star Trek: The Motion Picture. It’s safe to say that without the success of Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Star Trek might have remained on television and never made the jump to the big screen.īut thanks to the Steven Spielberg classic, Paramount Pictures saw there was enough interest in science fiction beyond just the cultural tsunami that was Star Wars in 1977 to bring Star Trek to theaters everywhere. Goodman 4 years ago Released 39 years ago this month, Star Trek: The Motion Picture unfortunately isn’t a movie that gets any better with age.
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