Saturday, June 9, 2012

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy

This was the first time these guys broke out of the TV box. Turgid, stately, bloated, overdone to a crisp...no one here acted like real humans act. Big emphasis on cheesy special effects which today look primitive. Bombastic music score didn't help.

Featured shaven-headed Persis Khambatta as a sort of wooden love interest. I wonder what ever happened to her?

The plot resolution was cool but tltl. Maybe if they had dialed down the reverence some and focused on a story we could care about they might have had a decent film. As it stands...a

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