This is a great movie. It has a great story line. It also has great acting. See it. It is a a great movie. It kind of scary at times. It is better then the TV show. It is one great science fiction movie. See it.

Of all the Start Trek Films this was the least entertaining. The fact that no established writer wanted to write the script should have been the first sign to producers of a pending disaster. The story was choppy and appears to have elements of several of the TV story lines twisted within the script.The actors we stiff. That has always been the norm for Shatner, but even Nimoy, Doohan, and Kelly just didn't seem to have the chemistry that they had in the TV series or even the later films. And this film, coming off the heels of Star Wars, had to make the special effects even more special. Unfortunately,without a good story, the special effects are meaningless and Trumball and Dyskstra just couldn't carry the whole film. It's a good thing the had better success with Wrath of Khan or we may not have had the Star Trek culture that we have today.

I expected much more from this first "Star Trek" movie. The time was right to make this film after the television show became successful eventually. However, "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" is a big disappointment in my opinion. There isn't enough plot, there isn't much action, the film is too long and the tedium really stretches. It is good to see all the original cast members once again but surely a better film could have been made for them? The special effects may look good - which they do - but a film needs more than that (shades of how films tend to be these days).

Below average acting (probably from everyones experience with the animated series) and waaaaaay too much dialogue. The strange plot surrounding a massive vessel called the intruder doesn't help either. This has the distinction of being one of the most boring movies ever made.