As has been written in the pages of /Film before, Robert Wise's 1979 feature film "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" isn't a boring film . It's more likely that you're just watching it incorrectly. Recall that "The Motion Picture" was the first time Trekkies had seen anything from this franchise since the cancellation of the original TV series in 1969. For a decade, the adventures of Captain Kirk (William Shatner), Spock (Leonard Nimoy), and all the rest were hampered by the show's budget, leaving many exotic planets looking like parks in Southern California, and aliens like character actors in makeup.

"Star Trek: The Motion Picture" aimed to make — and succeeded at making — the old show look as epic as possible. There's a reason why "Motion Picture" pauses for several minutes while Kirk a

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