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Star Trek: The Motion Picture is a 1979 sci-fi film directed by Robert Wise and distributed by Paramount Pictures. This is the first Star Trek film from the 1960's original series. The film stars William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Majel Barrett, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, Persis Khambatta, and Stephen Collins.

Plot
When a destructive space shuttle is spotted approaching Earth, Admiral Kirk resumes command of the Starship Enterprise in order to seize, examine, and hopefully stop it before it destroys the earth.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) The special effects, while not as good, are impressive considering the budget and time period.
 * 2) The acting is very good, especially for William Shater, and most of the talents as well.
 * 3) The idea of a Star Trek film is a very good idea for the television series since it ended in 1969.
 * 4) Great soundtrack, just like from Lucasfilm's Star Wars films.
 * 5) Intriguing, and a decent plot.
 * 6) The prelude (before the Paramount logo) is pretty nice and relaxing.
 * 7) Some nice scenes, where Spook finally joined into the USS enterprise.
 * 8) The Idea of a Star Trek film of having to stop the V'Ger from destroying the earth, which it's pretty interresting.
 * 9) It's a decent follow up to the 1960's TV series.
 * 10) The film even got more sequels, starting with Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, which it's even more improved, if not better.
 * 11) The characters of the original series, like Spook, are still likable.
 * 12) Beautiful cinematography.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The special effects had aged badly, even in today's standards.
 * 2) The film can be considered very slow and boring at times.

Reception
The film received mixed reviews from critics, holding a 42% rating on Rotten Tomatoes while Metacritic scores a film a 48/100 "mixed or average reviews" with a 6.5/10 user score rating. As of December 2019, the first film has been favorable by fans lately.