Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Robert Wise
5/6
So… Me and my 8-year-old, we’ve seen all the Star Wars-flicks, and we’ve seen all the new star treks, and so, I thought it was about time he got inducted into proper trekdom.
I’d expected the original Trek-movie to look dated, but it doesn’t. It looks… vintage. And still, in a weird way, fresh. And I think I may know why: These old scifi-films have something the new ones lack: They’re filled with amazement. Wonders, even; Long dwelling shots of huge starships. People staring into the universe for 30 seconds, not saying a word, not explaining what’s going on in seven different ways. Mysteries that simply resolve to “huh… imagine that…”
The new ones, they’re all guns-ablazing. And maybe that’s the way it has to be. Pity.
