Star Trek: The Motion Picture

Sept. 2024 Rewatch (Director's Edition):
Captures the majesty of space travel and the fear of the unknown like no other Trek film, especially through the visuals and Jerry Goldsmith's excellent score. I never bought into the Decker/Ilia relationship/situation (more in comments)

This was my introduction to star trek and I never went back

Respectfully, it's the definition of meh
The director could have told and made the audience feel everything that he wanted for the scenes if he spent half as much time on the long takes.
Funny enough spending all that time took me out if the scene, and the plot...it was okay

The story was basic. The characters were mainly just there, and for at least 20 minutes it was just staring and sightseeing, however, I didn’t mind too much. I can just listen to that score on its own. Man it’s brilliant.

doesnt really hold up, but it makes great background noise while youre doing something actually interesting

The filming style reminded me of 2001: A Space Odyssey, which I hated. The actors were great, but I was very bored throughout and had no stakes since I watched the Changeling episode before this.