Okay, so the costumes are ludicrously dated. But the most unforgivable sin of the first of the "Star Trek" movies is the soul-deadening padding. Why show 30 seconds of the ship going into warpdrive, or Kirk taking a shuttle to the Enterprise, or Spock free-falling in a space suit, when you can drag any of these sequences to three minutes or longer?
It's like the New Wave never happened!
Pass this one and go directly to "The Wrath of Khan."
It's like the New Wave never happened!
Pass this one and go directly to "The Wrath of Khan."