Star Trek: The Motion Picture follows the Enterprise as they attempt to discover the hidden powers of an unknowable alien intent on destroying planet Earth.
That could’ve been interesting, but as a pale imitation —at best — of a great film, it’s hard to sit through its hyper-slow orbit through space.
But alas, without the same meaningful commentary and intellectual insights to the psyche of man and its relationship with advancements, technology and machines, particularly at the brink of evolution, you get a painful dull movie (and a weirdly hyper-sexual one too), with no clear sense of plotting or structure that’s an absolute slog to endure.