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Posted:
10:04:58 on October 25 2001
By: Steve Krutzler
Dept: General Star Trek
Andre Durstin over at Film Score Monthly sent along his new review of the STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE - THE DIRECTOR's EDITION dvd, set to his stores in the U.S. on November 6th. Here are some excerpts from his review:
Fixing" THE MOTION PICTURE isn't anything new. The initial ABC network TV airing of ST-TMP added just about 12 minutes of footage to the theatrical release -- most of it character development and story-related -- that gave the detached film a more "human" element, yet the pacing of the movie still felt "off." Sure, it still had evocative effects, Goldsmith's marvelous score, and your favorite cast members in a large-scale odyssey to save the universe BUTÖit wasn't all it was cracked up to be, nor would it compare favorably with the superior Trek films that followed.
THE DIRECTOR'S EDITION seeks again to rectify that situation, adding some of the previously deleted footage that was restored for TV, while cutting out some of the theatrical version's static shots of characters staring at a blue-screen. Certain lines of unnecessary, heavy-handed dialogue that have also been newly excised, with a couple of unintended laughs going along with them -- like Kirk's "oh my god!" statement after the transporter room accident, and his repeating of the line "viewer off!" when space station Epsilon 9 is destroyed.
Some of the trims are fine for pacing, though in the latter case, Kirk's address to his crew now becomes awkwardly edited, with the elimination of dialogue and crowd reaction shots making it evident that material has been cut.
The new version also adds several new special effects shots and matte paintings, several of which aren't an appreciable enhancement over their original counterparts. The big changes are a new look at the V'Ger vessel late in the film (looking strikingly similar to the ship from "Lifeforce"), taken directly from Wise's storyboards, that wasn't able to be completed before the movie was released, as well a few improved FX shots (i.e. the Enterprise's destruction of the asteroid inside the wormhole).
The intent was to add little touch-ups here and there that Wise wanted but couldn't complete due to the original release date -- not simply to add new effects simply for the sake of doing so. For the most part, the alterations are relatively minor, and don't call all that much attention to themselves.
In all, the movie runs 136 minutes -- four minutes longer than the theatrical version, and eight minutes shorter than the expanded TV edition. It has a slightly tighter feel, like a refined second draft, though truth be told, I found that most of the problems I had with TMP on initial viewing are still there, and I'd be surprised if anyone's assessment of the film was radically changed by this newer version.
For the full review, check out this page.
And don't forget to look out for TrekWeb's own review of THE DIRECTOR's EDITION coming soon! |
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