Still Not Very Good...

Maybe you should stick to reviewing other films. The score was done by the late great John Barry and was wonderful. The special effects in this movie were incredibly well done and the matte paintings were fantastic. If you're using Star Trek: TMP as a comparison, we need to just stop here. You obviously have no idea of what you're talking about.

Their, not there.

A lot of fanboys will try to convince you to put this film in its "context" so as to not judge it to harshly.

I was there for the context. I saw this at age 8 in the theater. The context was that when it was a created it was a crappy, substandard movie. So bad, that an 8 year-old could recognize that the director treated his audience like crap.

Of course, I had seen Star Wars a couple of years prior. Great story, amazing special effects. Characters you liked. While the story was not truly sci-fi, but fantasy, it was fun and well paced.

The Black Hole had none of this.

The "context" of the Black Hole is that Ridley Scott was simultaneously releasing Alien. There is a space movie that hit on all cylinders and people don't make fun of it and mock it like the Black Hole.

How about Start Trek, The Motion Picture? As an 8 year old I found the pace too slow, but the movie isn't farcical.

I recently had an opportunity to relive the train wreck, so out of morbid curiosity, I gave it another shot. Man, I was correct at a young age - it sucks. There are some redeeming qualities, but taken as a whole, it was a disaster.

I saw this as a kid and was so excited but it was really quite a let down due to being spoiled by Star Wars & Star Trek. I did love the robots and the ship interiors but it was absolutely boring to me. Today I love it, I watch it all the time. It's definitely something you have to have a taste for, I can see why some people wouldn't like it as I felt the same way at one point. What I like about it today is that it's like watching a little piece of our movie making history so I appreciate it for that and it's actually quite sophisticated. The details in the robots, ships, interiors etc etc are just so cool to me today. Certain movies grow on me over the years and this was one of them. Another example was Presumed Innocent with Harrison Ford. I hated that movie when it first came out now it's one I will watch over and over. The movies themselves don't change just people or their perspectives change over time. If you hated it when it came out and you still hate it today that pretty cool you haven't changed much as some people do. I for one am a completely different person today then I was back then and I'm grateful for it. A lot of things I had my eyes closed to I am more open with today. Yada yada yada doesn't really matter though. Lol

As a Star Trek fan I think Black Hole's space shots hold up fine. It's a decent film. There's one or two technical mis-steps, but it's an okay, if somewhat existential film.

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I think the Black Hole is an excellent film with an excellent soundtrack.

I too saw the movie when it first came out. And recently had the opportunity to watch it again.

I tend to agree with your general assessment. The movie has a distinct "split-personality". Somber discussions about God and the Universe, then it switches to silly robots and ray gun battles. Back again to Schell and Perkins emoting about "the ultimate reality". Then back to Joseph Bottoms doing a bad Han Solo impression.

It's like they tried to make a "2001", and then stick pieces of "StarWars" onto it. However most audiences found it extremely jarring and hard to follow.

And as for the fanboys on here claiming it's "The Greatest Movie Ever Made":

um....yeah.....whatever you say, dude....