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“120 minutes of unrelenting goose bumps.”
(Brian Orndorf, DVDTalk.com)
“Thanks to Abrams and his cast, this franchise may live long and prosper for another four decades.” (Ethan Alter, Film Journal International)
“Paced at warp speed with spectacular action sequences rendered
brilliantly and with a cast so expert that all the familiar characters
are instantly identifiable.”
(Ray Bennett, The Hollywood Reporter)
“The new and improved Star Trek will transport
fans to sci-fi nirvana.” (Todd McCarthy, Variety)
Over the past few weeks, reviews for
J.J. Abrams‘s
Star Trek
have been trickling in, virtually all filled with praise for
sci-fi reboot for its production value, high-concept action sequences, and, last but not least, the cast. With the reviews overwhelmingly Fresh, the Enterprise crew has safely landed in Certified Fresh territory.
But will that appease die-hard Star Trek fans, who are
decidedly no longer the franchise’s target audience?
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“The truth is that we found ourselves missing the old
cast,” writes James O’Ehley of Sci-Fi Movie Page, “But most audiences won’t
care. Star Trek works fine when taken on its own terms as a modern special
effects-driven action flick.”
“In a way, Star Trek is this year’s
Iron Man,” notes
Orlando Parfitt in his overall Fresh IGN UK review, “Both were superbly
cast…but also seriously hampered by badly conceived storylines and humdrum
action sequences.”
And the first Rotten review comes from reliable contrarian Armond White of the New York Press: “These action/comic book/TV/fantasy/CGI flicks are not about plot. Their only purpose: teaching audiences to watch movies crudely, as teenagers, as a boy. At that, Wolverine and Star Trek succeed damnably.”
However, it’s unlikely we’ll see a precipitous drop in the
Tomatometer (like with last week’s
Wolverine). The rest of the critics are
doling out admiration for the Star Trek, with these reviews coming from a wide lineup of trades, genre sites,
and everything in-between.
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“It’s hard to express in mere words how wonderful J.J.
Abrams Star Trek reboot is, especially for a worn in the wool die-hard
Trek
head like yours truly,” reports Bill Gibron from his PopMatters blog.
And writes New York Magazine‘s David Edelstein: “If you
care about this universe (and I do, damn it), you won’t sit passively through
J.J. Abrams’s restart Trek. You’ll marvel at the smarts and wince at the
senselessness. You’ll nitpick it to death and thrill to it anyway.”
Keep tabs on Star Trek‘s Tomatometer by regularly checking its
movie page.
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