TREK a hit with UK critics

Wednesday, April 22, 2009


This is news to do an old Trekkie's heart good. JJ Abrams' Star Trek reboot has premiered in the UK, and so far the reviews are raves. Here's the critics roundup, lazily cutted and paste-ified from the IMDB.com:

The Star Trek enterprise is back in business. British critics (the latest sequel premiered in London Monday night) and U.S. trade reviewers have greeted it with rapturous applause. In the Times, Debra Craine called the film "stunning" and observed: "Without sacrificing the majesty of Gene Roddenberry's humanitarian ideals or the humor that is Star Trek's salvation, Abrams's film is a rollicking space adventure that makes you fall in love with the original series all over again." In the Telegraph, Mark Monahan noted that it's "a big, long, glossy film. But it's also playful, irreverent and light on its feet, and it knows exactly when to leaven the universe-rescuing with a nice nugget of humor." Writing in the Guardian, Phil Hoad hailed the performances of the stars, concluding: "Combined, they, and this new voyage, have real optimistic force and uplift." In the Mail, Chris Tookey compared the movie to the sudden international stardom of a certain Scottish spinster. "The entertainment business thrives on surprises, as has been proven once again by the sudden elevation to stardom of Susan Boyle on Britain's Got Talent," he wrote. "And there has been no bigger surprise for me this year than this movie." And in the Hollywood Reporter, Ray Bennett predicted: "The box office should beam up enormous returns when the film opens on May 7."

Honestly, I want this film to be a smash hit, even if I end up hating it. Because a smash hit means more Trek... And what the world needs now, is Trek, sweet Trek. (It's the only thing that there's just too little of.)

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Greg Stacy began the MONSTERS AND ROCKETS blog in April of 2009. Prior to that, he was editor of the popular sci-fi/horror news website DARKWOLDS.COM. He has also written for LA WEEKLY, OC WEEKLY, UTNE READER and LOS ANGELES CITYBEAT. He always feels weird writing about himself in the third person.

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