Early reviews are coming in, and Star Trek XI<\/i> is generating both excitement and positive reviews ahead of its May 8th general release.<\/p>\n
The most recent review, from The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>, claimed that “Putting a much-loved but over-the-hill vehicle back in shape takes more than a new battery and a lick of paint. It demands a full-bore refit.” According to reviewer Ray Bennett<\/b>, “that’s exactly what J.J. Abrams<\/b> has given Star Trek<\/i>. J.J. Abrams gives the Starship Enterprise all it’s got, and it’s more than enough.”<\/p>\n Note that clicking through to the actual reviews will reveal spoilers.<\/p>\n Hollywood Reporter Review<\/a>The UK’s Daily Mail<\/a> reviewer was dubious about the movie at first. “Like many people, I yawned at the thought of yet another attempt to breathe life into a series that seemed finished, after the pompous, pointless and all too aptly named Star Trek: Nemesis<\/i> in 2002,” said Chris Tookey<\/b>.<\/p>\n But Tookey soon realized that “J.J. Abrams had come up with a tremendous idea, inspired no doubt by the success of Batman Begins<\/i> and Casino Royale<\/i>, both of which had reinvigorated tired franchises by recasting and going back to basics.”<\/p>\n By the end of the movie, Tookey was won over by Abrams’ reboot. “The result is not only by far the best of the eleven Star Trek<\/i> movies, it must rank as the outstanding prequel of all time.” <\/p>\n Daily Mail Review<\/a><\/p>\n Variety<\/a> is certain that sci-fi fans will be pleased with Star Trek XI<\/i>. “Blasting onto the screen at warp speed and remaining there for two hours, the new and improved Star Trek<\/i> will transport fans to sci-fi nirvana, said reviewer Todd McCarthy<\/b>. “Faithful enough to the spirit and key particulars of Gene Roddenberry<\/b>‘s original conception to keep its torchbearers happy but, more crucially, exciting on its own terms in a way that makes familiarity with the franchise irrelevant, J.J. Abrams’ smart and breathless space adventure feels like a summer blockbuster that just couldn’t stay in the box another month. Paramount won’t need any economic stimulus package with all the money it’ll rake in with this one globally, and a follow-up won’t arrive soon enough.”<\/p>\n Variety Review<\/a><\/p>\n And finally, rottentomatoes.com<\/a> thus far has all positive reviews, although the actual number of reviews available is limited. “”The most exhilarating Trek to date marks a new future for Kirk and co. If this can boldly go on to seek out ideas to match its speed and style, a franchise is reborn,” said Colin Kennedy<\/b> of Empire Magazine<\/i>.<\/p>\n Joshua Tyler<\/b> of CinemaBlend.com found Star Trek XI<\/i> to be “Easily the best Trek movie since The Wrath of Khan<\/i>, and a veritable feast of sight and sound.<\/p>\n The reviews at rottentomatoes.com for Star Trek XI <\/i>are located here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Early reviews are coming in, and Star Trek XI is generating both excitement and positive…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2401],"tags":[2656],"class_list":["post-5573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-star-trek-xi","tag-reviews"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","newsphere-slider-full":"","newsphere-featured":"","newsphere-medium":""},"author_info":{"display_name":"T'Bonz","author_link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/author\/tbonz\/"},"category_info":"Star Trek: XI<\/a>","tag_info":"Star Trek: XI","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5573"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6968,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5573\/revisions\/6968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}