chud.com - 4/7/2009
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Tonight was the world premiere of JJ Abrams' Star Trek in Australia... or so everybody thought. Paramount actually secretly brought the film to the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, Texas, where a crowd had assembled for what they thought was a free screening of Wrath of Khan . When the show ...
filmschoolrejects.com - 4/7/2009
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filmschoolrejects.com —
We should begin this little report with a
few disclosures — first of all, I just got...
back home from seeing J.J. Abrams’ new Star Trek movie at the world famous Alamo Drafthouse in Austin. I was there, as you may know if you follow ...
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Star Trek Makes Surprise World Premiere in Austin! Read ...
aintitcool.com - 4/7/2009
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Ahoy, squirts! Quint here… Holy crap what a
night. I started it expecting to see 10 minutes...
of JJ Abrams’ TREK with the full feature of a pristine WRATH OF KHAN and ended it by watching about 5 minutes of WRATH OF KHAN (the opening credits) with the ...
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Quint has seen JJ Abrams' STAR TREK!
cinemablend.com - 4/7/2009
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Star Trek Shown Early. Reviews Transporting All Over The Internet
Latino Review —
... got treated to the new J.J. Abrams Star Trek movie. There was also a world premier of Star Trek being held in Australia. So while the rest of the planet is watching this movie, Hollywood is being left out for once. Reader reviews are starting to flood in to various websites about the film. Most of the reviews seem to be pretty positive, but I won't read any of them until I watch the film myself. Film School Rejects has a review you can read HERE . CHUD has one up you can read HERE . CinemaBlend has one HERE . Twitchfilm also has one HERE . I'm sure more ...
'Star Trek' Earns Positive Reviews After Surprise Screening
MTV Movies —
... Some online reviewers, however, have been careful to not let the excitement of the evening (featuring surprise appearances by Leonard Nimoy and the new "Trek" crew) sweep them into hyperbole. "Anyone who says it's better than 'Wrath of Khan' is talking out of their hyperbolic ass," writes Greg Clark at C.H.U.D. "This one doesn't nearly have as clear a thought-out script as that one, easily one of the tightestly plotted films in any genre, and suffers from the same problem as that other Orci and Kurtzman [writing] collaboration, 'Transformers': It wants to be all ...
Early Buzz: The First Reviews of JJ Abrams’ Star Trek
/Film —
... CHUD reader Greg Clark: “well, it doesn’t suck. Anyone who says it’s better than Wrath of Khan is talking out of their hyperbolic ass though. This one doesn’t nearly have as clear a thought out script as that one, easily one of the tightestly plotted films in any genre, and suffers from the same problem as that other Orci and Kurtzman collaboration, Transformers: it wants to be all things for all people at all times.” … “The movie should easily become the biggest (and probably most popular with the ...
Early Reviews: Is J.J. Abrams' 'Star Trek' Reboot Set To Be The First Tentpole Smash Of 2009?
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... A Chud reader thankfully gives us some perspective. "It doesn't suck. Anyone who says it's better than Wrath of Khan is talking out of their hyperbolic ass though. This one doesn't nearly have as clear a thought out script as that one, easily one of the tightestly plotted films in any genre, and suffers from the same problem as that other Orci and Kurtzman collaboration, Transformers: it wants to be all things for all people at all times." ...
First Reviews of J.J. Abrams’s Star Trek from Secret Screening in Austin
Film Junk —
... reading the full reviews, but in skimming through them I don’t see many major complaints. Only one more month to go! You can bet we’ll be having a special live episode of the Film Junk Podcast with Reed Farrington when the movie finally hits theatres. In the meantime, the first batch of reviews are linked below. Feel free to share any others you find out there.
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Star Trek Has Been Seen
TheBadandUgly.com —
... Sulu and most notably, Dr. Leonard “Bones” McCoy. But we’ll talk more about Bones later, as there’s plenty to say. What I’d like to make clear is that the two writers on this project — whose work I have loved at times and hated at others — is some of the smartest work they’ve done. They get these characters and when you combine that with the visual style that J.J. Abrams has brought to the franchise, it makes for a dangerously accessible and exciting film.
From CHUD:
The problem I run into, though, is that it’s trying to do too many ...
Star Trek Loved By Movie Lovers. Today in Film Bloggery 04/07/09
SpoutBlog —
... , though one shortchanged viewer had this to say: “Anyone who says it’s better than Wrath of Khan is talking out of their hyperbolic ass though.” ...
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Initial Thoughts on J.J. Abram’s STAR TREK
twitchfilm.net 4/7/2009 —
A heavily advertised free screening of Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan on Monday, March 6th at the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, Texas turned out to be the well-disguised world premiere of J.J. Abrams’ new Star Trek movie. Leonard Nimoy, ...
Review: Star Trek
filmschoolrejects.com 4/7/2009 —
By any stretch of the imagination, I’m not exactly the ideal person to be reviewing this film so early, especially under the circumstances. Those circumstances are spelled out in more detail by Neil in his report , but the short version is ...
Early Twitter Buzz: Star Trek Has Secret Premiere in Austin
slashfilm.com 4/7/2009 —
Paramount pulled a MASSIVE bait and switch with tonight’s Alamo Drafthouse’s screening of Wrath of Kahn on Monday night. The announced line-up included some never before seen footage from JJ Abrams Star Trek followed by Star Trek ...
TREK reviews pour in from the Drafthouse screening!
aintitcool.com 4/7/2009 — Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. The reader reviews from tonight's screening at the Drafthouse are starting to come in and I'm sure we'll have some from the Australian premiere rolling in tonight as well. As they come in either myself or one of my fellow ...
Early 'Star Trek' Reviews Seem Very Positive
cinematical.com 4/7/2009 — Folks in the United States were a little bummed to hear that Star Trek was going to premiere in Australia, today, roughly one month before it was set to hit theaters. Opinions changed, however, when last night Paramount surprised an Austin, Texas ...
Set Your DVR: FSR’s Own Neil Miller on Attack of the Show Tonight
filmschoolrejects.com 4/7/2009 —
So as most of you know by now, Neil Miller’s mom and I got to see the surprise World Premiere of Star Trek last night at the world famous Alamo Drafthouse here in beautiful, scenic Austin. Also, Neil was there, and because of that, he’s been asked to appear for a live segment ...
Star Trek Sneak Preview Reactions
weblogs.variety.com 4/7/2009 — In keeping with the current trend of letting the fanboys review a sci-fi universe movie before the critics get a crack at it, Paramount mounted a surprise Fantastic Fest sneak preview of Star Trek in Austin (in place of the scheduled W rath of Khan ...
Let's Not Go TOO Crazy over These Early 'Star Trek' Reviews
cinematical.com 4/7/2009 — The Internets are abuzz today with talk of the super-secret-surprise Star Trek screening that took place last night in Austin. As demonstrated in the roundup we provided earlier, the response has been overwhelmingly positive -- ecstatic, even. And ...
Remember The Alamo: Star Trek’s Big Night in Austin
filmschoolrejects.com 4/8/2009 —
There’s no doubt in my mind that if you’re a reader of this site, you’ve heard all about Monday night’s super secret world premiere of Star Trek that occurred here in Austin at the Alamo Drafthouse . At this point it is likely that you’ve already read reviews ...
Surprise screening of Star Trek in Austin —
Awards Daily
Believing they had come to see 1982’s Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan, fans at the the Alamo Draft House in Austin last night got an early look at the J.J. Abrams reboot. EW reports:
…the reactions range from wildly ecstatic to only barely less ecstatic. On his AICN site, ...
Star Trek: Austin Premiere —
Movie Trailers at TrailerAddict.Com
Fans were invited to a screening of The Wrath of Khan, but when the film burned in the gate, Leonard Nimoy burst through the doors to save the day with a print of the new Star Trek film. For those of us who could not be there, here is a taste.
Review: J.J. Abrams’ STAR TREK —
Twitch: Film & DVD Reviews (Work-Safe)
J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek demonstrates the right way to “reboot” a long standing film franchise. Abrams uses the essential elements of Gene Roddenberry’s original creation to create a version of Star Trek that is comfortably familiar yet very different from the films and television shows ...
Interviews / Premiere of Star Trek XI (2009) —
movieEVERYday.com
Expected Release Date: Friday, 8 May 2009 (click poster to purchase) Star Trek XI (2009) [not yet rated] Directed by: J. J. Abrams Starring: Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto and Eric Bana | official web site || trailer | | info/review | Interviews / Trailers / Previews/ Videos of Interest from ...
FILM REVIEW: Star Trek —
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Certificate and duration TBC • 8 May
Director: JJ Abrams
Cast: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Eric Bana, Zoe Saldana, John Cho, Anton Yelchin, Simon Pegg
Rating:
There’s a reason why JJ Abrams’s reboot succeeds, and it’s... Read More
'Star Trek' Clippage #1 and Austin Premiere Buzz —
RopeofSilicon.com
Studios don't want you to watch the whole of their movies online, but a few clips here and there of pivotal and entertaining moments won't matter... right?
After what I believe had to have been 20 minutes or so of Watchmen was made available online I can only wonder if Paramount will ...
A Look at the Alamo's Secret Screenings to Come —
Cinematical
In lieu of last night's hush-hush premiere of J.J. Abrams' Star Trek reboot in Austin, to a crowd fully expecting to see mere clips and then The Wrath of Khan instead, we checked our Inbox of the Future (patent pending) to see what other shenanigans the Alamo Drafthouse might have in store for ...
“Star Trek” Beams Down in Austin —
The Screengrab
Proving again that there is no truth in advertising, a theater full of Star Trek fans promised a shiny print of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan were instead forced at phaser point to sit through the new J.J. Abrams reboot of the franchise due in theaters next month. To say this is an outrage ...
Star Trek Reader Review From Austin —
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All you true Star Trek fans have probably heard about the most brilliant piece of marketing that Paramount has done regarding the new film. Last night in Austin, the studio hoodwinked all of us (Harry Knowles, Austin's king of film geeks included) ...
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