Sci-Fi nirvana
"Blasting onto the screen at warp speed and remaining there for two hours, the new and improved Star Trek will transport fans to sci-fi nirvana", says Todd McCarthy in Variety's review of Star Trek which went live Wednesday at 2.17am PT. 
"Faithful enough to the spirit and key particulars of Gene Roddenberrys 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 couldnt stay in the box another month. Paramount wont need any economic stimulus package with all the money itll rake in with this one globally, and a follow-up wont arrive soon enough". McCarthy compares the reboot to being as successful as Casino Royale, when Daniel Craig went back to the origins of 007 a few years back. Star Trek opens May 8th worldwide, and director/producer J.J. Abrams was correct to screen the movie way early for critics and lucky fans alike. The buzz has been amazing so far, and it needed to be to make it's money back. Now I'm not as cock-sure as Todd McCarthy that it's a shoe-in to make it's $150 million back, but I do have to say that J.J. got it right in showing it early, and if ever a Star Trek movie is going to make a profit on this kind of budget, then this one surely has to be it.