Star Trek

Divertissement d'action efficace, drôle et rapide dans lequel il ne reste pas assez d'espace pour les personnages et les idées. (17/05/2009)

N'étant pas du tout familiarisé avec le phénomène Star Trek, j’ai passé un bon moment hier devant TV Nova. On a droit à une bonne dose d’action, l'histoire est bien conçue et je ne m’étonne pas que ce soit devenu culte. Je n’ai pas du tout adhéré à l'antipathique Chris Pine, mais tous les fans de Sylar dans Heroes ont probablement applaudi avec joie son interprétation de Spock. Par contre, chaque fois que je vois Winona dans un rôle de ce style, je suis attristé par le déclin de la carrière de cette grande actrice. Et comme ce film est un régal sur les grands écrans du multiciné, je ne compte pas rater l’occasion d’aller voir le troisième volet à sa sortie ! (09/03/2014)

The truth came to me most improbably – I regretted the fact that I had never seen a single episode of Star Trek in my life and thus couldn’t enjoy Abrams’ spectacular sci-fi flick even more. Hat’s off to you, gentlemen, for the delightfully well-executed action scenes (it’s about the camerawork, not the editing!), the clever dialogue without needlessly hard-to-grasp sci-fi lingo, and the likably modern characters (Scotty the hacker). With every second scene, I just kept saying to myself, “oh, to be a Trekkie, crying with emotion and laughing with joy”. Emotionally, I relate to this film much like Spock relates to those around him (and now I also know who was the model for The Big Bang Theory’s Sheldon). 85% (05/04/2012)

"Is there a doctor here? I need urgent help for a die-hard Star Trek fan!" said a guy two rows above me after the film was over. I understood what he meant. I wasn't expecting anything soulful from Orci and Kurtzman, but if Abrams wasn’t this good at his craft, the rest of the people in the movie theater would certainly not have enjoyed it as much. He traded the naivety of this space saga for an unbelievable barrage of catchphrases, action, and visual orgies, which he endowed with so much warp that I literally suffered on the way home in a speeding carriage. The perfect casting and the amazing work by the ILM guys are just the icing on the cake. This was two hours of pleasure. (12/05/2009)

I may have just watched the best blockbuster of the year. I’m don’t care about the Star Trek universe, but to me this was an excellent ride packed with emotions, jokes and explosions. The contrast between the squeaky clean Enterprise and the squeaky dirty Romulan ship is almost as sexy as the contrast between Kirk’s impulsiveness and Spock’s logic. The casting is incredibly good, the whole crew are amazingly likeable and I had no problem at all relating to them (with the possible exception of Uhura). Once again, J.J. Abrams confirms that everything he touches turns to gold. This is what nerdvana should be like :-) PS: The infantile monstrosity of the new Star Wars can lower its head in shame, because right here and now, a new era of modern sci-fi has begun (hopefully). (07/05/2009)