Infamously contrarian NY Press critic Armond White rips the "Star Trek" reboot apart (scroll past his dismissal of "Wolverine"):
http://www.nypress.com/article-19758-where-young-boys-have-gone-before.html On the other hand, Ebert (sorta) agrees with him in a 2 1/2-star review: http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090506/REVIEWS/905069997 The LA Times' Patrick Goldstein doesn't agree totally with White, but does find his view that mainstream movies today are overgrown TV shows worth pondering: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/the_big_picture/2009/05/armond-white-on-star-trek-its-tv-masquarading-as-film-.html For the record, rottentomatoes.com has a 95% "fresh" (favorable) rating from its critics poll for "Star Trek" and 91% for the major critics (White isn't on the major critics' list, but is on the general RT list)--the only mixed-to-negative reviews of the big guys besides Ebert are Anthony Lane of the New Yorker and someone named Rafer Guzman of Newsday. (At White's other gig, David Edelstein reviewed "Trek" for NPR's "Fresh Air" instead and liked it.) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
