Do People Under 30 Like This Movie Better Than Older Folks?

[Aike]

JJ said that he made this movie for people born in the 80s and 90s. So do younger people like it more than older folks?

 

[anothertrekfan]

The movie obviously appeals to a younger generation so I'm sure most people in their 20s and 30s would like it better.

 

[Greg Cox]

I'm not so sure there's a generational divide. I'm nearly fifty and I loved the movie.

 

[InvisibleGT]

I'm twenty-three, and I found the movie to be quite good. A little plodding in places, but overall, it managed to capture a sense of excitement I found to be lacking in the latest interations of the franchise.

As a brief aside, my favorite movies are also 1950's Harvey, and 1939's On Borrowed Time, so I may not be the proposed audience in which Abrams was aiming for.

 

[Alrik]

42 years old. 37+ year fan. Loved the movie. Go figure.

 

[Gojira]

I am 45 and have been watching Star Trek since I was 10 and this is my favorite Star Trek movie!

 

[CitizenjaQ]

I am exactly 30, and after two viewings, I know I enjoyed it, and I think I liked it, but I'm not certain I thought it was good.

For whatever that's worth.

 

[jamestyler]

I'm not so sure there's a generational divide. I'm nearly fifty and I loved the movie.

I'm in my mid twenties, my dads in his early-mid fifties and we both loved it. Everyone else I know (offline, anyway) who's loved the film has been in their late twenties/early thirties or older.

 

[anothertrekfan]

The movie obviously appeals to a younger generation so I'm sure most people in their 20s and 30s would like it better.

I could be wrong.

 

[Kelso]

I'm 28 and had a blast watching this flick.

1950's Harvey

^ That's my favorite movie. You've got style, kid.

 

[trekkiedane]

45.

The film was ok -not the kind of film I would have gone to see if it weren't Trek though; too many explosions and too many one-liners -not enough character or, indeed, plot development.

Definitely a Generation ADHD™ film IMHO.

 

[Theonethatis]

I am 36 and I loved it. Taking the wife and daughter to see it tonight. We will see what they think.

 

[Deffy]

Im 42 and share the same birthday as Trek. I disliked the movie with a passion. Im a trek purist Im afraid.

 

[VOODOOXI]

I'm over 30 (slightly) and loved it.

 

[Phily B]

Every person I know liked it, and all of them are under 30 - one guy stopped liking Trek since DS9 ended like me, but is back into now too. We'll see if my mum likes it though, she loved TNG and got me into it when I was a nipper.

 

[Odo's_Bucket]

I'm 28 and the movie was terrible.

 

[Michael Chris]

I'm 21, loved it. Saw it with my parents in their fifties both loved it.

 

[superdeluxe]

I think the majority of the audience was between 20-40.

 

[Borgminister]

50, loved it, bodes well for future installments.

 

[Gertch]

48 next week, watched TOS first run, and I loved it.

Maybe it's the young of spirit they mean?