Surprise screening of Star Trek in Austin

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, Austin’s blogging poobah Harry Knowles dedicated about 40,000 words to the screening, reporting that it concluded with a standing ovation that lasted five to six minutes. “After the film, the audience was a collective smile, some crying they were so happy,” Knowles wrote.

Meanwhile, in another huge, scrawling review, a writer at filmschoolrejects.com summed up the pic by saying, “This version is new and fresh, but it doesn‚Äôt forget its roots — and I think fans will appreciate that.” Cinema Blend was similarly positive: “The new Star Trek movie is amazing — easily the best Trek movie since The Wrath of Khan, and a veritable feast of sight and sound.”

If you’re thinking, “Standing ovation? Well, it’s Austin,” The Wrap says the audience attending the world premiere at the Sydney Opera House gave it another standing O.

During the film, the usually reserved Australian audience burst into spontaneous applause and cheers on five separate occasions and rewarded the film with a thunderous standing ovation as the end credits rolled.