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Super 8
Genres: ThrillerMysterySci
Starring: Ron Eldard, Andrew Miller, Kyle Chandler, Gabriel Basso, Elle Fanning, Zach Mills, Jessica Tuck
Director(s): J.J. Abrams
Available Quality: Hi Def, Hi Def
Country: USA
Year:2011
IMDB Rating: 7.3

In the summer of 1979, a group of friends in a small Ohio town witness a catastrophic train crash while making a super 8 movie and soon suspect that it was not an accident. Shortly after, unusual disappearances and inexplicable events begin to take place in town, and the local Deputy tries to uncover the truth - something more terrifying than any of them could have imagined.

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Reel_starz 22 February 2012

Take note, aspiring directors: this is passion


I admit it: I am a huge fan of J.J. Abrams. Lost is my favorite TVshow, I'm currently hooked on Fringe, and the 2009 reboot is prettymuch my only knowledge of Star Trek. I adore the perfect blend ofaction and emotion and unabashed optimism he brings to his work, astyle reminiscent of the great Steven Spielberg - he who popularizedescapist summer blockbusters with such classics as Jaws and E.T. Sowhen I heard that his new movie, Super 8, was not only a mysteriousscience-fiction thriller but also a tribute to Spielberg's early films,my expectations skyrocketed.Boy did Abrams deliver. Considering the vast amount of hype surroundingthe movie since the enigmatic teaser debuted in theaters, anything lessthan THE feel-good summer movie of 2011 would have suggested failure.Yet somehow, not only was Super 8 everything I wanted it to be, it wasmore. Suspenseful, humorous and poignant, occasionally all at once,this is the kind of film that's impossible to describe to someone whohasn't experienced it, not because of any shocking plot twist butbecause its pleasures are rooted so deeply in the pure, irresistibleemotions it inspires: delight, sadness, longing, fear, awe. It's likewandering through an exquisite dream – strange yet familiar, surrealyet authentic – and when the credits roll and you jolt back to reality,you feel as though you've left home. This is what the best movies do:sweep you off your feet and immerse you in a world you never want toleave.Something about prior experience always seems to bring out the best indirectors. The majority of the media coverage that greeted the releaseof Super 8 focused on its cryptic marketing campaign and J.J. Abrams'spast making amateur 8mm films and admiring the work of producer StevenSpielberg, and for the latter, it's not hard to see why. Each shot ofSuper 8, from its quietly moving opening scene to the breathtakingresolution, is infused with such palpable enthusiasm and soulfulsincerity that viewers feel as though they're witnessing the directorreach some personal catharsis. Part of what makes Super 8 so special isAbrams's obvious personal connection to its story, as his ardor andsympathy breathe life into a plot that could easily have been hackneyedand forgettable. Nonetheless, the movie never becomes self-indulgent ormaudlin and displays a striking lack of pretension. Along with thedrama and nostalgia comes a healthy dose of humor that assures theaudience Abrams isn't taking himself too seriously; one senses that inessence, he is still that same eager cinema-obsessed kid. Also, Super 8is in no way a rip-off of E.T. or Close Encounters of the Third Kind.Although maintaining some tropes from those films (i.e. benevolentalien, wistful view of childhood,) Super 8 is a distinctly J.J. Abramscreation. In fact, references are something of an Abrams trademark, asthey feature prominently in both Lost and Fringe, and the rapportbetween Joe and his father mirrors the multifaceted parent-childrelationships common throughout his work. Most of all, Super 8showcases Abrams's characteristic hopefulness, a refreshing break frompost-9/11 cynicism.Here, Abrams also continues a trend of pitch-perfect casting. None ofthe actors can be considered A-list, yet they provide such equallysubtle, convincing performances that it is impossible to single out oneperson – the mark of a truly great ensemble. As Joe's father and theonly adult with a significant amount of screen time, Kyle Chandlerreveals why Friday Night Lights fans have championed him so fiercely:alternately self-assured and vulnerable, he has a remarkable ability toconvey myriad emotions in a split second, often simultaneously. Even inhis darker moments, he shows, through a flick of the eyes or inflectionof the voice, that beneath the anger and grief, he is thoroughly,undeniably human. In less generous roles, Noah Emmerich (sinister yetnever cartoonish) and Ron Eldard (heartbreaking) demonstrate similartact. Still, it is the newcomers who form the movie's heart and soul.In his acting debut as shy protagonist Joe Lamb, 15 year old JoelCourtney is astounding, inhabiting his role with the poise of an actortwice his age. Amid an industry dominated by spoiled, too-clean childstars, he feels refreshingly down-to-earth, coming off as praiseworthyyet relatable, innocent yet flawed. Elle Fanning lends rebel AliceDainard a nice balance of feminist resolve and quiet sensitivity, andRiley Griffiths has an endearing vivacity as Joe's best friend Charles,while Ryan Lee, Zach Mills and Gabriel Basso (Cary, Preston and Martin,respectively) provide ample support. Watching this group ofup-and-coming actors, I can't help but feel a bit more hopeful forHollywood's future.And this brings me to what should resonate most with audiences: themovie's spot-on portrait of childhood. Neither patronizing norquixotic, Abrams's ode to the wonders of youth is among the mostfaithful I've ever seen, and his empathy for his juvenile protagonistsis evident from the way he treats them not as precocious saints (one ofcinema's most infuriating clichés) but as complex, well-rounded peoplewho are capable of love, bitterness, despair, excitement and everythingin between. Even when dealing with serious themes such as death, theirdialogue is never less than credible. Look at their crude banter in thecafé scene or their panicked reactions to the train crash or Joe andAlice's casual exchange of complaints about Charles's domineeringbehavior. Abrams deftly avoids the typical (pre)teen angst formula,giving his characters depth rarely seen among on screen children, whotend to obsess over superficial issues like popularity and dating(there is a minor love triangle, but it stays true to the awkwardnaiveté of real child romances). Plus, bonus points for making nerdscool! Ultimately, Super 8 is like its director: smart, nostalgic andlighthearted, a comforting reminder of humanity's potential forgoodness. This is why I fell in love with movies in the first place.

Jim 21 February 2012

Not ET at all...


Disappointing. It had its moments of entertainment, but the movie was a let-down. Some of it was implausible and stupid. The kid actors were too cutesy for me and tiring. Only the premise of an alien wanting to go home was the only thing remotely like ET. And casting the US Air Force as a villain was bad. It does not represent reality and only serves to teach unhealthy cynicism to impressionable kids. The direction was bad - they couldn't keep the blue hue out of the dark framed scenes.

21 February 2012

7.1 audio track cuts out


This review is from: Super 8 (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy) (Blu-ray) The audio track on the Blu-Ray is corrupt making it completely useless. The DVD works, but if I wanted to buy a DVD, I would have bought it as a DVD for less money. I heard of others having the same problem.

20 February 2012

Great Fun!


Super 8 is a remarkably entertaining movie, especially for those of us who lived through the '70's, before working class became coterminous with working poor. If you missed that decade, the ambience provided by the old steel mill town of Weirton, West Virginia may seem implausible and a bit hokey.The plot line is pretty simple, and I admit that it does invite comparison with another of Spielberg's films, namely the blockbuster hit E.T. The parallels are not so close, however, as to legitimate the suspicion that Spielberg is just stealing from his past successes and recycling old ideas. After all, the kids in Super 8 are older, the action scenes are astonishing, viewers are treated to a really cleverly done instance of a film within a film, and we've even got romance.I have no idea where the kid actors came from, but they are very good. Each in his or her own way is engaging and, for the most part, quite believable. The kids are at their best when appearing in their own zombie-themed movie, so be sure to watch it along with the closing credits. It's really interesting to see them portray kid actors making a kid movie -- stilted, stiff, and stammering -- after they've shown us that none of these afflictions of youth and inexperience hamper their performances in Super 8 proper.Glyn Turman does a fine job as Dr. Woodward. (He's probably best known as the mayor of Baltimore in the HBO series The Wire, and fans of In Treatment will also recognize him.) The rest of the adult cast is adequate, but it's the kids who steal the show.I first saw Super 8 in a theater and a year or so later on DVD. I loved it both times. It is, indeed, a lot of fun.

Doug Winters 20 February 2012

Super 8: Elle Fanning, America's Sweetheart


The delightful movie "Super 8" takes place during the summer of 1979 inthe fictional suburban town of Lilian, Ohio, centering around a groupof engaging eighth graders fascinated with writing and directing abare-bones "zombie" movie. Armed with little more than a single Super 8camera, a single spot light with props and costumes "borrowed" fromtheir parents' closets our intrepid group of young thespians soldieron. Stay seated at the end of the movie because for what provides uswith a charming sense of closure, we are treated to a viewing of theactual completed short "zombie" movie as the credits roll. "Super 8," directed by JJ Abrams and produced by Steven Spielberg, isseen through the eyes of our young protagonist, Joe (Joel Courtney) andopens with the (unseen) accidental death of his mother. The onlysignificant adult role is that of Joe's emotionally remote widowedfather (Kyle Chandler) too caught up in his own grief and dedication tohis job as the town's Deputy Sheriff to even think about his new roleas a single parent. Joe is a quiet, rather normal thirteen year old boy, whose hobby isassembling and painting model trains. It is his knowledge of paintinghis trains makes him the natural choice one to take on the role as the"make-up" artist. The object of Joe's affection is the lovely Alice(Elle Fanning,) a beautiful young girl who begrudgingly accepts Joe'sinvitation to play the female lead role in the boys' "bare-bones"production, but clearly enjoys the attention of playing the leadinglady, as she slowly, yet inevitably, grows to return Joe's adolescentaffection. Alice is also the only child of an emotionally distantsingle dad played by Ron Eldard (who coincidentally lost his mother ina crash when he was a child,) In one of the of the movies most charmingmoments Joe delicately applies make-up to Alice's enticingly beautiful,yet totally innocent, face. She is also the only significant femalerole in the entire movie. In addition to Alice, we meet Charlie (RileyGriffiths) who is the director and driving force behind the making ofthis distinctly amateurish "zombie" movie, that he hopes to enter in alocal film competition. Rounding out their gang is the perpetuallyfrightened "leading man" Martin (Gabriel Basso), the endearinglyadorable cinematographer/pyromaniac, Cary (Ryan Lee) who carries abackpack full of homemade firecrackers as well as a mouth full ofbraces, and Preston (Zach Mills) who is basically just hanging out withhis buddies.What makes "Super 8" unmistakably Spielbergian, is that at the heart ofan engrossing adventure film about a violent train crash, and thehavoc, fear and panic created by the existence of an unseen alienmonster hidden on the derailed train, is a very charming, poignantstory of friendship, loyalty and young love, I thoroughly enjoyed this film, but although JJ Abrams is listed as thesole director, when was the last time you saw a movie poster thatincluded the producers name in the same size font as the directors?Interestingly enough, in the opening credits, both JJ Abrams "BadRobot" logo appears right after Steven Spielberg's "Amblin" productionlogo. Any fan of televisions hit shows "Felicity," "Alias," "Lost" or"Fringe" can tell you that the "Bad Robot" logo is a childlike sketchedred robot head, hiding in black weeds in the light of a huge gray moon.Amblin's logo needs less description, it is a simple black and whitesketch of ET and Eliot flying across an enormous white moon. Hmmmmmm.It's certainly no insult to Mr. Abrams that "Super 8" seems like afinely tuned jigsaw puzzle of Mr. Spielberg's most enduring filmsincluding "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial," "Raiders Of The Lost Ark,""Close Encounters Of The Third Kind," "Jaws," and "Jurassic Park"(whose logo is a sketch of the head of a huge red dinosaur in theshadow of an enormous white moon.) We can only hope that JJ carries onin the master's groundbreaking footsteps.Parenthetically, I find it interesting that Spielberg is credited asthe Executive Producer of this summers' enormously successful, yetentirely soulless, box office smash, "Transformers: Dark Of The Moon."Not only had the greatest director of our lifetime been the ExecutiveProducer of all three "Transformers" movies, which get discerniblyworse with every sequel, but he has just added the same title to thecompletely inconsequential tribute to Sylvester Stallone "Real Steel."Between Spielberg's Executive Producing choices and Tom Hanks' bloated,absurdly unfunny, instantly forgettable "Larry Crowne," I'm trulystarting to get worried about these two extraordinary talents. Withextraordinary talent, comes extraordinary responsibility to youraudience. Come on guys...we've grown to expect far more from both ofyou.

guitaresee 19 February 2012

Not Super Great


I created an account just so I could do my duty as a citizen of theworld and warn others not to see this horrid piece of garbage calledsuper 8. Save yourself 2 hours of life and 8 bucks and do anythingelse.Here is the plot summary: a group of annoying kids (with the squeaky-obnoxious-puberty voice) are trying to make a movie. They witness atrain wreck and capture an alien on camera. They run around for 70minutes yelling profanities and telling each other to "shut up". Dogsrun away. Lights flicker. The military gets involved. There arenumerous explosions. The alien is going to eat people. The main kidtells the alien through a psychic connection "you can survive hardtimes" and the alien builds a spaceship and leaves. Very slow moving, nothing ties together. Extremely BOOOOOORRRING.As mentioned by others, the characters are like those from "TheGoonies" and "The Sandlot". To make this movie: Take the token fat kid,small annoying blonde kid, nerdy kid with glasses, and a normal kid andthrow them into "War of the Worlds", give them fireworks and watch whathappens. The end of this movie is very similar to "Knowing"... yeah...Overall, the movie was just plain awful. I honestly do not know how anyreasonable human being could give this movie an 8/10.

CrazyEX 18 February 2012

Spielberg, you're getting predictable


That's what I thought about this movie: Predictable. The characterbuild ups were excellent, the setting, and the idea of the film waspretty good either. The character backgrounds were perfect, and thechemistry between Alice Lamb were great. The thing is, the aliensuddenly appeared out of nowhere. Without any hints. I expected a bitmore mystery before jumping directly into action. Pure aggressiveaction was what it is. I found the action scenes too loud andaggressive. OK, there are a lot of people who find that quite exciting,however I did not. I've not heard the words "extra-terrestrial" or "alien" once in themovie. I know it sounds cliché, but it adds a shocking and mysteriouseffect, which was utilized in the series "The X-files". As for the "visitor", it was all too much like the clover from "thecloverfield". A insectoid appearance with strange-humanly eyes, withchildish emotions. It did not feature any sort of mysteriousbackground, it was pure, brutal action. The kids did not find anychance to investigate the aliens "home", what it was doing, and thesalvaged tech. it was working on, they were too busy trying to fightit.Yes, it was all bit too "E.T". Especially the ending. The Idea that thecreature was trying to build a giant magnet was great, so was the cubesthat made its spaceship, but I still thought that something was justtoo obvious and predictable about the film. If it was the first of itskind, I'd say it was worth watching, but it was so predictable, Iwon't. Overall: Mediocre...

Abraham Torry 18 February 2012

When you see a bike fly, walk out of the theater and make up your own ending


The film is about a town mystery looked through the eyes of children.From the early part of the movie, you feel like something powerful anddangerous is lurking around and is going to jump out on you at anymoment. Ever-multiplying questions tease your brain and a suspense isbuilding up at the back of your mind right up to the end of the story. The acting was very convincing and drawing although the movie suffersfrom its mediocre ending. A few times I felt that the logic and theflow of the plot were a bit unrealistic and artificial. I wish that thestory was focused more on the mystery and the children's reactionswithout all the insignificant distractions and one-dimensional minorcharacters. After being disappointed by a series of recent movies, this one wasrefreshing and heart-fluttering. It flings us back to theadventure-seeking and truth-chasing time of our childhood. If you areinto tantalizing sci-fi thrillers like this movie, I recommend'Somewhere carnal over 40 winks' as your summer read.

17 February 2012

worst movie


This review is from: Super 8 (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy) (Blu-ray) I so wanted to like this. I mean with names like Speilberg and JJ Abrams, I thought this would be great. I'm a huge "Fringe" fan, but this movie lacked any of that vitality. The kids were okay, but the plot line was weak, the acting poor and it never seemed to work, for me anyway. For being blu-ray, and having a few action scenes, particularly the train accident, it could have been so much more intense.Sadly, all this taught me is this: I will be more cautious of future movies with these names attached.

virek213 17 February 2012

SUPER 8 Gets A "10"


One of the things that make certain summers at the movies somethingmore than just an endless stream of special effects blockbusters thatpromise a lot of bang for your buck, but in the end seem to offerprecious little in the way of substance, is that sometimes there isthat special kind of "blockbuster" that has everything you could want,and something more. SUPER 8, from writer/director J.J. Abrams, whodirected the 2009 STAR TREK and 2006's MISSION IMPOSSIBLE III, iscertainly one of those films for the summer of 2011. Abrams got a lotof help in bringing this film to fruition thanks to the generosity ofhis mentor Steven Spielberg; and while some will inevitably comparecertain aspects of SUPER 8 to Spielberg's own directorial efforts, butthe comparisons are just in the way that Abrams seems to understandthat special effects alone do not a great movie make.Instead of going with a big-name cast, Abrams went with comparativeunknowns, most of whom were young kids. The film is set in a small Ohiotown during the summer of 1979. Several kids, including Joel Courtneyand Elle Fanning, are in the process of making a zombie horror flickusing Super 8-millimeter Kodak film when, one night, they witness aviolent train wreck that involves a truck being driven by their biologyteacher (Glynn Turman). The accident is caught on camera, and theyreally think nothing of it…until the Air Force mysteriously moves in toseal the accident scene. Turman warns the kids that if they tell anyoneabout this "incident", they and their parents may suffer someconsequences too horrible to contemplate. The local police, led byChandler, get precious little cooperation from the Air Force guys,including Noah Emmerich, and there's a good reason why. which isrevealed step by step and not all at once. This is a film where acertain amount of brainpower and thought is required, even with a youngcast in charge.Abrams clearly doesn't make things easy by setting this film back in1979, nor should he. There are no Blue Tooths, Blackberrys, IPods, theInternet, or digital cameras; instead, the means of communication aretraditional telephones, citizens band radios, and the titular Super8-millimeter camera that the kids use--this, and the sight of souped upand loud Trans-Ams. Abrams does utilize several elements of hismentor's films CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND and E.T., in the waythings go haywire and the power goes out with the aliens' presence (thealiens remain mostly shadow figures until the climax). And as happensin E.T., the military and the law seem to be depicted in a much moresinister light than the aliens themselves (even with all the mayhembeing caused), and the kids, including Fanning (who looks like a deadringer for a grown-up Drew Barrymore), are far more sympathetic.However, he is wise not to be so overtly slavish of his mentor.The presence of such great 1979 hits as "Heart Of Glass" (by Blondie)and "My Sharona" (by the Knack) amidst Giacchino's dramatic score giveus a good feel of what it was like back in those days. And while it istempting in a film of this nature to hype up the special effects work,all of which is extremely good, the effects themselves don't swamp themovie. Even if the alien story part of the film is pretty muchpart-and-parcel of special effects blockbusters, it is what Abrams doeswith this plot that makes SUPER 8 more than just another high-budgetblockbuster; it is a film worthy of comparisons to Spielberg himself.

KexUK 17 February 2012

charmingly entertaining


The assessment of whether any film is good or bad is very simple forme: I just apply my golden rule 'did it carry me out of my ownreality.' Not for me the analytical approach: was the story linesufficient?. the directoral approach effective? the action scenestechnically efficient? the acting superlative? I have no need of suchego-driven parameters that cause me to trip and stumble out of theimagined world into which I have willingly walked.When I pay my time (and money) to watch a film I simply want to betransported into a 'believable virtual world' of someone else'simagination. I simply want to be 'entertained', which is the realdefinition of the exercise in which I am involved.This film performed this task admirably. It was thoroughlyentertaining. If it had any spots or pimples they were in places ofit's anatomy that I did not trouble to look. I was too busy beingentertained and enjoying it and there were no aspects of it's menu thatgave me mental or emotional indigestion at any point in my consumption.Charmingly entertaining!

16 February 2012

Amazing!


This movie is so good, i would see it a million times in a row! Joel Courtney does such a good job as Joe, he is so cute i wish i could date him.

pjlb2008 15 February 2012

Lame


This movie recycles E.T., Deep Impact, and the Goonies, and probably ahalf a dozen other movies. This movie is a money-burning exercise. Onlyin a Spielberg production would a train explode like it is beingpropelled by a rocket. Hey Steve, when a train goes off the track, itquickly drags to a stop. It doesn't throw refrigerator-size items intothe air for five minutes. The dialogue in this movie is wooden andcutesy. These silly boys talk about the darnest things! Aren't theyfunny (not)! The actor who played Martin is the worst actor I have seenin a while. Is he maybe the son of a friend of the director? Justasking. The creature is never really shown very well. His motivationsmake no sense. The military is portrayed as a sadistic entity. The herois a zero. His dad is a zero. The ending is a 00.

Robert W. 15 February 2012

A little of this and a little of that but overall a solid fun monster movie experience


What would you get if you mixed the imagination and story telling of JJAbrams with the imagination and story telling of the legendary StevenSpielberg? Super 8 that's what. You can see Super 8's tell taleinspirations from a mile away. Part E.T., Part Close Encounters, partCloverfield, Part War of the Worlds. There is a little bit ofeverything rolled into one and add a coming of age story, a 70's smalltown setting, and a group of relate-able youngsters and you have a filmthat will just generally make you feel good, get excited and reallyenjoy every minute. Its the perfect summer, popcorn flick and there isnot a thing wrong with that. It isn't quite a family film as itdefinitely has some dark moments, and some scary creatures but it alsoisn't a throw-down violent space flick either so there is a littlesomething for everyone. Many reviews have some very common threads.Many say that there is some time based plot holes (Rubix Cube couldn'thave been there, a song that was too early to be in the picture) butthis is Abrams and Spielberg and their story is so well told and theadventure is so much fun that someone looking for pure entertainmentcan let these things slide. I certainly never thought once about anyglaring plot holes. Not that there weren't any but more that I didn'tcare.The urban legend is that Joel Courtney came to stay with family for thesummer, ended up auditioning and landing his first role as the leadcharacter in a JJ Abrams film. Not bad for a newcomer but I promise youthis isn't the last you've seen of this kid. He has such a fresh face,and a down to earth look about him and his character is perfect in therole reminiscent of E.T.'s Elliot so many years ago. You can just sitthere and think of him as you when you were coming of age (in theseventies with Aliens...it happened to us all.) Elle Fanning who is nostranger to acting gives a truly great performance as the slightlyrebellious but sweet Alice who basically is meant to be the first loveof every young boy and is for Courtney's character. They are cutetogether and have good chemistry. Riley Griffiths is terrific in asupporting role as Courtney's best friend and the man behind the lensmaking the 'zombie' movie with his Super 8. He doesn't stand outcompared to Courtney and Fanning but I think he is meant to supportthem. Same could be said for Ryan Lee who plays their other friend. Hehas a smaller supporting role but is still vital to the story. KyleChandler is Courtney's father and the grieving widower and the townSheriff. Cleverly his adult character does not overshadow the kids,they are the main characters but at the same time adults need someoneto relate to, the protector, the hero and Chandler is perfect as thequiet strength behind everything. He has an emotion and a strengthabout it and does well.The cast all around is good. They aren't mind blowing, they won't hear"...and best performer goes to..." but the fact is Super 8 is about thestory. Yes the characters are integral to that but the story is whereit lies. This is a story about a bizarre situation and a mysteriousentity, and eventually a monster that is taking people prisoner. Whenall is said and done we discover that ultimately this 'monster' isn'tso bad, in fact he's just angry and wants to go home. Super 8 plays asimilar game to Cloverfield or other 'monster' movies and that is notshowing you the monster until they absolutely have to. Certainly thismakes for some terrific drama, and intensity and mystery but JJ Abramsknows all too well it can also open the door for huge disappointmentwhen something is finally revealed. He dealt with this on Lost for 6seasons. But the cool thing about Super 8 is I don't think anyone willbe disappointed with the monster. He fits what you could picture, he ismysterious and disturbing and I didn't feel at all that it wasdisappointing. Plus the concept of his ship and putting it togethermakes for a very cool twist. If you want to see a great summer filmdon't miss this one! A terrific and fun adventure/Sci-fi flick thatcould become a must see classic! 9/10

Chris Gomez 15 February 2012

Super 80s Spielberg homage (sorry...)


Really captured the feeling of those early Spielberg family films - theconstantly moving camera, soundtrack, setting, bunch of kids andsubject matter were all spot on. Moreover, the story was told in aconfident, self-assured way, which felt comfortable and nostalgic, yetstill fresh - and not at all 'wannabe', which could have been a danger.Even the CGI was good.There were one or two problems: the teenage daughter was way too hyperand unbelievable - in fact that whole family was too big and a tadunderdeveloped - and some of the 'friendship' aspects of the storylinecould have played out a little more (one of them in particular).But those are relatively minor gripes, and the general feeling of thepiece won me over. Looking forward to watching this during Christmasesto come.Don't make the same mistake that my wife did in her rush to avoid theloo queues, however - stay for the end credits!

chaz-28 14 February 2012

Abrams Honors Spielberg


Super 8 appears to be J.J. Abrams' way of paying his respects to StevenSpielberg. I was steadily reminded of E.T. and Close Encounters of theThird Kind throughout this film. The community kids are the first todiscover the strange things happening around town, are almost alwaysthe only witnesses to important events, and repeatedly run into theadults who just don't understand.An article in this week's New York Times magazine describes how a youngJ.J. Abrams got a job repairing and editing Steven Spielberg's oldSuper 8 films. That is a great memory to start your new screenplaywith. Five pre-teen kids in an out of the way, small Ohio town aremaking a zombie movie on a Super 8. The boss kid is the director andpersistently updating screenwriter. There is also the nervous leadactor, the kid obsessed with explosives who plays the zombie, and ourfilm's main character, the make-up artist who is also adept at modeltrains and airplanes. While sneaking out at night to work on theirmovie with a newly recruited girl in their mix, the kids witness atrain derailment and so begins the mystery.I will reveal nothing about the train, what was on it, and what happensafter that. Would you have wanted the answer to everything about E.T.and Close Encounters of the Third Kind before seeing them? No way. Justknow that this is not a movie just for the kids. There are genuinelysuspenseful moments, a lot of pre-teen cursing, drug use, some qualityhorror gore, and an overall tight story. It is very refreshing to see asummer movie which is not a franchise continuing sequel or about a newsuperhero. These kids are real and there small town adventure mysteryis well worth it.

wwetnafan_619 13 February 2012

Super 8 review


Super 8 is a great thrill ride involving teenagers and a monster. Thefilm is about a bunch of teenagers trying to make a film in the year1979. During filming, they witness an accident involving a car and atrain. After that, mysterious things begin to happen like peopledisappearing. It reminds me of JJ's Cloverfield, except the monster in this film isdifferent. Unlike Cloverfield, this monster actually has a heart whenhe decides not to kill a boy who was trying to sweet talk him. Yes thismonster can actually listen to you. Special mention should go for the special effects and sound. It was asif I was actually there in the quiet and dark petrol station when themonster starts attacking.I was prepared to give the movie a rating of 9/10, but changed my mindwhen I saw the climax, which I cannot accept. The climax is that themonster actually builds a spaceship and uses it to go home. It feels soET and I feel that this ending should not be in this movie. I would recommend this movie for those who loves a suspenseful thrillerand I am giving this movie a rating of 7/10 just because of the climax.This is truly the best thriller of the year.

Meagan 13 February 2012

Super 8 should be renamed Superbad


This movie is unbelievably terrible. Almost every gimmick in the book is thrown in and none of it comes together. Government Conspiracy? Check. Nostalgia? Check. Big explosions? Check. Battlefield scene? Check. Alien? Check. Father/daughter strained relationship? Check. Death of a parent? Check. Group of kids with too much freedom? Check. At the end it was so bad that I said aloud "They've got to be joking with this". The kids throughout the whole movie were filming some kind of production and I honestly thought that we were going to find out that somehow the kids'amateur movie had become their reality. Sadly no- they were trying to pass this off as real reality. Really bad. Run away.

12 February 2012

Enjoyed it


This review is from: Super 8 (Amazon Instant Video) I agree that the film is not a spectacular vehicle. However, I did actually enjoy it quite a bit. It is a great kids/teenagers program, but I still enjoyed watching the kids and remembering 'back in the day'. The child actors were excellent. Nothing new and exciting, per se, but still quite an enjoyable way to spend a cold Sunday afternoon with a quilt and a cup of tea. Not an 'owner' but worth the 'sale' rental through Amazon.

spec-4 12 February 2012

Aliens... again


Seriously? This is the best Spielberg and Abrams could pull offtogether? Yes, the beginning of the movie is a lot of fun, you wonderwhat the thing is, what's going on, etc., etc. But about 3/4 of the waythrough it's revealed that it is... again... a stupid alien. Don't getme wrong, I like alien movies. But come on! If you're going to make yetanother alien movie in your long line of alien movies at least come upwith something original. Tell me if you've heard this one: alien crashlands on earth, alien is held against his will by the evil militarypeople, alien longs to go home, and in the end he does. Only, in thismovie he does it with no fanfare, no climax, just him climbing in someship and taking off. Guys, it's bad. It's a bad movie. And the factthat people have given this thing 7 stars is really, really sad. Iguess I shouldn't be surprised in a society that gets wet from watchingAmerican Idol for the 1000th time. Oh yeah, one other thing, in thismovie the alien is really p***ed off - wow, that's really unique. Don'twaste your time and money, or if you have to, wait til it comes toNetflix so you don't feel like you were ripped off.

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