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| 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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Visitor Reviews: (20)
Siobhan Miller 22 February 2012
Super by name & Super by nature!!
Super 8 is a fantastic combination of two wonderful creative minds,that of J J Abrams and Steven Spielberg, and although the ending isslightly questionable, overall this movie is enjoyable.The narrative is set in a small town in Ohio. It's 1979 and Joe Lamb istrying to cope with the recent death of his mother. Led by his bestfriend Charles, Joe and the rest of his friends immerse themselves intocreating a horror film. On the night of their first big film shoot,they witness a train crash and pretty soon, the small town in whichthey live becomes taken over by a military presence, and what isactually happening in the town remains a mystery.Super 8 contains all the elements needed to be successful; it isemotional, funny, and thrilling. Lets not forget also the presence ofthe unknown 'monster,' which is lurking nearby. The characters arebelievable and portray a certain innocence. One other important factoris that they have chemistry, which is not all too familiar from that inThe Goonies. As a member of the audience you can fully engage with thecharacters, and not to mention the budding romance between Joe andAlice. There are also some amazing sequences; my favourite being thatof the train collision. I thought it was truly breathtaking the way itwas put together and the CGI is done to perfection.This film kept me very entertained, mainly due to its solid direction,accomplished performances and exceptional screenplay. Unfortunately,they just didn't seem to be able pull all of the plots elementstogether, which led to flat ending. Questions are left unanswered andthe movie has a sudden ending, after building up to a heightenedfinale.Super 8 can definitely be seen as a tribute to the classic filmsdirected or produced by Steven Spielberg, in which normal life wascontrasted with some unprecedented phenomenon, which usually isexplored through the eyes of kids. There may not be anything originalabout Super 8, but this movie brings you back to the good old classictimes. If you enjoyed ET, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, TheGoonies, or in fact Cloverfield then you should definitely give it awatch.
Dmitriy Badalian 21 February 2012
Downsized and scalable Cloverfield.
Sorry for my English. I'm a huge fan of Cloverfield movie so i expectedthat Super 8 will deliver at least as same full of dramatic twistsmovie as Cloverfield did. It's not. Actually that delivers - but in adownsized mode. Scenario is similar - group of guys (kids here), someinsect-alike alien, bunch of explosions and nano- dramatic moments sooverall execution of the movie looks like this: take Cloverfield,remove all gore and blood scenes, reduce scales of everything and add apack of kid talks, kid smiles, kid's eyes, flat family-related dramaticmoments - voilà - result is boring, predictable and very artificial.Disappointed.
Leonardo_K 20 February 2012
Homage or out of ideas, folks?
Half of the reviewers will consider that the many similarities betweenwhat goes on in Super 8 and the content of Spielberg and Abrams'previous works is but a homage, while the other half of the viewers,such as myself, will consider it the result of an empty barrel ofideas.You are introduced to a stereotypical group of kids, who all seem torepresent the child self of a movie making team: the annoying/cheapdirector, the miniature model builder and of course the guy who likesto blow up stuff. At first he chemistry between this crew is fun andbelievable. But the soon overstep that boundary after the train scene.The little kid who loves explosions does way, way too many commentariesabout how cool are the multiple things exploding in the movies, thearchetypical fat director talks way too many times about "productionvalues", and the little protagonist gets way too many close upemotional ET like shots to his overly expressive face. In the second half of the movie there are so many plot holes about thewhole "monster" situation that there's no way you'll ever be able tosuccessfully explain why or how the story develops the way it does,except it's to follow the old, well used Spielberg clichés. Extraordinarily overrated, this movie wasted my hard earned money and aSaturday evening with my wife.
20 February 2012
A rollercoaster which makes you jump out of your seat
I go to the movies to escape reality and have fun...as a cop who has enough excitment and stress it's nice to imagine I am a kid again. Thanks for the ride JJ Abrams I will definately be buying the blu-ray to enjoy with friends and family. I will be turning up the bass and volume and watching as they jump out of there seats. This movie will hopefully live the life of "classic" terrific kids movies as goonies, sandlot, ET amongst plenty other really great movies. I brought my girlfriend, two people both kids at heart but in reality are middle aged. We walked out of the theater feeling we had just went to Disneyworld or just left after watching Star wars for the first time. We went to dinner grinning from ear to ear, saying that it made us feel like kids again. I know movies like this are not for everyone but for those who have kids inside themselves which are allowed to let their imagination run away for the brief movie time. There is so much to enjoy about this movie. I wish I was 10 again then my feelings would be age appropriate. I find that sooo many people over analyze stuff today who really need to relax. This movie is and will be a keeper which will be fun to watch over and over just to see folks jump at certain parts of a really good kids movie! Thanks for reading and to all the negative haters...one word...CHILL!!!
pol_nr13 19 February 2012
Steven is back
In 2011, we have the technology for incredible special effects,but amovie can't be just a series of explosions and others effects.. A movieneed a good story and complicated and sympathetic characters.. Many ofnew movies is just stupid because they try to make a movie just instudio,with characters that have 2-3 replies.. This movie has it all!..Is a grate story that will keep you in suspense every second,will scareyou and make you want more.. Will cry and love the characters.. Anotherthing that plus the movie is the cast - kids!..Love it,each other isvery different and has different character, thinking and talents. Likethe title says, each other is a littler hero without any super powers..Is perfect.. and i'm so glad that STEVEN IS BACK!!!
Rockwell_Fassbender 19 February 2012
Genuine movie magic for the first time in a long time.
There are many reasons why I was destined to really hate Super 8. Ihave lost practically all interest in summer blockbusters. I have adeep hatred for Steven Spielberg. However, J.J. Abrams does somethingabsolutely magical here. He creates a genuine spectacle, an experiencethat somehow feels familiar yet entirely unique. In a time where everyother week we're seeing some diluted $150 million blockbuster, nothingfeels genuinely epic anymore. Entire planets can be destroyed and it'shard to even fake interest, because it's all done over and over again.Each week is an attempt to up the ante from the last massiveexplosion-fest and at this point they're all just boring to me. Peopleget confused when I claim that things like Transformers and Iron Man 2just genuinely bore me to tears, but how could I not be bored whennothing can be a spectacle anymore. Somehow, some way, Abrams has donethe impossible and made movies...magic, again.This picture is basically the epitome of the summer blockbuster, butAbrams makes it unique by essentially bringing it back to basics. Hestrips away the superheroes and the explosion after explosion peril andactually builds a film around it's characters. He creates this humandrama, a coming-of-age story in the most interesting of circumstances,and then builds this alien blockbuster around it. Whereas all of theseother big pictures are starting off with the explosions and then tryingto add character filler to keep it going, Abrams starts at the groundfloor by building real people and working outwards from there. In doingthis, he creates an emotional drama with the kids in the picture and asa result all of the enormous action sequences actually feel epicbecause they feel so out of the ordinary. We're just focusing on thestory of these children, first love and tested friendships, and thenthe unthinkable happens. And this time it's actually unthinkable, notjust a run of the mill expectation.The train crash near the beginning of the film is the perfect exampleof this. When huge explosions of this nature occurred in films likeTerminator Salvation or Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, I didn'tblink an eye. I was legitimately bored because there was no surprise orout-of-this-world extravagance to it. But here we are just focusing onthese kids telling a story and then this huge explosion occurs and theyare thrust into the middle of a terrifying accident where their livesare on the line. I honestly can't remember the last time that Iactually sat with my eyes open and my mouth dropped, stunned by theintensity of such an exciting action sequence. This film brought to methings that I never thought I could experience again; it made me feellike a kid one more time.It's obvious that Super 8 draws a lot from the Steven Spielbergpictures of the '70s and '80s, but I think Abrams is a much moreskilled director than Spielberg ever was. Yes, he's only directed threefilms so I'm sure this comment will get a lot of flack, but I firmlybelieve it. This one film is a better creation than anything Spielberghas done, and I think the primary reason is because of what Abrams doeswith these characters. In building the story around these kids he makesit all feel so real. The sentimental moments don't feel like typicalHollywood schmaltz like they do with Spielberg's work, they feelgenuine and therefore hit my heart pretty strong. Some of the momentsbetween Joel Courtney and Elle Fanning (who gave two extraordinaryperformances for any actor, let alone children) honestly brought tearsto my eyes. He creates real people here and therefore the stakes aregenuine, the emotions are authentic and everything is a real lifespectacle.
scott-sw 19 February 2012
One of the best
Super 8 is one of the best summer kid movies in ages. In fact, it is athrowback to ET, The Goonies and other movies Spielberg (and Joe Dante)made so deftly in the 1980's. Amazingly, the movie set in the gatewayto the 1980's: 1979. We begin with 12-year-old Joe (Joel Lamb) and hisfather, Jack (Kyle Chandler) dealing with the death of their mother andwife, respectively. As school lets out four months later, Joe wants towork with his friends, Charles, (Riley Griffiths), Cary (Ryan Lee),Preston (Zach Mills) and Martin (Gabriel Basso). The odd man (or woman)out is Alice Dainard (Elle Fanning) who wants to join them for a fewscenes. They all meet at midnight to shoot a scene as a train passesby. Then, the train is derailed in a spectacular crash. Strangely, itwas caused by someone deliberately driving on the tracks towards thetrain. It turns out to be their Jr. High Science Teacher who warns themto not say anything to protect themselves and their parents. The AirForce responds unusually fast - leaving the town police force (now ledby Joe's father, Jack) in the dark of their work. At that same time,people, dogs, appliances, and car parts mysteriously disappear.Something is wondering the woods. Something escaped. Somethingdangerous. Or is it the Air Force that's dangerous. So much works forthis film - mostly in story and acting. The kids involved pull offgreat performances, especially from newcomer Joel Courtney who takesthe lead. He plays the role so well, shifting from friend with a bunchof Jr. High kids and an adolescent suffering from a lost mother andestranged father. Alice has her own problems stemming from her dad.Amazingly, all of them are intertwined in the drama that unfoldsevenly. Another strength is the special effects, which are used as abackground to the story as opposed to being the feature. This isrelated to the creature that is not fully seen until close to the end.And the story related to the alien is not as predictable as the onewith the humans. More than anything else, though, it captures themindset of seventh graders as they wonder through adolescence. Theconversations have the same quick-wit and unfocused meandering in kidsof that age. Everyone knew a Cary who liked to blow things up and playwith fireworks. We knew a Charles as the bossy kid who has a passionateproject. I did have two strikes against the movie: the third act was alittle disjointed and did not provide cohesiveness. Also, the endingwas a little abrupt. And while some people complain the ending was alittle over-the-top, I think they forget the flying bicycles in E.T.Still, overall, it is far better than most summer movies of late. Notto say there are some good summer movies, but this one outshines mostof them because Super 8 relies more on story and character instead ofoverblown special effects. It has the feel of a 1980's Spielberg movieand is taken in the same spirit. J.J. Abrams is one of the bettertalents who seems to have grown instead of stagnating and backslidinglike M. Night Shyamalan. I look forward to Abrams next project ... aslong as it is not a sequel to Super 8.
Michael 18 February 2012
Entertaining movie about a group of kids' summer
I enjoyed this movie. Let's start with a criticism. A lot of Hollywoodmovies try to make up in action what they lack in story. This movie isan opposite: Super 8 is literally mocking itself by trying to add allkinds of inter-personal relational situations. In fact, one scene wherekids make their own zombie movie, is a direct mirror image of JJ Abramsmethod: add an emotional baseline to support the action. Except inSuper 8, he overdoes it by adding unnecessary emotion that no longersupports the action.The kids acting is fantastic though. They almost achieve the quality ofall-time kids movie classic "The Goonies". And that is great for them,I hope they all move on to great acting careers.But as much as people wanted to see a sequel to the Goonies, this movieshould be watched only once. The action story is actually only abackground story. This movie is really about young teens' relationshipsin the summer of '79.The movie's alien is probably just a metaphor, he's the kids' ownsummer imagination, their desire for adventure in an otherwise utterlyboring little town where nothing ever happens.I give it 7 stars for the quality acting and directing, not because ofthe story.
17 February 2012
Super 8
This review is from: Super 8 (Amazon Instant Video) I tried to cancel my order before I watched it but I guess you can't do that. From the reviews that I read, I wasted money on a movie that I didn't see. Seems to be a good movie for children from what I read.
Skullbussa 17 February 2012
Worth it for the first hour but ultimately derails in the end
I simply cannot understand how someone who is clearly talented can puttogether an hour or more of really fun summer movie and then blow it.The homages to Jaws, Close Encounters, and E.T. are a real hoot butreally ring hollow when you start to see the chinks in the films armor.The interaction between the children and the period costumes and setdesign are the star of this movie, not the script. The monster and histale of trying to get home are simply there to push the narrative andit is clear that Abrams has no joy in telling that story.Once the girl disappears from the group the film basically loses allenergy, the characters begin to act erratically, and the suspension ofdisbelief is exhausted.I wonder what Spielberg must have thought previewing the final cut ofthis film. Did he shift in his seat and wince at the absurd ending? Didhe think of ways he could have done it better?I'd love to see Spielberg go back to making movies like this. It willnever happen. And it's a shame, because he did it better than anyone.
Dan Franzen 16 February 2012
Too much JJ, not enough Steven
Super 8 is partly about growing up and partly about aliens. J.J. Abramsdirected it, and Steven Spielberg produced. I expected a sentimentalbut exciting coming of age tale, derived somewhat from E.T. and frommovies like Stand by Me. Then I remembered that J.J. Abrams wasinvolved.The year is 1979. A group of kids, making their own movie using a Super8 camera, are present when a freight train crashes in their town. Butthe train's carrying some odd-behaving cargo, and soon the kids areswept up in an alphabet soup of conspiracy, mystery, death, unhealedemotional wounds, and love. You can see Spielberg's fingerprints on thesweet stuff, but the heavy lifting falls, unfortunately, to Abrams, whohere gives us an unofficial follow-up to his last over-hyped ball offire, Cloverfield.You see, Super 8 is really two movies. One is sort of your standardsomething-is-amiss-in-a-small-town-and-the-military-is-hushing-it-upplot. The other is a more subtle, gentle look at growing and departingrelationships, of loves past and present. And that's sort of where theproblem lies for me; although the two genres can mesh well, here onepart works very well and the other is a pile of predictability.The protagonist is young Joe (Joel Courtney), best friends with Charles(Riley Griffiths). Joe's mom was killed in an accident at the localplant, an event that has had quite the effect on Joe and hisrelationship with his dad, the town's deputy. As you might guess, Joe'sdad has grown distant with the loss of his wife, which he blames on thetown drunk, leaving poor Joe sort of rudderless. That's one of thereasons he pals around with Charles and the rest of his friends, toescape.The boys are making a movie with Charles as the director, and they askone of their classmates, Alice (Elle Fanning) to play the female lead.Charles secretly likes Alice, but it becomes clear she has an eye formodest, unassuming Joe, who does makeup and lighting. At any rate,while they are filming near an old train station, a speeding trainpasses them by, then derails. After the kids emerge from the wreckagerelatively unscathed, they recover their film.Of course, the train wasn't carrying ordinary cargo, as the film soonproves. But what is it? This is where the influence of Cloverfieldkicks in. Abrams tries hard not to show us the creature in its entiretyuntil near the end of the movie, but that didn't make it any scarier.The shots of the alien were amateurish, sometimes ridiculously stagedas if straight out of a particularly poor B movie from 1953. I know theinnocence of youth was a recurring theme, but I expected to be jumpinga lot more than I was. In fact, here's an example of just shoddyfilmmaking: there would be this intense, suspense-inducing musicplaying while the camera focused on one character, then sudden silence.And then, wouldn't you know it, an attack out of nowhere. No sir,didn't see that coming! So the exciting action scenes lacked a lot,like panache, creativity, chills, and even logic. Here's anotherexample. During the trainwreck scene, the kids flee as debris rains allaround them. Not just pieces of wood but rather entire cars, hugechunks of metal, and so on. They're never hit. All this stuff flyingaround, and they may as well have been in the perpetual center of agiant tornado. Sure, you have to suspend your disbelief, but there werea few howler scenes in this movie that really sort of forced you tometaphorically unhinge your jaw in order to properly suspend saiddisbelief.The real upside to the movie, though, is the group of kids: they're aterrific, convincing lot. Luckily, we don't get stereotypical kids,like The Fat One or The Brain or The Slob, etc. Each isn't terriblydefined, but they're not meant to be, and they're still memorable intheir own way. They exist less as window dressing and more as a runningcolor commentary on their various relationships.Fanning is terrific as Alice. I almost didn't recognize her; at thisage, she looks like a young Martha Plimpton, and if Ms. Fanning everreads this, I mean that as praise. In a few scenes, she's playing agirl playing an actress, and she nails it. I have to believe it's noteasy pretending to be something you're not anyway, so pretending topretend just doubles the difficulty.Spielberg's touch is evident in the way the kids relate to each otherand to adults; there are no cardboard caricatures, just honestcharacters. We see the wonderment and guileless glee that most of ushad in grade school. We see kids being kids, in awe and curious but notterrified of the world around them.Spielberg's contribution works; Abrams' doesn't. If you likedCloverfield and its poorly edited action scenes, this will be your bag.The bad guys are obvious, the impetus for the creature's existence isclear, and it's all telegraphed well ahead of time. They must havespent a fortune in CGI, mucking up what might have been a tendergrowing-up story set against an alien-invasion backdrop.
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.
ptwomey 15 February 2012
If there's one movie you shouldn't miss this year, it's Super 8
If there's one movie you shouldn't miss this year, it's Super 8.There's more heart and soul in it's two hour running time than mostmainstream movies could ever hope to conjure. It's the kind of filmthat reminds you of why you go to the movies.Reviewing a film like Super 8 isn't easy, there's simply too muchmaterial to cover and there is the delicate problem of giving too muchaway. Director JJ Abrams has gone to great lengths to keep the plot ofhis movie a secret, so much so that the film's resulting low profilemay hurt it's box office take. He's the master of what he calls the"Mystery Box", he doesn't want to tell you what's in it, but he sure ashell wants you to enjoy opening it.The film is set in a small Ohio town in 1979, complete with badfashion, hairstyles, and fantastic cars. It centres on Joe Lamb (JoelCourtney), son of Deputy Sheriff Jackson Lamb (Kyle Chandler), and thetragic events of that winter and how it changed his life. The filmopens with one of the most chilling shots that will stay with you for along time after the film, it's the kind of story telling you wish youcould feel every time you went to the cinema.Four months later and Joe is helping his friend Charles (RileyGriffiths) finish a super 8 movie for an upcoming film competition,much to the displeasure of his disconnected father Jackson. Charles hasmanaged to convince Alice (Elle Fanning), an older girl whom Joe likesto play a part in his movie. All chuffed and excited they sneak out atnight with their firiends Carey (Ryan Lee), Preston (Zach MIllso), andMartin (Gabriel Basso) to film a scene.While filming they witness a shocking crash, their high school scienceteacher driving his pickup truck onto the train tracks and smashingdirectly into an oncoming train. The heavily injured teacher, gun inhand, tells them to go and tell no one or they and their parents willdie. It's a bit dramatic, but the swarming men in military uniformsconvince the children to make a run for it and vow never to tell anyonethat they were there.What follows is like a cross between The Goonies and E.T., and itdoesn't fail to deliver. It's on the one hand a coming age story and onthe other it's about dealing with grief. It's funny, scary, cheesy, anddelightful all at the same time. The young and unknown cast arefantastic, they look comfortable and completely natural, with specialmention to Joel Courtney and Elle Fanning (sister of Dakota Fanning).Those two are mesmerizing sharing much of the more touching moments ofthe film, especially Fanning who has a very commanding presence for herage.It's not without it's problems true, Abrams must suffer from ADHDbecause he seems to love to blow things up even when it doesn't reallymake sense to. He's also a bit clumsy with some of the dialogue, butit's excusable because the rest of the film exudes a charisma I wishother Directors could master. I also think he's yet to master theelusive art of timing, particularly during the film's climax. He lacksa sense of pace when the plot demands it, and he under plays someaction while overplaying others.There has also been some debate over the ending, but I think it'sperfect, I think it's easy to forget what this film is really about,which might be the fault of the film itself. But you only need tolisten to Abrams tell you that "Jaws isn't about a shark" or "E.T.isn't about an Alien" (here) to see that he wants to tell a storythat's very human and with a lot of heart.Super 8 is an Abrams "Mystery Box" complete with a satisfying unveilingof the goodies inside. It's the best movie so far of 2011, and it's areal treat. You do not want to miss it!
ultramatt2000-1 15 February 2012
This is one awesome movie.
I love this movie! Since I enjoyed CLOVERFIELD, I know I will enjoythis movie. These kids are shooting a Super-8 movie and they getinterrupted by a horrible event that results in chaos and terror. Thefilm pays homage to Steven Spielberg's film like CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF ATHIRD KIND, E.T., THE GOONIES (not a film directed by him, but he gotinvolved in it), JURASSIC PARK, and the 2005 remake of WAR OF THEWORLDS. You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll wonder why (and get somescares along the way). Now let me spend the rest of the review on why Iliked it (specifically). I have been reading articles about specialeffects pioneers. When they were young, great movies with specialeffects inspired them an they were passionate to make their own specialeffects films and find out how they were done. They were readingmovie-related books and magazines like "Famous Monsters of Filmland","Cinemagic", and "Super-8 Film-Maker". When one of the characters wereworking on the film, I was amazed by the equipment the used. Theyranged from rinky-dink to clunky. Going back, when the pioneers readthat stuff, they began to experiment and master the techniques and tryto perfect it. They end up making up their own films based on, orinspired by the films they saw. Why did I point that up? Well, I wouldlike to point out the following recommendations for those who enjoyedthis movie. These TV shows: MOVIE MAGIC (1993-1998) MEGA MOVIE MAGIC(1998-2000) CINEMA SECRETS (1999-2002) These DVDs: EQUINOX (1967/70)MONSTER-KID HOME MOVIES (2005) Trust me you would love it. If the movieis released on DVD, well then, watch it and some extras like thecommentary.
Will Feodorovs 14 February 2012
Oh dear
I was really looking forward to seeing this film because I was an 80'skid and also, if Spielberg is involved I expect something good. Whatstarts off as an interesting throw back to the Goonies era soon becomesa build up into a ridiculous mind numbing film! The kids are well cast,but the adults are rather lame and all seem to be emotional singleparents (even the sheriff).It starts off with a group of school kids making a home made horrorfilm for a media project with a super 8 camera. After a train crashingat the local station where they are filming (it only hits a car on thetrack, but seems like a 5 minute nuclear bomb) the camera falls andcatches some footage of something "non human"..Well what comes next is what I can only describe as a cross betweenCloverfield, a bit of District 9 and the end part of Stephen Kings IT.With generic military foes, parents that need a slap and a creaturethats never really explained (and looks bloody daft) i'd say incomparison .Knowing. with Nick cage is a better film...and thats beingnice.
farls 14 February 2012
Slow Slow Needed Something ...let me think yes thats it ...never to be made!
I really expected more and was so slow in the some areas I nearly fellasleep the glimpses of the creature through out the movie is a pet hateof mine and when you do get to see it could have been way better lookedlike ET on steroids...Aaaww pretty eyes it has!! ....Not too mentionbetter communication with the humans, come on Stevie & JJ wheres a goodproduction? This should have and could have been a whole lot better.Certainly had potential too be something to remember however I havelittle capacity to store such dribble so will forget this one ratherquickly me thinks.Thats it then!!
14 February 2012
Thin line between homage and derivative . . . SUPER-8 goes both ways
This review is from: Super 8 (Amazon Instant Video) I was thrilled by the trailer for this film with the truck racing head-on to derail the US Air Force freight train and the awesome collision that appears to release some creature within one of its cars. Alas, that amazing footage is nowhere to be found in the film itself. The film has such a Spielbergian feel to it, it becomes sport to find which camera shot was from E.T. and which one was from Close Encounters of the Third Kind.JJ Abrams is likely the most talented filmmaker around (LOST, and reboots of Mission: Impossible as well as Star Trek). The 1979 setting in Ohio provides a great authenticity; you feel you know everything about this town -- and the atmosphere is spot-on. The acting is terrific as well. The mysterious premise draws you in as well. But the film tests your patience midway through. The film relies substantially on what you don't see off-screen -- think BLAIR WITCH PROJECT kind of off-screen. After awhile, the creature seems to be just a cousin of that unseen force that terrorized characters on the island in LOST. It also makes a weird noise like the creature in James Cameron's "Aliens.". God, there's several scenes that look like they were digitally "borrowed" from that film.And the ending, meant to be as emotionally evocative as a blend of ET and Close Encounters, was oddly unsatisfying. Yeah, it's digitally spectacular -- how could it not be -- and how those mysterious cubes came into play was a stroke of genius. Still, the wide-eyed awed expressions of the actors that so many on this comment stream complained about, is tiresome. Oh, and by the way, the driver of the pick-up truck would be strawberry jelly after the head-on impact with the train. I'll leave it at that.JJ, it was a gorgeous film, but it was a bit too much of an homage to 1970s Spielberg. The creature we're meant to care about was bizarre and menancing. No wide-eyed E.T., that one.
nickdnk 13 February 2012
I want my 2 hours of life back
What are people thinking? This was utter horrible. The kids' dialog wasthe only good thing about this movie. The plot was terrible and hadreally nothing to do with the main characters what so ever... Aliencomes to earth, alien kills people, alien repairs own ship and goeshome on its own. Where are the heroes? What's the point of the kids?I don't recommend seeing this, unless you're a hardcore Spielberg fan,or really, really don't have anything to do. Like if you're in prisonand this is the only movie they have... then maybe.Otherwise...Watch something else.
dreamfonda 12 February 2012
Cheesy & clichéd
OMG, if you wanted to combine all genres of movies together you getsuper 8. It has all the right technical aspects, time period realism,good direction & acting,& special effects, but the story & lines are acrock. The movie was slow, people were actually fidgeting in their seats, thelines were wooden, & the believability factor was dead zero. How couldJJ get it so wrong, the script is so predicable, & the alien lookedlike he was stolen from the aliens movies. You would think if you do analien film, at least re-invent the wheel, don't use someone else'salien.There is no mystery to this film, except that it is so bad.It will onlyget you in because of Spielberg & JJ, & the cryptic ads This film mayhave been believed in the 80's, but now people have moved on beyondaliens, & government conspiracies & cover-ups, this film failed onscript & story, it is too clichéd & cheesy.JJ you can do much better, & you have done much better, look at StarTrek, there was not one remotely funny moment in this film. I need tosee another film just to was out the bad taste in the mouth of thisone. Give me ET, or Close Encounters any time.
12 February 2012
Created By Brilliant Talent
First of all, I want to acknowledge the outstanding performance of the little girl in the movie, named Alice (portrayed by the beautiful Elle Fanning). From the beginning of the movie, to the end of it, Elle Fanning never ceased to intrigue and completely "wow" us! A mysterious character Alice is, who often displays empathic tendencies (in my opinion) and I wondered if she was playing the role of an empath. I think it is possible that such a tinge was written into her character, but also not highlighted so much as to draw too much attention to that idea. I have never seen a child perform so well in a movie, ever (at least I cannot remember) and the fact that I can't remember anyone else means that Elle Fanning has outshone every other performance by a child actor that I have ever seen! Elle Fanning was breathtaking in this film, aside from being beautiful, she manages to communicate what the character is feeling, and impart that unto the viewer just by the expressions communicated through her eyes. Outstanding, excellent acting! I will be looking out more for this young actor, I believe that she will make it very big and very far in her profession. Amazing.Now, onto the movie... I want to stress that this movie contains the worst language I have ever heard being spoken in a movie, in all my life. Seriously. And the fact that children are saying all these profane words makes it very hard to swallow. I was watching with my ten year old son (the country in which we live rated it GP) and I don't agree with the GP rating of this movie, due to the extremely foul language! With that being said, I believe that we can't hide our children away from the world and protect them from knowing what the realities of the world are (like bad language) and at the time we watched this movie, my son was already prepared to hear all that language. I told him after the movie that I trust and know and have enough faith in him to say that this movie was a great movie, because I know that just because he hears or sees something, doesn't mean he's going to do it. In the end, we both agreed that this was a really great movie! Brilliant, actually! I am blown away and I truly admire the talent and brains behind the script, the story, the plot, the flow, cinematography, everything really! However, if you have children that are not yet prepared to hear how the rest of the world talks, don't take them to see this movie (if it's rated GP also where you live), because they definitely WILL find out how the rest of the world talks, by watching it! Terrible language! The thing is, that's life!From the very start, this film did not fail to deliver intense punches in the face; intense emotional drama, intense thrilling scenes, intense effects, and I often found myself breathing deep sighs just to relieve myself of the tension I was feeling. So, it starts out very intensely and is very intriguing! But then it later succumbs to humor and the movie progresses into something truly hilarious (in a good way) and I have not laughed so much in a movie house, in a very very long time!!!!! Hilarious! Just so so funny!!!!! The lines, the characters, scenes, just hilarious!!!! This is the portrayal of true talent and genius behind the film, because, when delivering so much intensity in the beginning of a movie, it is wise to bring the viewers into a whole different realm later on by introducing an equally intense amount of humor!!! It was hysterically funny at times, and this is the point at which I truly began to appreciate the movie and it really did begin to shine, for me!I would classify Super 8 as a science fiction thriller, but, due to the genius creating it, the film is able to contain the science fiction to the sidelines, and what really takes the limelight is the emotional backdrop of the main characters, this story is at last strongly character-driven and emotionally true. The science fiction part simply becomes just a thing that happened in the lives of these extraordinarily strong characters. Sort of how things happen in all of our lives that seem to come in on a train derailment and wreck havoc in us but in the end and after it all, these things that happen are just things that happen, and life is meant to be lived. I do believe that is the true message of the story, and it is built into and built up by the plot and the script and the acting, thus producing a very strong delivery of this single message.The movie wraps-up beautifully, I cannot over-emphasize that. The beautiful wrap-up of everything surely makes up for the very foul language and sometimes hard-to-look-at bloody scenes. In the end, the fathers both learn that the most important things in their lives aren't the things and the people that they have lost, but the most important realities in their lives are the people that are in front of their eyes: their own children. The children in turn learn how to let go of pain and forgive, I think that everyone learns forgiveness and letting go in this story.Overall, this movie is like life itself: it is at times hard to swallow, but in the end it's beautiful and we all learn the most important things.