Super 8

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Gimpy

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Hubby wanted to see this one last night, and we made a 'date' of it.

Problem was, I had an IBS attack right after the first big scene of the movie, and spent the rest of the show in and out of the restroom. :-[

What I did get to see of this movie was well acted, and the cast was exceptional. It can be summed up in a sentence, but that would also spoil it for anyone who wants to see it, so I'll refrain.

I can say that the balance between the two plots at the heart of this movie were excellent, and both revolved around the pain of loss, misunderstanding, neglect, and willfull ignorance.

And I didn't get to see everything!

No, I'm not going to fork over the money to see it again, but when it comes out on Netflix, I'll make a point of seeing what I did miss.


The movie we really wanted to see, "Tree of Life" wasn't showing anywhere we could get to. Figures. :rolleyes:
 
It was pretty good. The kids were amazing, especially the lead boy and girl. What really erked me about the film was its reliance on CGI for the alien critter. It really tickled me purple that they couldn't spend some money on puppetry or costume+slime. The whole point of the film was to bring that 80s nostalgia back and that was the crucial element it lacked to really complete the feel of the film.

Other then that the pace was good, the characters were interesting and quirky, it wasn't really a must-see but definitely a cool movie.

I'm definitely noticing more and more this use of film to create the impression of 3D aliens with advanced tech. They've done an excellent job of implanting that meme in to our culture consciousness.
 
Just saw the movie, and it was okay.

It was more focused on drama than on the alien monster and there was, of course, a suspense. The plot was interesting and focused on Joe (the boy) and Alice (the girl played by Elle Fanning) and there was a tension between their fathers due to the death of Joe's mother. It's about family issues, young love, and friendship while there's alien monster running about the town.

I felt that there should be more into the relationship between Joe and his father and something has been neglected somewhat there. However, the romance between Joe and Alice was very good and tender.
 
Saw this the other night. It almost had that Goonies/Monster Squad type feel, but no cigar.

Puck said:
I'm definitely noticing more and more this use of film to create the impression of 3D aliens with advanced tech. They've done an excellent job of implanting that meme in to our culture consciousness.
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Semi-Spoiler***


Also, notice that any alien movie involving Steven Spielberg always ends up with the aliens either being the good guys or misunderstood.
 
This looked like E.T. for the new century.

J.J. Abrams, who wrote and directed this thing is, imo, a dark-sider. Every second episode of his big CIA show, "Alias" was a dramatic re-enactment of the ticking time-bomb justification for torture argument. The best thing he did for the world was to abandon "LOST" after the first episode (to go work with Tom Cruise), leaving that story in the hands of a couple of unsuspecting guys who actually did some interesting things with it.

My impression of "Super 8" was that the mind-programming it delivered could be summed up like this:

"Aliens are superior, violent, dangerous, they EAT us, but really. . , they just need our love!"

Looked like a strong dose of Stockholm Syndrome wrapped up in a warm fuzzy package made out of adorable kids.

Abrams just seems to me like a less skilled Spielberg clone who crawled out of the same vat. It is no surprise that Spielberg produced this thing.

Barf.
 
Cliche, good, old fashion like ET, and good performance. I like te chuby guy personality.

You know, government hiding something, aliens understod just by children.

Epic train clash. I recommend it, in one of those weekends with free time.
 
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