Summary
During the summer of 1979, a group of friends witness a train crash and investigate subsequent unexplained events in their small town
Review
Super 8 has said to be a throwback movie to the 80's Spielberg type movies. Personally my favorite essence of the film are the scenes with the kids and the fact that they want to make a film. There is so much irony and nostalgia in that premise alone that I thought it was good on its own. The budding romance between the two lead characters Joe (Joel Courtney) and Alice (Elle Fanning) is played out well and actually makes sense if played out in a real life situation. Joe's character doesn't have a mother, and neither does Ellie, due to that, Joe seeks that love and comfort he would usually get from his mother in Ellie, whose personality,becuase she has an alcoholic of a father, is a really sweet and caring person. The group of goonies here Preston (Zach Mills), Martin (Gabriel Basso), and Cary (Ryan Lee),all play well of off each other, yet in real life i couldn't see them all as friends and fit too much into archetypes. The most interesting characters were Charles and Ellie for being the more complex characters out of the group. Personally, I wish Joe's performance was a little bit more emotion and he was a little bit more complex than, dead mother and train models. But i do enjoy his performance when he is demanding and becomes the leader of the group, thats when the group as a whole seem to be real close knit friends.
The plots mystery becomes gradually more interesting as more inquires begin to happen. As more people, and objects began to disappear the plot becomes more interesting, but what did it for me was the involvement with the air force/ army trying to cover up the mystery of the monster as a whole. Their is not a lot of plot changes and huge dramatic scenes to make this movie overly astounding. But their is enough heart between certain characters and moment of genuine childhood violence and mayhem to make the movie good. Children caught in and dealing with adult situations are always more interesting and complex because children emote and openly express the inquiries than adults do. And thats where the movie gets its spark. Kids over their head making a movie, kids over their head trying to save a friend from a big ass monster/alien, and kids over their head dealing with emotional trauma. The dead mother is overplayed, the whole army thing is not explained, and the monster is not truly explained as to what it is and how it functions.
Is Super 8 a good film, YES, but their are somethings that dont make sense and scenes that aren't memorable. The ending is the biggest flaw, it raps up the movie too quickly, and is too simple of an ending. Your telling me just talking to the monster/alien is the way to solve it? The ending is too soon and I wanted to see more of the characters, personally i don't even like the Dad, Ohio Deputy Jack Lamb (Kyle Chandler) . What kind of father puts his community and job before his son. His dam Mom is dead, your suppose to put MORE time and love into your son because of that. I love the main characters, there are some problems with them but I can see most of them as actual children, and thats where the 80's nostalgia, Walkman, Polaroid essence comes from. I as repeat the ending is too soon, but the great final part of this movie that gives it .5 more points than i would of, is during the ending credits when they played the complete film the kids made. That was fucking awesome. All in all give this movie......
With out homemade movie credit scene: 7.5/10
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