Comments on: Review: ‘Super 8’ Is A Summer Blockbuster Just Like You Always Remembered

By: Kate

Kate — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:27:20 +0000

Such a great movie. The chemistry between those kids was perfect, I felt like I was watching a science fiction, badass version of Sandlot or even Stand By Me. Truly a great Summer blockbuster, a whole lot better than Troy or X-Men.

By: rlp2451

rlp2451 — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:27:20 +0000

For once, I would like to see a sci-fi movie live up to it\’s hype.

This is not it.

The preview shots never make it to the movie, which is nearly unforgivable, since you are waiting for it throughout the whole thing (the turning of the wheel on the rail car).

This is Cloverfield meets ET meets Friday Night Lights – sullen idiotic adults, too-clever kids (some badly miscast, whom I shall not mention but her initials are EF), and really plotless *with so many holes) movie-making. Abrams must have been too busy with his other projects to make this one coherent.

Even in the late \’70s, which this movie purportedly is supposed to have taken place, there would be so much media attention and no references to \”Soviet takeovers.\”

And I really want the lipstick franchise for the next JJ Abrams kids/ movie. I could make a fortune.

By: oldplaylistreader

oldplaylistreader — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:27:20 +0000

\”(well, this writer) jumped.\”

you must\’nt have seen much action/horror films.

By: Smash Tit-house

Smash Tit-house — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:27:20 +0000

so excited for this one. great review.

By: TheoC

TheoC — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:27:20 +0000

This is the movie I\’m most excited about seeing this summer, I\’ve avoided all the clips and only been subjected to that lens flaretactular trailer at the cinema. I\’m delighted you liked it, it\’s rare for anything to give you a sense of awe anymore but the trailer for this really does send one back, or I have early onset Alzheimer\’s.

By: Leah Zak

Leah Zak — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:27:20 +0000

@oldplaylistreader – while I don\’t seek out horror with the same gusto as perhaps a James Wan enthusiast, I\’ve seen my fair share of action/horror and the suspense on this one did make me tense enough to reflexively put my hand to my face on a few occasions.

@j.j. – as mentioned above, the story does get clunky, and is not as streamlined as it could have been (… in an anti-spoiler effort, do not want to go much deeper than that) But I really don\’t think the nostalgia was intentionally exploitative enough to refer to it as pornographic, so Agree To Disagree with Bad Ass Digest, I liked it.

By: Barry

Barry — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:27:20 +0000

This movie can\’t come fast enough. The first summer movie I have truly been excited for in a long, long time. Early reviews are, of course, outstanding. It will be nice to see a movie where the people who made it actually give a damn. How refreshing!

By: jj

jj — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:27:20 +0000

wow that\’s quite die opposite of some of the other review out the, see faranci:

\”Super 8 replaces awe with loud spectacle and abandons its own heart to fit in one of modern cinema’s least interesting aliens. This is a film whose script should never have been filmed, a script whose structural problems are so obvious and huge that it takes a Star Trek sized hit to explain how they ended up on screen. When Super 8 is released I’ll return to this subject and write about the major problems the film suffers in the second and especially third acts, but for now just know that Super 8 is a movie that does not, in the end, fully work on any level except for cheap nostalgia porn.\”