Movie review : Super 8

Jun 10, 2011

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Dan Gardner

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I’m going to start off with what’s wrong with this movie . . .

I’m thinking . . .

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The editing is amazingly tight. Finding peetimes for this movie was a real challenge. I had to pick two near the end that basically make the best of a bad situation. There’s just not a lot of downtime in this movie. There’s hardly a 3 minute span that goes by that doesn’t have an important character moment or something that advances the story.

This isn’t just science fiction movie making at its best. It’s pure movie making brilliance.

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8 responses to “Movie review : Super 8”

earthmom

June 10, 2011

This was Super Gr8! What a fun time at the movies – and I want to see it again!

Directed with such a superb hand – great story – great actors – great editing. I pity you for trying to find pee times! 🙂 We considered making a popcorn run but I couldn’t do it!

What a fun movie.

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1. earthmom
  
  June 10, 2011
  
  Had to add – you picked pretty good pee times. Altho I would hate to have missed those scenes. This one is a stumper – maybe tell folks to lay off the soda if they can and just stay in for this one! 🙂
  
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  1. Dan Florio
    
    June 11, 2011
    
    You’re right. This was difficult to get peetimes for. It’s so nice when a movie has a nice long music montage about 1 hour into the movie. 🙂
    
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David A

November 7, 2011

Uhh, I can find a lot wrong. How about Abrams seems more concerned with paying homage to about 6 Spielberg films rather than making his own. Then, and call this the “Titanic” syndrome, let’s throw a bunch of amazing visuals at people to blind them from the fact that the writing is very pedestrian. In this case, it seems like when the story drags, “Let’s blow something else up!”
Finally, to slay what appears to be a deadly grease spot, simply tell it “Bad things happen.” Uhh…compelling! Nobody in all those years could come up with that jewel? Who wouldn’t want to take the first water tower out of town…

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1. Adamski
  
  November 23, 2011
  
  Totally agree with you David!
  
  What an overrated film with a plot weaker than my grans gravy!
  
  Not thought through, just made to keep people amused for 2 hours with pretty lights and unecessary action.
  
  I was soooooo disappointed!
  
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BaldSpot

April 18, 2012

I wish these Hollywood types would hire a normal person to straighten out their complete lack of understanding about physics. [semi-spoiler] When a 100-ton locomotive has a head-on with a 1-ton pickup, what happens? According to Hollywood, the train stops dead and flies up in the air, and the pickup lands somewhere with the front end damaged but the occupant only dazed, not annihilated like in real life. When there is a giant train wreck in progress, which way do you run? Do you run alongside the tracks or do you run as far away from the tracks as possible? Dumb movie.

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1. Dan Florio
  
  May 1, 2012
  
  @Bald Yeah, funny how one stupid physics scene can really ruin an otherwise decent film.
  
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2. Meetcha
  
  May 30, 2012
  
  Yes, and lets not forget that kids would certianly know that you should run perependicular to the train tracks to get away… Of course they wouldn’t do that! One, they’re in shock, and are YOUNG kids. Some adults don’t even think of that! If you were just sitting there and shooting a movie and suddenly, BOOM, crap hits the fan, you’re not going to think about ‘Oh, we should run away from the train tracks!’ No, you’re going to think ‘Aw crap! We’re gonna die! We need to get away from the train!’
  
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