The unknown. I believe that's what scares us the most. If you ever ask someone why they're afraid of ghosts or aliens for example they'll say "Because they're unknown, and we don't know anything about them". Which is entirely true, the unknown scares us the most and the things we can't explain, makes us even that more terrified.
Super 8 is a 2011 American science fiction film written and directed by J. J. Abrams and produced by Steven Spielberg. The film, starring Joel Courtney, Elle Fanning, and Kyle Chandler, was released on June 10, 2011 in conventional and IMAX theaters. The film tells the story of a group of children who are filming their own Super 8 movie when a train derails, releasing a dangerous presence into their town. The movie was filmed in Weirton, West Virginia and surrounding areas. So, let's talk a little about Super 8 and I'll delve deep into my thoughts of this film. Super 8 stars some "teen" actors we've never seen before, or I've never seen before and they do a damn good job. Super 8 is your typical alien movie where an alien crash-lands in a city, the army is trying to cover it up and kill anyone who knows anything about the creature. Yeah, the military are great people aren't they? Killing civilians because they know about an alien? That's just messed up. Either way, the film is full of action, suspense, and even kiddy romance! There's nothing like two kids falling in love during attacks on their town. It's a great romantic setting.
Enough of that though. Let's talk about the whole purpose behind Super 8, and what they've done with it to make it diffirent than most alien films we've seen today. The film opens up with Joe (Joel Courtney) sitting on a swingset, holding a necklace that his mother previously owned, which we find out his mother died a few days prior in an accident at the factory. Anyways, tensions begin running high and Joe starts getting upset with his father because he's preventing Joe from seeing this girl he has hard feelings for. I won't explain why, because that is a spoiler and we don't like those devilish little fiends.
Anyways, the group of kids decide to head to their local train station and film some of their zombie film, when a train gets derailed from a truck driving on the tracks, and this is when things get set into motion. The kids then leave the accident, and find out that if they tell anyone what they saw they will be killed along with their families. Eventually the film progresses quite well, and people start being abducted, and electronics start going missing. What could be taking all the electronics, and abducting all of the lovely citizens? Over-all Super 8 was a good experience, and I enjoyed every minute of the film. Sure, some of the child actors were a tad annoying, and I was hoping for one of them to be killed off, yeah I'm a sadistic asshole. However, besides that they presented the film quite well, and for me it was a huge success. So, if you're a fan of J.J. Abrams (Cloverfield, Godzilla 1998) and Steven Spielberg (Jurassic Park, Jaws, E.T.) you'll love this film as it have everything a sci-fi, and monster nerd would love.
A huge thumbs up for Super 8.
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