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Super 8: Movie Review
Neoavatara ^ | June 10, 2011 | Neoavatara

Posted on 06/10/2011 6:27:00 AM PDT by Neoavatara

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1 posted on 06/10/2011 6:27:02 AM PDT by Neoavatara
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To: Neoavatara

Super 8 ? Eh, not much better than Motel 6.


2 posted on 06/10/2011 6:29:19 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
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To: Neoavatara
"J.J. Abrams, which is becoming this generations Steven Spielberg..."

Sorry, had to laugh at that one.
3 posted on 06/10/2011 6:34:01 AM PDT by Carpe Cerevisi
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To: fieldmarshaldj
The movie had me virtually giggling inside..

Easy now..

4 posted on 06/10/2011 6:36:42 AM PDT by ExtremeUnction
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To: Neoavatara

I’ll admit the trailer is very intriguing.


5 posted on 06/10/2011 6:38:19 AM PDT by VanDeKoik (1 million in stimulus dollars paid for this tagline!)
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To: Neoavatara

I had never heard of this movie (not being tuned in to entertainment news at all) until yesterday. It sounds like a winner, if you’re a Sci-fi nerd like me.


6 posted on 06/10/2011 6:40:34 AM PDT by fwdude (Prosser wins, Goonions lose.)
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To: Neoavatara

Seen it 10 times already (work post production) it’s a very good movie, I don’t think the cussing from the kids was necessary though.


7 posted on 06/10/2011 6:41:00 AM PDT by StayoutdaBushesWay (Every man dies, but not every man really lives.)
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To: Carpe Cerevisi

It ain’t necessarily far off the mark. After all, Spielberg raped Indy and Abrams raped Star Trek.


8 posted on 06/10/2011 6:43:40 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

You’ve got a point there.


9 posted on 06/10/2011 6:50:18 AM PDT by Carpe Cerevisi
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To: StayoutdaBushesWay

My kids want to see this one.

Please tell me it doesn’t end in the typical J. J. Abrams way (non-closure) found in other pieces from him, like LOST and Cloverfield.

I can’t afford to pay for the damaged screen after I throw something through it if it does.


10 posted on 06/10/2011 6:53:30 AM PDT by NeverEVERKerry (I AM JIM THOMPSON!)
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To: Neoavatara

They’re talking like it is a family movie, and in what I thought was an online only clip of the study of the alien creature befor it got lose. You don’t see much, but at the end of the clip, it seemed extremly powerful, hostile, and if released make a bloody mess of things. It isn’t rated R, so I am curiouse how they handle the aftermath of the monster


11 posted on 06/10/2011 6:54:06 AM PDT by nerdwithagun (I'd rather go gun to gun then knife to knife.)
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To: StayoutdaBushesWay

My concern about the movie was it looked, from the previews, to be very “anti-military.” Meaning it was all the military’s fault for covering something up. Typical Hollywood scenario. If I’m wrong about that I might be willing to see it.


12 posted on 06/10/2011 7:35:41 AM PDT by Mac n Jac (www.vetsfightingms.org)
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To: StayoutdaBushesWay

pluggedinonline gave it this review:

“This may be a movie full of kids. And this may be a production with a kid’s sense of moviemaking wonder. But Abrams pumped his script up with so much profanity—much of it jumping out of the kids’ mouths—that he sends a possibly unintentional but still crystal clear message to families: Don’t even try to find out what’s inside that train!”


13 posted on 06/10/2011 7:54:29 AM PDT by Reddy (B.O. stinks)
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To: Reddy; Neoavatara

>>> Abrams pumped his script up with so much profanity—much of it jumping out of the kids’ mouths—that he sends a possibly unintentional but still crystal clear message to families:

So it’s a live action South Park?


14 posted on 06/10/2011 8:05:18 AM PDT by tlb
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Indy 4? Definitely.

However, the “reboot” of “Star Trek” was FANTASTIC.


15 posted on 06/10/2011 8:09:10 AM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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To: SJSAMPLE

Sure, if you call rape and sodomy of the canon “fantastic.”


16 posted on 06/10/2011 8:11:02 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
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To: NeverEVERKerry

There’s closure :) I like the ending, well some aspects of it. There is a very sweet moment and then some is your typical Hollywood ending.


17 posted on 06/10/2011 8:19:30 AM PDT by StayoutdaBushesWay (Every man dies, but not every man really lives.)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

“You see, in season 4, Kirk wore a yellow shirt with white and blue piping, but in season 5, the piping was more of a off-white and no blue. Mr. Roddenberry, how do you explain these inconsistencies? Does this presume the adoption of alternate universe Kirks and a modification in the Star Trek continuum?”

“It’s a fu*&ing TV show. Next question.”


18 posted on 06/10/2011 8:19:58 AM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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To: Reddy

Like I said, the profanity is a put off, but the acting from the kids is overall very good, especially Elle Fanning and Joel Courtney. This is Joel’s first film and he did an excellent job. Very cute storyline between the two.


19 posted on 06/10/2011 8:27:19 AM PDT by StayoutdaBushesWay (Every man dies, but not every man really lives.)
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To: SJSAMPLE

Hey, what can I say ? Abrams can call it “Star Trek”, but it’s not. Screwing up the entire history, the characters, the technology, and on and on when it has a four-and-a-half decade legacy is not something I care to applaud. To some of us fans, especially ones who have been for more than 3 decades, it actually means something.


20 posted on 06/10/2011 8:36:48 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
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