Posted on 06/17/2011 1:36:19 PM PDT by pabianice
"Super 8" is an almost scene-by-scene remake of "ET." That is not a compliment. Same-same. Kids. Evil U.S. military. Robotic killer soldiers/airmen. Misunderstood monster that just wants to get home. What a waste of time. Even the CGI is second-rate.
There are a few differences. This time the alien is big and can raise hell with the military that has kept it captive and tortured it for 24 years (it's set in 1979 for absolutely no reason except to trot-out old cars, hairstyles, and music). The plot is moronic, with the kids saving the day, of course. The US Air Force could successfully sue Speilberg for slander. His repeated characature of the US military as neo-Nazis is so ugly as to make the viewer turn away from the screen. In this movie the Air Force tortures aliens, destroys entire towns to hide their guilt, and murders civilians that become inconvenient. The character of the Air Force colonel in charge is a copy of Col. Kurtz in "Apocolype Now," except this actor isn't fat and can remember his lines. Adults are portrayed as, at best, bunglers and losers, and at worst, careless monsters. The kids, of course, have all the bravery and all the answers.
I have watched with dismay as Speilberg has gone to exciting director in "Jaws" to this shambles of a film. Shame on him and shame on anyone paying to see this fiasco after being forewarned.
Speilberg did not direct this.
I agree. I saw it for “free” and still felt robbed.
It looked a bit overwrought and overrated in its advertising; this would confirm it for me.
The worst movie I’ve seen in years.
I haven’t seen the movie, I probably wont because I can’t figure out why anyone would use a super 8 camera these days.
I can think of a lot worse films than this. Its not bad at all. War of the worlds was bad!
Spielberg produced it.
I didn’t enjoy ET at all. For all of the reasons stated in the above article. It was a manipulative, mean-spirited kids movie.
(AP) Hollywood’s summer box-office streak has cooled a bit with a $37 million opening weekend for J.J. Abrams and Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi tale “Super 8.”
http://www.kvue.com/entertainment/123997549.html
You take things to seriously. It was a fun ride. And the kids didn’t really have any of the answers until the end, they were just the ones willing to listen. And the zombie movie they were making is a blast.
Yea, I saw that after I posted. I had a video camera in 1979. It was the size of a VW Bug, however.
So what? That’s like saying that Shrek was his film.
I Liked it. It was Goonies meets Cloverfield. A little too much Spielbergian shmaltz at the end, I’ll admit.
Super 8 videography is the “rage” right now with young people. Super 8 videographers get paid big bucks for wedding shoots, etc. If you search youtube for Super 8 wedding, there are pages of examples.
Saved me $10.
Thanks!
Between the trailers and everything I’ve read, the movie looks boring, tired and stupid.
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