Basically, if you’ve seen a Spielberg movie, you’ve seen “Super 8.” While nothing in this film is completely original, it is still a great smorgasbord of the clichés of any movie starring kids getting involved in things much bigger than themselves. Of particular interest is that this cast of preteens are budding filmmakers (one possibly being a younger Spielberg himself, and another being mini Michael Bay), so part of the intrigue of the movie is to see how the story they’re making is coming together while more intrigue is heaped on the shenanigans going on in their sleepy little 1970s-era town. If it’s not the weird electrical mishaps, it’s the conflict of the recently widowed single father and his awkward relationship with his little protagonist. If it’s not the military covering up their big bad secret from the townsfolk, it’s the love interest of the protagonist being told “you are not to see that boy again” from her guilty alcoholic father. If it’s not the infrequent abductions straight out of horror movies (yes, complete with them screaming and clawing as they’re dragged off-screen), it’s the chubby kid’s bluster and fluster about his zombie film not having enough “production value.” And as the credits roll, we get the best part of this entire big budget blockbuster by watching the low-budget, so-bad-it’s-good, zombie flick the kids put together.
Overall, it’s a great film with a lot of suspense, action, unintentional comedy springing from the innocence of youth, and surprising amounts of heart.
Spoilery coolimage!:
Only this alien is like a digging spider/giant hybrid with magnetism powers.
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