SUPER 8
PG-13
112 minutes
Writer: J.J. Abrams
Director: J.J. Abrams
Elle Fanning, Amanda Michalka, Kyle Chandler, Joe Lamb, Riley Griffiths, Joel McKinnon Miller, Ryan Lee, Gabriel Basso, Ron Eldard, David Gallagher
'I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?'
-STAND BY ME (1986)
NOW AND THEN (1995), GOONIES (1985), STAND BY ME (1986), and THE SANDLOT (1993). I remember being twelve, and being on summer vacation. The only thing I did was watch these movies like these.
Charles (Griffiths), and his friends, are creating a movie for a local film contest. While shooting a scene, they witness a train crash, and inadvertently capture it on film.
This is a realistic group of 12 year olds: they are a sharp group of kids, but underneath it all, they are all still kids.
Elle Fanning plays a big part in this movie. She reminds me of a young Kristina Ricci. That is to say, unlike her older sister, she actually has a future in acting.
David Gallagher has a small, but significant cameo. He decided to go the Jessica Beil route, eagerly wanting to move beyond his squeaky clean, TV persona. In SUPER 8, he plays a burnout stoner, working at the photo-mat.
"People know me as some school do-gooder: Saint Simon, son of a minister."
- 7TH HEAVEN (Season 6, Episode 14 'DRUNK')
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What would you do if you had 24 hours to change the future? What if you had tomorrow's news…today? EARLY EDITION (1996-2000) |
It took Kyle Handler quite some time to actually be taken seriously. In this film, he plays deputy sheriff, Jackson Lamb. A recent widower, Joe Lamb his a son.
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The science fiction in this movie was rather unintelligible. I still do not understand why the aliens were there, and what their intentions were. Consequently, the human beings in this movie made it watchable.
The movie this kids made is shown during the credits. Definitely, one of the better parts of the film.
Final Verdict: 83 out of 100
