(2011, Dir. JJ Abrams)
In short: It's 1979, some kids on bikes are filming a monster movie, and there's this massive train wreck. Things start going terribly wrong in their small Ohio town! Turns out, the government has been hiding an alien from everyone, etc. etc. etc. There's something so appealing to the Kids-on-Bikes-Solving-a-Mystery-in-a-Small-Town premise for anything. No matter when you grew up, it's a familiar concept. There's something so authentic about it, that no matter what crazy sci-fi you add to it, you're sitting there saying, "Yeah, all right, I used to do this." That comes across really well in Super 8. Despite the alien craziness, it feels rooted in reality. It also really speaks to the notion of the curiosity of children saving the day, and that's always a lot of fun, if not predictable. That's really what this movie was--familiar and fun, but predictable. I wanted this movie to be awesome, and it was just slightly better than fine. It was absolutely gorgeous, but lacking plot-wise. I found myself wanting the different story lines to intertwine in a more clever way, and they really didn't. It was a very standard action movie plot, and the ending, in standard action movie plot form, was lackluster. I found myself enjoying the "real" parts of this movie a lot more than the space alien parts. I wanted to see more kids on bikes and less explosions and tentacles. But it was a lot of fun, so I can hardly complain. 7/10 Model Trains.
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