the film written and directed by J.J. Abrams for me was a slight disappointment. As a homage to steven Spielberg it ticked all the conventional boxes, but for me that was half the problem. it's story line lacked originality with army fighting a 'good' alien. For me it was like a child that couldn't get any attention so they made loads of pointless noise in a lack luster attempt for people to look at it. alas, it did have some redeeming features like the performance of all of the child actors ... They put the adults in the film to shame(which i guess is still a kind of criticism). with all of this it still kept me glued to the screen, its geeky endearing charm worked on me it kept me hooked from start to finnish.
At the end of the film they showed us the kids final movie and in my opinion it was a more polished and less farcical than the original. i feel that the fact that they tried to keep the violence and dark theme to a minimum to keep with in a PG-13(12 A) hindered a decent story line .
super 8 in my opinion may as well have been Humpty Dumpty the film started and then it ended while having explosions in the middle and with a film like this i was waiting for a twist or a shock death or something to make us interact with characters.
Story line ***
Visual *****
complete film **
although for me it was a disappointment, I still left with a cheeky grin on my face knowing order was restored by kids (cringe) but for me that was the film cringe worthy but it still made me smile.
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