Don't judge a book by it's cover they say.

Rating: 7/10 (5 January 2012)

Super 8
Super 8... What kind of a movie would one expect, reading the title while never heard anything else about it. With the current superhero-movie exploitation that dominates our cinemas, it's very easy to make a link towards that genre. it's what I thought at first, something among the likes of "Heroes" meets "The Fantastic 4".
The only thing I heard about it before watching, was that it was directed by Steven Spielberg (you know, that epic director who just seems he can't make a bad film.) and the word "Sci-fi" was associated with it. Steven Spielberg and Sci-fi... Now - I was born in the late 80's and grew up with sci-fi films alike "ET", "The Goonies", "Close Encounters Of The Third Kind" and "The Iron Giant" (And "Predator" and "Aliens" of course, but let's just keep on track here). I remember, as a youngster, sitting in my living room wearing my pajamas's, putting in video-cassettes of those films in the VCR. I loved those movies. They had a certain friendly mood in them and delivered a great atmosphere.
"Super 8" reminded me of those movies.
This is classic Sci-fi Spielberg, like it could have been made in the late '80s or mid '90s.
The soundtrack is very good, reminded me a bit of "Invaders From Mars". Very moody and fantasy-like. It's being used well in every scene too. Some scenes involve illogical behavior and dialog here and there. But you're too busy enjoying and being carried away with it. It has some scary parts every now and then, but nothing really to keep your kid away from the TV-screen (well, except your Amish or so - ow wait, they don't watch TV) I'd give it a 7/10 and would watch it again.
Don't judge a book by it's cover? Well, I'm glad I didn't.