"Super 8" is a perfect 11

Rating: Null/10 (21 June 2011)

If you want greatness and real power and heart in one summer movie? Well, with a smart and moving script,fast-paced direction and superior visuals,producer Steven Spielberg and writer/director J.J Abrams's "Super 8" delivers a powerful "yes". From the first minute to the last, this is pure movie heaven.
It's about a group of children who makes a film on a super 8 camera. One night, while filming, they see a train crash and it unleashes a secret creature that brings terror to the town.
Abrams helps keep the audience in their seats with his fast-timing and sharp direction and a wise and smart script that keep the viewers guessing. Cinematographer Larry Fong help gives the film its stunning and impressive images. The visual effects from the team at Industrial Light and Magic is a wonder to behold.
Elle Fanning and newcomer Joel Courtney respectively give bright and wonderful performances as the leads, Alice and Joe. Kyle Chandler {TV's "Friday Night Lights"} is good as Joe's father, Jackson. Ron Eldard, who plays Annie's father, Louis, gives a great and standout performance that's worth deserving of an Oscar nomination.
The film's ending reminded me of another Spielberg film, "Close Encounters of The Third Kind". They both give a message that no matter who you are, no matter what happens, you still need the strength to live.
This is one summer movie that let you hold on and never let go. Come next year, "Super 8" will hopefully become one of the 10 Oscar nominees for Best picture. Don't walk. Run to the box office now.
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