Super 50-50

Rating: 7/10 (11 December 2011)

First of all, I DID enjoy this movie. It was interesting, and thrilling, but it was rather unfulfilling. The first half of the movie was a great piece of movie-making that I will always relish, but the last half was somewhat underwhelming, and frankly, stupid. Poor choice of word? Maybe... but I use the word "stupid" because it's not a very strong adjective, and the ending to Super 8 did not produce any strong emotions for me. To put it bluntly, the conclusion was rather boring. The entire set-up kept making you wish with all your might that the secret, supernatural, mysterious something wasn't an alien. There was nothing I would've loved more than for it NOT to be an alien! Sadly... it was an alien. This came as no surprise. In fact, when I first saw the preview for the movie I was certain it was an alien. And I was right.
The thing I did like about the movie, was that it kept you guessing. At points, I thought I might be wrong. That maybe, it was something other than an alien. Something more. The writing was excellent, because it forced you to think; to mull things over. The sudden twists and turns had you changing your mind every second! "It is an alien! No wait, it isn't... Yes.. yes it is! Nope, I guess not.. Yes, it's an alien!"
It was exciting! The constant guesswork that the in-depth dialogue put me through was almost worth the disappointed ending! Yet, it wasn't. And in the end, your short 10 bucks, and your left with a sense as if you were robbed. As if someone waved candy in front of you, then took it away at the last minute. During the last 15 minutes of the movie, I found myself hunched over and dejected. Sad and disheartened, and wishing that I was watching the Breakfast Club... or literally anything else.