The movie made by the kids in the movie is far better than the movie

Rating: Null/10 (12 August 2011)

The premise of the movie is not that bad, but as it progresses so do the plot holes and the usual Hollywood attitude - over explaining every scene and not caring about plot holes - is obvious.
To enjoy this movie you have to believe that a kid won't tell anybody about a transforming cube which flies by itself and bust through his wall to anybody!
Under a total military shut down a couple of kids outsmart the military and get back into town.
The military person in charge of hunting the alien, who know the alien very well, will travel into town in a school bus with only 2 other armed soldiers - basically without any protection or plan on what to do if he encounters the alien he is looking for.
One scene particularly bothered me, right before they open the garage door there is an added soundtrack where when kids ask another, "Why are these windows dirty". I can see in front of me how some retard during a screening did not understand why they were going back to that garage and Hollywood of course have to dumb the movie down and over explain which always takes me out of a movie.
And could it me bore cliché! We understand he misses his mother. We do not have to see him visiting her gravestone. And oh my god, holding your hands over someones mouth to prevent him from screaming as he is getting scared. Is this Scary Movie?
And why would they go back to find a girl which they know was attacked by the alien after they have seen the alien just slaughter people. What reason do they have to risk their lives, for all they know the alien could have eaten her.
The ironic twist in the whole movie is that when the kids make the movie they talk about having a depth to the story, having good characters, they are discussing twist in the plot, not using any CGI - I almost think the makers of Super-8 were doing the exact opposite as a twisted joke. Super-8 is a bad movie about kids trying to make a good movie.