No Ella Fanning, and the movie could be just unbearable!

Rating: 5/10 (25 December 2011)

I'll be brief on this. Super 8 starts very promising, introduces the characters and their relationship very well, and then starts going down a hill from the moment the famous train scene takes place; and this is what frustrates you even more than all those several clichés that Mr.Abrams cooks for you throughout the whole length of the movie. With such a descending trend, you could rightfully expect to see a lame predictable ending where the bad guys would die and the killer monsters would probably become the victims of society and get the freedom they are deserved! oh my oh! I don't remember any other movie like that before!
However, I should admit that one absolutely positive point of the movie is Elle Fanning's acting which blew my mind, and made me reconsider my initially very low rate for this movie. She plays the role of the Alice so hilariously that I completely forgot she was 13 (younger when she was casted for the film apparently) I'm so sure that during the next decade there'll be at least one real young superstar left in Hollywood whose films are worth watching just because of her act; same for her older sister, hopefully. Other casts are just OK. the boys manage to present their characters believable and funny enough that you could ignore all the scenario problems. Kyle Chandler which has always been my favorite actor, plays the role of Joe's father, and as I said earlier, like others, has managed to present this character very well. A recently widowed husband who has a bit of problems handling his wife's death. But unfortunately, as the movies goes forward/downward, Chandler's efforts to keep the strong act becomes pale and useless. The visual effects are not bad, but not outstanding either. In fact, at some point, you feel that you're being fed with just too much of it. There were moments that I absolutely had no idea why there were massive explosions, and heavy destruction. The only reason could be that they wanted to heat up their lame story through the use of stupid noisy distractions until the director would come up with his next spontaneous idea! could it be anything else? I doubt so!
Some say that the ending was so moving that it made them cry. Well, I'd say I could cry there with them too, but not because of my emotional state, but because of such a lame way the movie wound up, and that you still can find people out there giving 10 out of 10 for it. Not to be judgmental, but how do they spend their time watching movies at all?!