Super Average

Rating: 5/10 (6 January 2012)

I honestly don't see what it's the big deal about this movie. While "Super 8" isn't a bad film, and has some entertaining moments, most of the film feels flat and uninspired, being an endless succession of references to several movies from the 80's, such as "The Goonies", "E.T" and "Stand by Me", combined with the "visually dynamic" (Read: The camera shakes a lot during the whole movie, even without any special reason) style from J.J. Abrams.
While I don't hate any of his movies (Such as "Mission: Impossible III", or the 2009 version of "Star Trek") I don't find them particularly interesting either. "Super 8" isn't the exception, being an average movie at best, with bland characters, lots of clichés, and a (somewhat) entertaining history, but that is easily forgettable. The resolution of all the conflict was incredibly disappointing, from my point of view.
Anyway, "Super 8" isn't a bad movie, but personally I don't think that it is anything special either.