I saw this film at 3 am at the drive in so i will be re-watching sometime soon

Rating: 4/10 (3 July 2011)

OK when i heard the ratings on how well this film was doing it only hyped me all the more to see this film. There are a couple of films around that i will give second chances too and i think this will be one of them cause i was disappointed. Number one i saw this as part of a quadruple bill at the local drivein and it was the 3rd in the lineup and started approximately at 3 am so tiredness was in effect. Number two i believe the screen was dark and this being packed with a lot of night scenes made it hard to see. I was also disappointed in the alien, although didn't see it very well. Sure as other posters have put, the characters, acted by unknowns, are believable but this came across as a Goonies/stand by me type movie and maybe after following Transformers 3 in the quad of movies i was viewing just wasn't the time and place for a movie of that stature. So for now i'm rating it only 1-1/2 stars until later when it comes on DVD. Nice to see J.J. Abrams back in the directors seat!