The JJ Abrams Formula

Rating: 7/10 (10 June 2011)

I'm as big of a Abrams fan as anyone but I am starting to find a formula that he, in my opinion needs to separate himself from. I noticed this with LOST and CLOVERFIELD specifically and now with SUPER 8. As you know in all three of these Abrams likes to keep it very secret and not tell you anything to build up the hype by producing very vague trailers. Then when you watch the movie its almost the same thing throughout the movie or show its all build up. This is cool like once in my opinion to really know nothing until the end and it would be okay if it were more frequent if the delivery was beyond par but in all these films the build up always far surpasses the delivery. The ending specifically in SUPER 8 and LOST are super weak and/or unoriginal with CLOVERFIELD the whole movie is just build up no attempt to deliver a concluding endings.
I also am aware he is producer in those other concepts but I certainly think he has creative control. BUT!!! this still was a great film in many other ways, it was a great homage to Spielbergs earlier films. The kid actors did really well and had pretty witty lines that were constant. The action had great suspense so that's why I gave this film a 7 and the ending or final "delivery" I would give it somewhere between a 1 and 3 but had that been slightly more original or interesting I would of easily given this film a 9 or 10 but again the end was so weak to me that it ruined it by at least three stars.