Scary, Funny, and has a nice feel

Rating: 9/10 (17 August 2011)

It has been almost a year since this movie came out, hard to believe isn't it, I can still remember the hype, everyone going crazy about how much they were looking forward to the film. Yet after it finally came out, it seems that so many people were disappointed with the film. Sure it has good reviews, but look up the film on IMDb, look at the featured review, I guarantee it will most likely be someone saying it sucked, or was only OK. Well unlike so many other people, I absolutely loved this movie.
From what I get, a lot of people were disappointed was because it was too similar to other movies like E.T. and the Goonies. Um, yeah, that was the point. The movie was supposed to be like an 80's Spielberg movie.
The film was directed by J.J. Abrams, who is quickly becoming one of my favorite filmmakers. I enjoyed Mission Impossible 3, he produced Cloverfield, one of my favorite movies, and while Star Trek put me to sleep, it looked like he did a good job from what I saw of it. Super 8 looks fantastic, homaging classic Spielberg while also having Abram's own style. The child actors were all fantastic, they didn't seem like actors, they seemed like real kids, and created some funny and memorable characters, my favorite being Charlie.
The effects are top notch, some might complain that there is too much CGI, but come on guys, this was 2011, be happy there are any practical effects. The train derailment was so overblown that it was awesome. And the production value was fantastic, I was born in the 90's, so I can't speak from experience, but I always believed that they were in 1979.
It's hilarious, especially the kid who has an unhealthy obsession with explosives. The diologue is great, the kids swear, like, you know, KIDS. My brother is 12 and he swears more than I do. But the film is also really scary at times. I jumped quite a bit. Which brings me to the sound. I have never thought more about Sound Mixing more than in this movie (Why wasn't this movie nominated for any Oscars?) I had only one big problem with this movie, and that was the ending. The last seven minutes aren't really bad, but it seems the writer didn't know how to end it. I won't spoil anything, but some things just don't make sense.
Super 8 was a great movie, it seems quite a lot of people were disappointed with it, but personally with the exception of the last seven minutes or so, I was completely satisfied.
9/10 Very Mint!!!