Super 8 shoots regular 8

Rating: 2/10 (12 June 2011)

I would have given this a higher rating if done by a lesser set of filmmakers. I get all the send ups to earlier films but just don't get the lack of tenderness. There is more depth of character in Universal's Tarantula. Poorly photographed - can we get over the anamorphic flairs? It worked in Star Trek, doesn't here. I wish we had the early Spielberg back with the sense of wonder, innocence, hope. Just none of that appears here. The actors are excellent. It is far better crafted than 90 percent of studio films but come on, it's Spielberg and Abrams. Surely we should get better. Great ideas that just weren't followed through. Sorry. Maybe I had hoped for too much.