What happened, J.J.?

Rating: 2/10 (15 March 2016)

I love Cloverfield (2008) and I think it is one of the best films of all time in my opinion. When I found out that J.J. Abrams was working on another giant-monster flick (and using the same tactic in which you find out it's a monster when you actually see it), I was more than excited. I missed it when it was in theaters, but now that I've finally seen the movie, I can safely say that I am glad I didn't see this in the theaters; this movie is horrible. If I could underline words in this review, "horrible," would be underlined, but that's not important now.
This movie is really stupid. First of all, what kind of parents don't check on their kids and find out that they were out at night during a train wreck? Second, the monster itself (which I call "Cooper," since that's what they called it during filming) is a total disgrace. Cooper himself isn't a bad monster; he's actually very scary, and no, he isn't the Cloverfield monster, and isn't related in any way.
The monster turns out to be friendly. Now, it's one thing to have a friendly monster in a giant-monster movie (Gamera, Godzilla, etc.), but here, it just doesn't work. I will give the film credit though, for telling us where the monster came from this time, but that doesn't help. Turns out, all the monster wanted was to go home like E.T. So what does this 1970s town do? Help it. They sacrifice all the metal they have to rebuild a spaceship for Cooper (the monster) and even the main character gets rid of his necklace with his dead mom on it, which mattered to him more than anything. That, my friend, is not a good ending. The monster tried to kill everyone, and you decide to help it?! Ergh, my brain hurts.
I love Cloverfield, but I don't love Super 8. Please, stay away.