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Super 8 (2011) Movie Information |
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Overall Rank: |
962 |
Avg. Rating: |
2.82/4 |
# of Ratings: |
266 |
Genres: |
Sci-Fi |
Rating: |
PG-13 |
Language: |
English |
Theater Date: | 06/10/2011 |
DVD Release: |
11/22/2011 |
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Director: |
J.J. Abrams |
Actors: |
Elle Fanning
Kyle Chandler
Amanda Michalka
Ron Eldard
Gabriel Basso
Noah Emmerich |
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Plot Outline:
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A group of six children filming a home movie with a Super 8 camera witness a horrific train crash on a remote railway crossing. Yet the crash is only the beginning of the ordeal, as the train bound from Area 51 carries an inhuman cargo that has now been set free. -- Chris Kavan
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chrisdye newguy 03/08/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
Rating of
4/4 |
this movie was not exactly what i expected it to be and that is great because i expected to hate it but when i got out of the theater i felt that i had realy spent my money wisley because i had a realy great time and was glad i went to see it the story was about this group of five friends who decide they want to make a monster movie but all goes wrong when they realise that they may be geting more than they bargan for when an actual monster comes on the seen and trys to destroy the town well like i said i loved the movie and ella fanning is just too beautiful for human words my only gripe too mutch swearing for my taste but other than that i loved it |
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Ean Vali 01/13/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
Rating of
1.5/4 |
This movie was supossed to be a movie Stephen Spielberg could make. Well sorry boys, think again. If I was Spielberg I would have pulled my head off (glad I'm not him!). The movie is slow, unrealistic (its Ci-Fi...) I mean the things that happen raise a lot of questions of how do those stupid kids survive all that mess. Its a sorry combination of E.T., The Goonies and a couple of other movies and to be honest this one does then all wrong! |
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Alex 12/30/2011 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
Rating of
3.5/4 |
A very solid sci fi drama. Some compare it to Goonies or Stand By Me (don't believe the hype, it isn't that good). It had some magical elements in it and the Kid actors are outstanding. I would consider this movie more like Explorers with Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix. Glad to see some magic made it back into the theaters. |
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09/25/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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"Super 8" by Yojimbo |
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A group of high school geeks with an obsession with zombie movies witness a train wreck that contains a secret the military are desperate to cover up. Super 8 self-consciously harks back to the classic family sci-fi movies of the late 70s and early 80s and it comes as no surprise that Steven Spielberg's name is attached to the project. He's clearly a very hands-on producer as Super 8 reeks of his influence and has the kind of family friendly charm that he's always been so good at. The story is essentially The Goonies meet E.T., if E.T. were huge and very pissed off! The cast of youngsters are very impressive indeed and far from the usual irritating brats that populate Hollywood blockbusters, with Ellie Fanning in particular putting in very watchable performance as the reluctant heroine. T... |
Rating of
3/4 |
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09/24/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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Although not the film's fault i found this dull. |
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Ok, when i had heard the ratings whilst this film was still fresh in the theatres on how well it was doing, it only hyped me all the more to get my butt in gear and go see it. Let's put it this way their are a few films after seeing them i was a little dissapointed although i thought deserved second chances, and i think this belongs on that same list as i was dissapointed and bored although i think a second look is in order. The problems here start i think primarily with myself as when i originally saw this movie it was part of a quadruple bill at the local drive in theatre as to which it was the third film to be shown that started no earlier then 3am, needless to say by that time fatigue had set in majorally. Number 2 the screen it was shown upon was pretty dark to begin with and Super 8... |
Rating of
1.5/4 |
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03/18/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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Anti-magnetic |
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I love sci-fi, haven't seen a Spielberg film I didn't enjoy, loved other Abrams productions (apart from the ending of Lost, because of which I still occasionally seethe), but this was just so-so. I found it slow, it seemed to fall somewhere between a teen and an adult film, and what some deem nostalgia felt like cliche to me. It seemed like film making by numbers - gather an assortment of goofs, add a pretty girl (in films, heroines cannot be goofs, heroes can), chuck in some personal grief, a load of public servants gone bad, add a family member who cannot show the love they feel because they have been hurt so deeply, and of course complete the assemblage with the alien (always seen as clearly as a blurred blurry thing in the darkest of semi-darknesses - until of course it looks deep i... |
Rating of
2.5/4 |
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