Super 8 Review -- Makes You Feel Like A Kid, Because Parents Are Total Idiots

Elle Fanning, Joel Courtney and Riley Griffiths are total scene-stealers in Super 8. Here's hoping whoever plays their parents in future films are just as dumb and neglectful as the ones found in this film. That way they can steal more scenes!
There are two movies to be found in Super 8. One, is a loving homage to the building blocks of movies that generation-X and Y’ers held dear to them pre-adolescence. The other is a summer blockbuster that is unabashedly illogical and powerfully hokey. Director and writer J. J. Abrams, has done well with Super 8, in one regard. Setting a movie in a non-descript Ohio locale with unique child actors was a move that suits his style. Balancing this children’s science fictional realm, while keeping the supposed adults entertained is where the movie fails. See Super 8, but avert your eyes when the movie turns into a shameful rendition of Independence Day.

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