CHILDREN OF ENGLAND!!!
I KNOW LIFE IS BORING! BUT THERE IS NO NEED TO PROTEST FOR NO REASON!!!
INSTEAD HEAD DOWN TO YOUR LOCAL CINEMA (independent one preferably) GET YOURSELF A LARGE POPCORN COMBO WITH A LARGE PEPSI MAX AND GO AND SEE SUPER 8!
ONE OF THE ONLY FILMS OUT AT THE MOMENT THAT I WOULD RATHER SEE THAN HAVE MY EYES RIPPED OUT OF MY SOCKETS!!! (ahem Mr Poppers Penguins ahem).
JJ Abram's (The Director of The Newest Star Trek film) new 70's set Sci Fi coming of age film doesn't fail to disappoint. Set in the fictional town of Lillian, Ohio; the film follows 13 year old Joel Lamb (who's recently lost his mother to an accident at a Lumber Mill) as he helps his friend Charles (my favourite character XD ) and his other friends as they try and create a Zombie film for a film festival (With Super 8 film hence the name) as they film a scene at a train station they witness a car purposely drive onto the tracks to hit an Air Force train. Releasing a dark secret upon the town (I apologize for the cheesy line).
The film has the potential to be awful. If the group of kids playing the main characters had no acting ability then the film itself would fall apart. But the kids act with the perfect mix of humour and drama. My friends and myself ended our day by shouting out the funniest lines of the film at each other. So part of the reason that the kids performances blew me away can be owed to the writer of the film (JJ Abrams again). The character's personalities rely on each other well, from the chubby film director with an obsession with production value to the long haired, bracefaced, loud pyromaniac. The Characters are brilliantly played and very well formed and my favourite element of the film.
The special effects in the film are great. Unfortunately I can't go into detail on the extent of them as the whole set up of the film was brought about shrouded in secrecy. The first teaser trailer of the the film is one of the most Maxium charged trailers with almost minimal point to it. The only thing that the film introduced is that there is a train crash and reveals the title. But to be honest this approach made it the film that most excited me. All I can say is look out for the special effects cos they will rock ur sox.
The film acts as a homage to the Steven Speilberg movies of their time (Close Encounters & E.T predominantly). I think as a film it has the potential to have the same effect as these films by capturing the audiences mind's and going down in film history. I hope it does as i loved it.
8.5/10
Tip- Stay in your seats at the end as the kid's film within a film is shown over the credits
