Super 8

[Pelicula]

The only things that put that into their head was the train sequence with something trying to bash its way out and it's another science fiction film from Abrams. Don't let that silly thing put you off...

[Pelicula]

Yep, typed in Super 8 and nothing came up in the search.

[Escape]

Here's a link to an interview with JJ regarding the revealed secrets of this film.

The sound, look and feel especially from this second trailer brings me to the conclusion of another feel good ET film which wouldn't bother me in the least. The creature seems a bit more threatening but that could also be how the trailer is cut to give that illusion.

One thing that disappoints me though is that Abrams had a neat idea that sounds like it could have been very sweet for a movie on it's own but he ended up merging it with this.

"Paramount, meanwhile, had bought a separate idea by Abrams for a spooky film about the 1970s scrutiny of Area 51 and how anxious government officials decided the best way to protect the classified possessions of the increasingly notorious military base was to ship them off to other sites aboard midnight trains — one of which never reaches its final destination."

[Fincher]

I wasn't really paying attention to this since Cloverfield never looked like my sort of movie, and I suspected it would be something like that, but the new trailer has raised my interest considerably.

[JudgeThatMovie9]

The trailer looks ok. The whole plot that J.J. Abrams established for this movie is promising. I'm not big on the sci-fi genre, but this movie I am on the look-out for. Elle Fanning was also officially casted as one of the main characters, which is awesome. She is my favorite child actress.

I am only hoping that it doesn't disappoint me like War of the Worlds did. That Steven Spielberg movie was a disappointed, and had assembled a bad cast. I really don't care much about Tom Cruise or Dakota Fanning (Dakota and Elle both have different acting styles, so they're movies are not alike in any sort of way).

Back to topic. I know this movie is going to be good, and I will definitely watch the movie for the sole facts that it's not Steven Spielberg, it is more of an original idea and not a remake of a previous film, great plot material, and it's featuring my favorite child actress.

[Calvin1]

I don't rate Cloverfield at all, it wasn't my type of movoe. This looks quite good but i am not expecting a really good movie with this.

[mosefus]

Just hope it's nothing like that God awful Spielberg Presents TV show Taken though, with Abrams on board, my hopes are pretty high.
I'll definitely be watching.

[rjpilot101]

I have to say, this is the first movie trailer that i've seen in a long time that has really got me interested. I can't wait till it come out.

[Pelicula]

YouTube - Super 8 Trailer 3 NEW!

YouTube - Super 8 Trailer 3 NEW!

This looks very good. 2011s E.T/Close Encounters.

[Pelicula]

Some good thoughts on people who have seen it already:

1. Folks, this is everything the trailer promised it would be, a genuine kids action picture made intelligently and observantly, with stellar child performances and a fun, ultimately humanistic (of course!) approach to the entire cast (if you understand how your childhood favorites operated, you'll chuckle at the misdirection with Rob Eldard's character). Abrams reminds me here not so much of Spielberg, as I gather has been bandied about, but a much higher compliment, Joe Dante. Particularly in his treatment and usage of child actors-- this is some of the best young adult work I've seen in years, and each kid has a fun and unique take on their role. I thought the two leads, Elle Fanning and Joel Courtney, were the strongest, but the audience definitely loved the pyrotechnic kid. As for the film itself, I don't want to give too much away, but the leisurely pacing is welcome, and the pic certainly has the most protracted, absurdly complicated and expensive-looking train derailment in cinema history going for it, if nothing else! It was touching to watch everyone in the theatre get up at the end of the film and then linger, congregating around the exit as they stayed to watch those mint end credits roll, too.

2. I loved every minute of it. J.J. Abrams' signature blue lens flares aside (there are a ton), this is a gorgeously directed picture with excellent casting and performances throughout. The children are the standouts here, as Elle Fanning might be the best child actress I've ever seen and the rest of the kids give their own uniquely adept performances. I don't want to spoil anything either, but let's just say that this movie borrows from horror classics like The Fog and kidflick classics like E.T., Gremlins, and the always-underappreciated Small Soldiers where it needs to, but it never feels like anything but its own film. The story it has to tell is thankfully a complete, rich, and unique one. Partway through I sort of had the nervous Lost "oh no, they don't know where they're going with this, do they?" feeling, but luckily any fears I had in the middle of the film were put to rest by the wonderful conclusion. The adults are cast about as well as they can be. The script never veered too far off its intended track, using profanity at the right times without going too crazy with it, and it created some genuinely moving moments throughout that are sorely missing from most modern action films.