SUPER 8

"Super 8" is a throwback to the classic Steven Spielberg movies of yesteryear. Though Steven Spielberg only produced the movie, his influences are felt and J.J. Abrams does a fine job Directing this movie.

The movie in a way, is a mash-up of both "E.T. The Extraterrestrial" and "The Goonie's. " Throughout the movie, there is a continuous build up that leads to an unfortunately a very weak ending. Don't get me wrong...I love the fact that there wasn't too much CGI in this movie. In my own opinion, too many Sci-Fi movies today rely so much on special effects that their story basically falls flat...this wasn't the case with "Super 8." The movie had a great story to tell and there was a lot of good character development throughout the movie.

Everything about this movie breathes circa 1979....From the retro-clothes featuring funky bell bottoms and sideburns, to the classic sounds of "The Commodores" and their hit song "Easy."

The movie starts off with a group of Middle School kids, who are trying to make a movie for a film competition. They sneak off into the night and head towards a train station where they needed a location for a Zombie movie they are working on. Upon acting, the kids figured it would be a perfect film shot to get the train passing during filming. Unfortunately for the kids, a driver crashes into the train head-on and all havoc breaks loose. From people disappearing, to dogs leaving town, there is a sense of Area 51 Government Conspiracies throughout the movie. And the mystery keeps building because one see's what this creature looks like, until we get a glimpse of it from the Super 8 film the kids were using to make their movie.

Later in the movie, we learn that the creature is a victim...a victim that crash landed on Earth back in 1958. All the creature wanted was a little help to get off the planet but unfortunately, the Government and their Scientist wanted to experiment on the strange visitor from another planet. This made the creature turn against the Earthlings and in the end, he gets off into space in fast fashion.

It's a fun movie to watch and there is a build-up throughout the movie where you sense a very big ending, but I felt that SUPER 8, with all it's build up fell flat....that's just my opinion on the movie.