Super 8
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Cast & Credits:
Release Date: June 10, 2011 (conventional and IMAX theaters)
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Director: J.J. Abrams
Screenwriter: J.J. Abrams
Starring:Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
MPAA Rating: Not Available
Website: Super8-movie.com
Budget: $45,000,000 (estimated) - Categories: Action | Horror | Sci Fi | Thriller | Adventure | All
Story
In the summer of 1979, a group of friends in a small Ohio town witness a catastrophic train crash while making a super 8 movie and soon suspect that it was not an accident. Shortly after, unusual disappearances and inexplicable events begin to take place in town, and the local Deputy tries to uncover the truth – something more terrifying than any of them could have imagined.
Product Information
Super 8 (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo)
 47 New from $9.44 53 Used from $3.36 1 Collectible from $24.99 as of 05/18/2013 16:00 MST details Technical Details Add To Baby Registry Add To Wedding Registry Add To Wishlist Tell A Friend All Customer Reviews All Offers | Actor: Elle Fanning Actor: Kyle Chandler Actor: Joel Courtney Actor: Ryan Lee Actor: Zach Mills AspectRatio: 2.35:1 AudienceRating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: Blu-ray Brand: Paramount Color: color Director: J.J. Abrams EAN: 0097361454443 EANList: Format: AC-3 Format: Blu-ray Format: Color Format: Dolby Format: Dubbed Format: NTSC Format: Subtitled Format: Widescreen IsEligibleForTradeIn: 1 ItemDimensions: Label: Paramount Pictures Languages: ListPrice: Manufacturer: Paramount Pictures MPN: PARBR145444 NumberOfDiscs: 2 PackageDimensions: PackageQuantity: 1 PartNumber: PARBR145444 ProductGroup: DVD ProductTypeName: ABIS_DVD Publisher: Paramount Pictures RegionCode: 1 ReleaseDate: 2011-11-22 RunningTime: 112 SKU: 721888 Studio: Paramount Pictures Title: Super 8 (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo) TradeInValue: UPC: 097361454443 UPCList: |
Product Description JJ Abrams and Steven Spielberg join forces in this extraordinary tale of youth, mystery, and adventure. Super 8 tells the story of six friends who witness a train wreck while making a Super 8 movie, only to learn that something unimaginable escaped during the crash. They soon discover that the only thing more mysterious than what it is, is what it wants. Experience the film that critics rave is, “filled with unstoppable imagination and visual effects to spare. It will put a spell on you.” – Peter Travers, Rolling Stone Amazon.com Few filmmakers have ever had a run at the tables like Steven Spielberg, whose output from 1971's Sugarland Express to, say, 1982's E.T. displayed an amazingly unforced melding of huge set pieces and small human gestures. Even at their most chaotic, they somehow felt organic. Super 8, writer-director J.J. Abrams's authorized tribute to classic Spielbergisms, hits all of the marks (Lived-in suburbia backdrop, check. Awestruck gazes upwards, check. Parental discord, check. Lens flares, amazingly huge check), but its adherence to the formula squelches much of its own potential. Appealing as it is to see a summer movie that retro-prioritizes character development over jittery quick-cut explosions, the viewer is always aware at how furiously it's working to seem effortless. Set in 1979, Abrams's script follows a group of movie-crazy kids attempting to make a zombie flick, only to have their plans cut short by a close encounter with a train derailment. As the military pours over the wreckage and neighbors start disappearing, the gang realizes that their footage contains a cameo appearance by an extremely grumpy guest star. For a film whose promotional campaign hinged so strongly on creating an air of mystery, Super 8 is a fairly straightforward melding of E.T. and Jurassic Park, albeit one featuring an oddly schizophrenic monster (he eats people… until he doesn't). Abrams makes his young cast shine (particularly when developing a hint of romance between leads Joel Courtney and Elle Fanning), while also providing a nice character arc for Kyle Chandler, as a widowed deputy who can see his relationship with his son slipping away. Aside from a few primo early jolts, however, the creature-feature aspects feel increasingly shoehorned in alongside the more assured coming-of-age elements. Abrams's film has more than enough bright spots to warrant a viewing, but its insistence on worshipfully following the master's playbook is a bit of a bummer. Imitation isn't always flattering. --Andrew Wright | |
