Super 8
The last person in the world to see Super 8? Possibly me!
I loved this film, honestly loved it. I don’t think it was trying to say anything all that profound (beyond ‘let go of your grief’) but it was so fun. Full of jump moments and o-m-g-what-the-hell-is-that moments. And Elle Fanning is fabulous. Acting skills must really run in that family.
I couldn’t bring myself to have that much sympathy for the monster, though. What happened to it was terrible (why, humans? why?) but it did kill a lot of innocent people, so ET it wasn’t. Although I quietly like to think that his species and ET come from neighbouring planets.
I do love that the kids basically made the monster leave…by telling it off. Heh. You could only really pull off a movie like this from a child’s perspective, couldn’t you? Without that, it’d be…well, it’d be Cloverfield. And Cloverfield is fabulous, but it’s a gimmick that only really works once. (Also, does anyone hope that this is what JJ Abrams made instead of the proposed Cloverfield sequel? Because I so very don’t want one.)
I wish Alice had had a bit more to do, she was my favourite of the kids. I liked the firecracker kid too, though- oh, and I love that they all actually looked and acted like kids of that age.
Using my War Of The Worlds icon because this had quite a bit in common with that, too. Namely the parent/child theme and the presence of a Fanning…