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Rating: 8.5 stars

All movies seen on 06/12/2011

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Super 8 (2011)

Directed by J.J. Abrams

Science Fiction

Most recently watched by CaptainBigTime, tylermager, squeegull, zombiefreak, mpvaughan, noahphex, jenerator, scottfinn, sleestakk, suspectk

Overview

In 1979 Ohio, several youngsters are making a zombie movie with a Super-8 camera. In the midst of filming, the friends witness a horrifying train derailment and are lucky to escape with their lives. They soon discover that the catastrophe was no accident, as a series of unexplained events and disappearances soon follows. Deputy Jackson Lamb, the father of one of the kids, searches for the terrifying truth behind the crash.

Rated PG-13 | Length 112 minutes

Actors

Joel Courtney | Elle Fanning | Riley Griffiths | Kyle Chandler | Noah Emmerich | AJ Michalka | Ryan Lee | Ron Eldard | Gabriel Basso | Bruce Greenwood | Zach Mills | Jessica Tuck | Joel McKinnon Miller | Britt Flatmo | Glynn Turman | Richard T. Jones | Tom Quinn | Caitriona Balfe | Amanda Foreman | David Gallagher | Brett Rice | Dale Dickey | Beau Knapp | Bingo O'Malley | Andrew Miller | Jakob Miller | Robert B. Quiroz | Koa Melvin | Greg Grunberg | Patrick St. Esprit | Katie Lowes | Michael Hitchcock | Michael Giacchino | Jonathan Dixon | Emerson Brooks | Marco Sanchez | Tim Griffin | Jason Brooks | Tony Guma | Teri Clark | Thomas F. Duffy | James Landry Hébert | Jay Scully | Ben Gavin | Dan Castellaneta | Jack Axelrod | Brandon Hirsch

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

I really had no expectations going into this. With the exception of an early trailer, I pretty much avoided any press or advertising having to do with the movie. I did see plenty of tweets about it though, with people’s reactions ranging from superfluous to angrily cynical. Crap like that is why I don’t really read too many movie sites.

I took the whole family to this, and my kids were kind of lukewarm to the idea of seeing it, since they didn’t know much about it.

I have to say, I really liked it. It was one of those fun, “magical” movies that just enjoys itself and delights in the power of cinema to whisk you away on a Saturday afternoon into some other world and keep you entertained for a few hours.

My kids really enjoyed it; much more than they thought they would, which was cool to see.

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