Super 8 takes a winning formula and it is a replica of a degree of success, but very little originality finds its way in the film. Comparisons with other films are almost inevitable, and while the canon of Steven Spielberg will be certainly included, such diversion works against the overall entertainment value efforts Director J.J. Abrams. The child actors are spectacular and their juvenile exuberance keeps the excitement and adventure will even when the plot is not quite catch up. It is a pity that the rest of the film, especially the Monster does not provide an equal level of alertness. In fact, the link is the emergence of the foreign threat which is slowly revealed with the adage "less is more", but this tactic actually prevents the public perceive their own terrifying vision due to a striking resemblance to a rather famous creature of Abrams previous productions. Perhaps the premise intentionally fueled by nostalgia overcome many shortcomings of the film with the general public, but demanding critics are likely to brush aside the veil and see the heavy repetition just below the surface.
In a small town in Ohio, young Joe Lamb (Joel Courtney) attempts to move his life after the death of his mother, Elizabeth, in a mill accident. With his father, Assistant (Kyle Chandler) becoming more and more remote, Joe fills his time helping her best friend Charles (Riley Griffiths) create a Super 8 film for a film festival. When a train derails military and releases a unique force on the city without suspicion, Joe and his friends embark on the adventure of a lifetime to discover the shocking truth surrounding the catastrophic incident.
Super 8 would probably be great fun for anyone who has never seen a film by Steven Spielberg. Unfortunately for Abrams, who desperately wants to be the next Spielberg, almost everyone attended the magic of cinema of meetings of the third kind, the adventure of the Lost Ark, Saving Private Ryan Schindler list and more. However, Abrams chooses other films to copy: as Jaws, the monster is revealed very slowly; the creature prefers prey of torture such as Jurassic Park, in vehicles that it rolls across the street; and as the war of the worlds, the relationship between a single father and the child is distant, strained, and rife with misunderstanding. Borrowing from other films, Super 8 is also similar to the Goonies, the iron giant and more upsettingly, Cloverfield. The entire project is painfully and obviously derived.
As in countless films, military assumes the role of villain, the mysterious monstrosity is improperly assessed by the multitude and the Group of children is entirely too brave, adventurous, and lucky. One of the only skilled factors involves the use of the film-in-a-movie gimmick, which, by itself, is not unique. In this case, the student film is intentionally bad, offering plenty of humour. It also mimics the way the whole film is designed: Charlie adds a wife for the detective in his film to help the audience to care for the main character - in the same way, Alice becomes a love interest of Joe, (more attention on the relationship with his detached father); Alice is requested to cry on cue extra dramatic emotional - when she looks at the images of the mother of Joe, she cries truly; and when Charlie demands that they turn scenes with the wreckage of the train in the background for the value of production, it is parallel to the incredible amount of destruction, explosions and use of computer animation for the exotic colossus used generously in all.
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