A mix of ET and Stand By Me. A great memorable new young cast. Great mystery and fun.

Really enjoyed this. Young actors who aren't annoying at all and a nice story.

Also wirklich schlecht fand ich den nicht ... erinnert nen bisschen an E.T. aber ist doch "anders". Kann man gucken ...

The problems with this film are mirrored in the alien in the centre of the film's plot. Its a vague blur of ideas, both emotionally sympathetic with its adolescent characters yet brutish in its explosions and chaos, which feels disjointed and somewhat cobbled together. Like the alien, the emotional core doesn't really feel tangible, never in said characterisation, the references to cinema or as a sci-fi film. Its somewhat surprising for me how well received this was, but maybe I'm an exception.

I couldn't believe how well the kids played their parts. It really made the film. The film is basically J.J Abrams take on classic Spielberg, with Spielberg paying for the effects and presumably giving it a nod of approval. It's good fun.

What can I say, I bought into this J.J. Abrams fare hook, line and sinker. I realize it's a bit trite and predictable, and the ending was typical Abrams strangeness, but this was a beautifully-made, and very entertaining film, in the classic Spielberg vein. Definitely worth seeing.

JJ Abrams wages his ongoing war against continuity. I like the part with the kids.

I lost interest after the Train crash, which is OK in itself. Lately military demonstration in movies put me into sleep mode. The E.T. recombination technology looks interesting but is not enough exploited to my taste.

I really liked this, and but mostly for the family drama, and less for the alien drama.

These are characters I care about, with personalities and creativity and relatable problems and aspirations. Yes, the film isn't very original. It wears its influences proudly on its sleeve. But the movie is very entertaining, with good pacing, action, humor, and character moments. The cast of kids is quite likeable. Technically the film is solid, too (except the overdose of lens flares) and I liked the score. Even if a lot of the film was overly familiar, I had a really good time watching it.

This is a fun summer film. The stars of the film are a bunch of likeable kids and they are all very good at their roles. The story is simple yet enjoyable, there are some laughs and some thrilling moments.

I really liked Super 8. It was extremely reminiscent of Spielberg, without quite being on that level. Still, this film still has the vivid youthful enthusiasm that '80s films like E.T. & The Goonies captured. It's really special when a film is able to capture truthful emotions and the real dynamics between kids. It's even better when that dynamic is thrown into a wild adventure.

My Thoughts: "I throughly enjoyed this movie. It was such a great kid's flick. My niece said this movie is to her what Goonies is for me. Goonies is one of my all time favorite films from when I was younger. This movie does have an essence of the Goonies, Stand By Me, a bit of E.T. and the mystery of Cloverfield mixed in. But the movie is definitely original and it's own film. The movie screamed that Spielberg had a hand in it. Great job by him and J.J. Abrams. I loved the script. It had a great

Revisited (2)

Pretty unoriginal.

6+ recommended

The story of the kids making their Super 8 film (the film-within-a-film subplot) was infinitely more interesting than the cliched and overdone alien-monster story.

Nonsensical, loads of special effects that add nothing to the story (which isn't very good anyway).

A film which loves film.

I loved 'Cloverfield' and most of Spielberg's stuff, but this just didn't hit the mark. There's nothing really bad here, it just all seems a little cliched and done with. Another misunderstood alien? Another small town tormented by strange events? Another evil military conspiracy? Another kid dealing with a dead parent while the remaining one is distant and doesn't understand him? Other reviewers here say the rest. Average, nothing special.

It's a nostailgic throwback to a time when family entertainment at the cinema had a little bit of brains. The ending is a little messy, but overall "Super 8" is excellent.

Abrams' projects have, for the most part, all left an impression on me (LOST!) so I was anxious to see what he would do next and combined with Spielberg as a producer it would be a sure fire hit right? Wrong! While there's nothing inherently bad about Super 8 it is far from the suspensful disaster flick Cloverfield was, which had amazing set pieces and a fairly interesting fiction to boot. Sadly, Super 8 did not deliver on any of that. It lacks a clear direction which makes it an average flick.

it was pretty cute, but the "monster movie" parts were unquestionably the weak point, which is a pretty hard-to-ignore flaw when you're making what is ostensibly a monster movie

Hey, a proper blockbuster film! Proper characters with a proper, engaging story, and proper, well-written characters with proper issues, obstacles, and resolutions, with proper action scenes with proper suspense and proper effects, all the while with proper acting and proper emotions. Abrams, please make the next Transformers film.

Felt like I was watching the goonies. Below expectations.

A decent kids' movie, feels like a mix of The Goonies with some E.T. most of the time. Never truly special, and the combination lens flare + teal/orange coloring can fuck right the fuck off. The final movie we see during the credits definitely was the highlight.

Entertaining, pretty good acting (for kids) and cool story. That movie at the end was amazing, best part of the movie. But seriously, those FUCKING lens-flares really pissed me off. Very unnecessary and didn't add a thing. Shit, I'm pissed off again...

Super 8 is a throwback to the 80's summer blockbuster with fancy CGI added. The whole monster subplot was poorly developed, in my opinion, but I lost 'you nostalgia, you loose' game. Strange, I really enjoyed all the screen glares, bokeh, that comes with anamorphic cinematography. It just looks more interesting then 'modern' heavily post-processed teal/orange look.

It's not the 90s anymore. No one cares about these kinda stories anymore. BTW JJ enough with the lens flares. Cheesy film from a mediocre director and a "stuck in the past" producer.

I guess I expected something different, but it was entertaining enough. Nothing exceptional, but definitely a very good movie.