Super 8? More Like Super HATE!
Has anybody seen the latest episode of Southpark where Stan thought everything was "crap"? Well I felt like that while watching Super 8. I thought it was over hyped. It was disappointing. I felt that there was no climax at all but rather just a constant climb only to be disappointed. The kids' acting were splendid but that was pretty much it.
SPOILER: It was so predictable. A bunch of wanna be "GOONIES" discover there's an alien (a tiny version of the Cloverfield monster) on the loose. Alien kills everybody except the kids. Alien abducts one of the kids. They rescue the kid. Alien gets pissed off. Kid with testicles confront him. Alien shows empathy. Alien goes home.
The movie left me with no emotions at the end. Was I supposed to be scared? Was I supposed to pretend it was an adventure. WHAT....? It was a mere imitation of The Goonies, ET, and Cloverfield combined but failed miserably. =/
This Rotten Tomatoes review sums up how I felt about this movie.
"An awkward, overstuffed adventure that wears its influences on its sleeve but doesn't deliver on their promises. It's kinda funny, and kinda cool, but in the end you feel - basically - nothing." - Eugene Novikov
SPOILER: It was so predictable. A bunch of wanna be "GOONIES" discover there's an alien (a tiny version of the Cloverfield monster) on the loose. Alien kills everybody except the kids. Alien abducts one of the kids. They rescue the kid. Alien gets pissed off. Kid with testicles confront him. Alien shows empathy. Alien goes home.
The movie left me with no emotions at the end. Was I supposed to be scared? Was I supposed to pretend it was an adventure. WHAT....? It was a mere imitation of The Goonies, ET, and Cloverfield combined but failed miserably. =/
This Rotten Tomatoes review sums up how I felt about this movie.
"An awkward, overstuffed adventure that wears its influences on its sleeve but doesn't deliver on their promises. It's kinda funny, and kinda cool, but in the end you feel - basically - nothing." - Eugene Novikov