Short plot
The film tells the story of a group of children who are filming their own Super 8 movie when a train derails, releasing a dangerous presence into their town.In the summer of 1979, Joe Lamb (Joel Courtney), a 14-year-old boy living in the fictional town of Lillian, Ohio, has lost his mother in a factory accident. Louis Dainard (Ron Eldard) comes to the wake, but Joe's father, Deputy Jackson Lamb (Kyle Chandler), takes Dainard away in handcuffs. It is later revealed that Jackson blames Louis for his wife's death because he was absent during his shift and she had to fill in for him.
Four months later, Joe's friend Charles Kaznyk (Riley Griffiths) convinces Dainard's daughter Alice (Elle Fanning) to be the protagonist's（主人公、主唱者） wife in his low budget zombie movie on Super 8 film. Alice steals her father's car and takes Joe, Charles, Preston (Zach Mills), Martin (Gabriel Basso), and Cary (Ryan Lee) to an old train depot where the group plans to film a scene. During the shoot, Joe watches a pick-up truck drive onto the tracks and place itself in the path of an oncoming train, causing a massive derailment. In the aftermath of the accident, the kids find the wreck littered with strange white cubes, and they approach the truck and discover Dr. Woodward (Glynn Turman), their biology teacher, behind the wheel of the truck. He instructs them to never talk about what they saw; otherwise, they and their parents will be killed. Moments afterwards, the U.S. Air Force, led by Colonel Nelec (Noah Emmerich), arrives to secure the crash site while the kids flee the scene.
Reviews
DIRECTOR J J Abrams is clearly a fan of Steven Spielberg, who takes on producer duties here.But that admiration has created a movie that just reminds us of the kind of family films Spielberg was making three decades ago — without ever being quite as good.Sharing genetic （遺伝、発生源）material with the likes of ET and Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, this fails to capture the sheer（純然たる） magic of those experiences
It all starts well. It is 1979 and a gang of kids are trying to make their own zombie movie on a Super 8 camera.The young cast are excellent.They have great chemistry and in one brilliant scene Abrams perfectly captures the group dynamics of children as they sit in a restaurant.And the burgeoning（芽生えつつある、成長する） romance between the quiet Joe (Joel Courtney) and token girl(
男子グループの紅一点って感じ） of the group Alice (Elle Fanning) is touchingly naive.Soon, though, the plot leaves behind these well observed intricacies in favour of becoming a run-of-the-mill conspiracy thriller, as it shifts its attention to Joe's dad (Kyle Chandler) and his attempts to solve the mystery.A film of some touching moments and impressive images that, overall, is not nearly as satisfying as you would expect — or want — it to be.
But stay for the credits because you see the film the kids were making in full — a super treat to end on．
The concept of "Super 8" is combining the elements of J.J. Abrams and Steven Spielberg. The trailer made you think it's like E.T. plus Cloverfield. Well, it's true. There is nothing new about "Super 8" but it brought us back to the good old classic times, it's funny, it's exciting, and it's amazing.
"Super 8" is another intriguing(魅力ある） monster movie by J.J. Abrams. Yes, you really wanna know what it looks like but I'm not gonna tell you. The sad thing is it's not as intriguing as Cloverfield. But It's easy to ignore that problem because there is something better than being another Cloverfield. It feels like you are watching a good old classic movie. Great characters, Good old fashion score, and kids intrigued by the situation.
The story is really about the characters' zombie movie making and the family tragedy while there's a monster attacking their town. The monster is like the background or the subplot of this film. But the movie still got suspense. The movie is indeed beautiful and plenty of heart. The movie is just nostalgic stuff. It's not trying to be new. It just wants to show how J.J. Abrams is inspired by Steven Spielberg's movies.
There are some amazing scenes in this film. Example, the train collision was breathtaking. The movie sure has a lot of humor. It's like a relic （遺物、名残り）to the old family movies. The CGI is good enough. The performances were good. The kids gave a lot of personality to their roles.
"Super 8" is a J.J. Abrams film with Spielberg's trademarks all over it. It's not a blockbuster that has a lot of action and less talking. This movie is made in old fashion style. Yep, this movie is nostalgic if you saw Spielberg's old movies and it's good to see another one like it.
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