tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316196887919879512.post7895795465760851201..comments2024-02-06T21:54:44.312-08:00Comments on Armchair Audience: Super 8Peter Swansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02965010847272304369noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316196887919879512.post-4770674008806647382011-06-13T09:24:44.180-07:002011-06-13T09:24:44.180-07:00Elle Fanning singlehandedly saved the Fanning fami...Elle Fanning singlehandedly saved the Fanning family acting dynasty for me. Way to go! I am quite sure they were worried about my opinion. It's like she came down from another planet herself, and just was this amazing actress. I thought the kids were the best, which was good, since they were the focus of the whole thing.<br /><br />I actually liked it, the ending was problematic, a little too much "Modern Day Spielberg" and not enough "Old School Spielberg". But for the most part, Abrams wanted to tell the stories of both Chief Brody AND the ET gang. You can’t do that, because then you’re trying to do a odd-man-out-and-on-a-mission story and a rag-tag-kids-surviving-in-an-adult-world story. The story just loses focus.<br /><br />I loved it because I can see the care Abrams put into it. My only problem is that he wasn’t patient enough to chose one movie for "Super 8" and save the rest for his next movie, and instead made all his future movies at once. But overall I had fun.<br /><br />I also think Christopher Nolan and J.J. Abrams should just keep taking turns putting out movies every other Summer.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09723706123622952060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316196887919879512.post-18196139568026246942011-06-11T12:53:28.387-07:002011-06-11T12:53:28.387-07:00Oh, too bad. I still would like to see this, Peter...Oh, too bad. I still would like to see this, Peter. Though I wish I hadn't read your review and learned what the film is actually about. Oh well, I'll just pretend I don't know. :)Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.com