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Super 8
Kayden 2022-03-16 09:01:02
Great acting by the kids, especially Elle Fanning and Joel Courtney. Although this is a science-fiction movie, it is not overrun by meticulous, complicated science nor big explosions and scary monsters. Rather, the gist of the storyline originates from the characters and families of a small town in Ohio, and illustrates how a massive incident could impact the lives and world view of its inhabitants, and vice versa, sometimes big events could be triggered by internal feelings. However, I believe the movie lacked any sparks of excitement of enlightenment, and the dialogues and cinematography seems a little too simplistic. An okay movie with a respectable premise, but is it truly memorable? I wouldn't say so.
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Leanna 2022-04-23 07:01:24
Except for the cute girl, it's quite bad. To be precise, it's not as interesting as the 8mm of the children at the end of the film.
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Marcus 2022-03-19 09:01:03
I think those who don’t know what they want to watch are better not to score. The film draws the audience back to the 70s, and even the entire film is full of the 70s feel, whether it is the soundtrack or the monster with the same antennae. The whole film is like a dream of a boy who loves monsters and UFOs, like an easter egg at the end of the film. Although there are many obvious shortcomings, we are happy in it, because this is the most important to that era or our own childhood.
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Alice Dainard: What was that necklace? The one you were holding at the train crash. Was it your mom's?
Joe Lamb: My dad gave it to her the day I was born. She wears it all the time. Well, used to. And... It was bad how she died and... But my dad got it back.
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Joe Lamb: [old home movies of Joe's late mother playing] It's... It's so weird. Watching her like this. Like she's still here. She used to look at me this way, like really look, and I just knew I was there, that I existed.
Alice Dainard: He drank that morning, My dad. He missed his shift.
[Alice begins to cry]
Alice Dainard: Your mom took it for him, the day of the accident,
[long pauses. Fighting back tears]
Alice Dainard: He... He, um... He... He wishes... I know he wishes it was him instead of her. And sometimes I do, too.
Joe Lamb: Don't... Don't say that. He's your dad.
[home movie ends]