we have not experienced the disco era, we have not carried 8mm cameras, we have not had the experience of riding a bicycle around the town, and we have not been in the cinema for the first time. The feeling of excitement when watching "ET Alien"... The lost youth. Handheld cameras, radio broadcasts, retro tapes, mysteries, conspiracy theories, family estrangement, growing up trauma, learning to let go...
You may still be haunted by Lost's deceptive ending, but the tears in your eyes are deceiving Regardless of your emotions, even if you cheat, you have been fooled for 6 years. JJ Abrams is such a god guide, the chief engineer of the first American drama "Lost" in history. Perhaps I was too deeply influenced by "Lost", and now I look back at JJ's film works, and I will not find it difficult to find that typical labels are branded in all his supervisory, choreographed and directed works. "Mysticism", "Being Mysterious", "Retro", "Family and Humanity", etc. The same is true for "Super 8", the most typical of which is its irresistible viral marketing. I believe that many viewers have been looking forward to this film from the trailer full of mystery and the sci-fi war is about to come out. Coupled with the supervision of Steven Spielberg, it makes people more convinced that this is a grand production. , a typical Hollywood blockbuster with magnificent scenes. This preconceived feeling before watching the movie also affects the audience's perception of the movie.
Don't be fooled by Steven Spielberg's name, this film has nothing to do with hot scenes. What the film shows is JJ's consistent creative approach - under the cover of science fiction, there is a heart that pays tribute to science fiction movies in the early 1980s, as well as the return of human nature and family...
Although I don't know JJ's growth environment, it is not difficult to find in his previous works that he is a person deeply influenced by science fiction films and road films in the 1970s and 1980s. From the Dharma project in "Lost", retro video tapes, radio is not difficult to find. We haven't been through the disco era, we've never carried 8mm cameras, we've never cycled through town on our bikes, we've never had the excitement of watching "ET Alien" for the first time in the cinema... Some American audiences are excited when they watch the movie, because this movie is like a time travel, as if bringing them back to an era full of dreams and wild imaginations. In this video journey, they retrieved the sci-fi dream that was gradually lost, the movie dream. Therefore, it is said that this film is an "exclusive" dessert dedicated to audiences living in a specific era.
Knowing the background of the story created by the film and the creative characteristics of the director, it is not difficult to discover the various highlights of "Super 8". JJ likes to play tricks the most, and it is his usual nirvana to get ahead, whether it is the crash of "Lost" or the collective virus infection of passengers in "Fringe". In "Super 8", it became a train derailment, a seemingly unusual traffic accident. All doubts start from here, ZF conspiracy theory? Alien? Occult research? Alien? The more the audience guesses, the more they can mobilize the audience's emotions and promote the development of the plot. And JJ's narration style, which still holds the pipa and half-covered his face, continues to abuse the audience. Alien creatures do not appear for a long time, and when they appear, they are often at the most unexpected time. With the sound and soundtrack, the suspenseful and frightening atmosphere is well done. And the constantly flashing blue light in the movie, 180-degree shooting with a handheld camera, is used by the royal family. The composer's timeless soundtrack made the film technically flawless.
On the scene, in fact, there are very few big scenes. To put it bluntly, the film is a description of the adventures of a group of children's partners holding an 8mm camera during the summer vacation. JJ does not play time travel or parallel universe this time. I just want to realize my childhood director dream, sci-fi dream, on the movie screen. The whole film is supported by a few young actors headed by Lolita Elle Fanning, but I have to admit that the performances of several young actors are vivid and recreate the contemporary American family very well. In particular, Elle Fanning's performance in several scenes is like a movie queen, which is admirable.
And the thing that strikes me the most about the film is the theme it conveys. Almost exactly the same as "Lost", the family background of the male and female protagonists is the loss of their mother when they were young, and the lack of fatherly love. Imperfect characters, more or less lack of humanity. The relic left by the hero's dead mother - a phase chain with typical characteristics of the 70s. It represents a kind of estrangement, a kind of complex. Through a series of events this summer vacation, the two families realized the true meaning of life when they parted. Just like "Lost" advocated Remember And Let It Go. learn to be grateful. Learn to let go. The moment you let go represents growth, it represents letting go. Due to the difference in the length of movies and TV dramas, this theme lacks a certain emotional foreshadowing in performance, which seems a bit deliberate. But as a fan of JJ, it is still very gratifying to see the theme with this label.
What needs to be reminded is that the play in the play after the end credits is the highlight, and the retro zombie movie has a unique flavor under the interpretation of a few small actors. This is also a tribute to JJ's 80-year-old zombie movie...
The old tricks of the old fox and the special gifts for specific groups constitute this retro, tribute, and moving movie.
Just imagining that one day in the future, you can also see a movie that reflects childhood dreams and pays tribute to childhood classics.
PS: It seems that "Red Scarf" has such a taste, but it's just a changed taste.
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