Super 8 (2011)
Written and directed
by J. J. Abrams with the influence of Steven Spielberg as producer
this film stars child actors Joel Courtney and Elle Fanning. While
trying to make a zombie film to enter into a film festival a group of
young teenagers witness a train crash.
You can really see the
similarities between this film and the work of Spielberg in a number
of his own films so what we get here is a really good coming of age
story wrapped up in a monster picture. Where the story falls down
slightly is in the ending which does feel like it is pushing it's
agenda just a little too hard and could have done with a little more
subtlety. Of the cast Elle Fanning in particular gives a really good
performance and the only real down side to the direction is that of
the excessive use of lens flare in nearly every shot.
4/5
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