Movie Theater Super 8

[Tucsondave]

Good ole time movie going. Reminiscent of Stand By Me,It,and ET all rolled into one. Very Steven Kingesque. Good special effects. Movie moved along at a good pace and was enjoyable. If you grew up in the 70's in a small eastern town everything looked familiar. Cool cars and styles. My son (15) also found it enjoyable. YMMV

 

[SledDog]

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Stick around after the credits to see the movie the kids were working on.

 

[Tucsondave]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Sled Dog</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Stick around after the credits to see the movie the kids were working on. </div></div>


Yeah,that was some funny stuff.

 

[vman]

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Not sure If i liked this movie... The trailer had me excited.

The movie itself was a little bland. Or I found it that way anyway

 

[Big Bo]

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Went to see it twice. Really enjoyed the movie.

 

[Scimitar]

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took the kids. I enjoyed it.

 

[Dogtown]

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Dang, ILM is getting really good at making CG fire.

 

[znztivguy]

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Looks like I have a movie to go see...

 

[Fred_C_Dobbs]

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I caught the "Goonies" similarities, but I still enjoyed it. The acting was pretty even and it didn't take itself too seriously -- which I count a plus in a movie like this -- until the space aliens started raising hell and causing accidents. Then it flaked out.

Another thing that struck me about it, the actors were a bunch of normal looking kids, they weren't all Hollyweird "pretty."

I also noticed they dropped 1 (one) f-bomb in the whole movie, probably to stop it having just a "PG" rating.

 

[caustic]

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I liked it

 

[clintb]

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What age group is this good for?

 

[Fred_C_Dobbs]

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There's a lot of mild profanity -- a bunch of kids in their early teens trying to sound older -- and, as I mentioned, one f-bomb (delivered by an adult and a stoner). There's a lot of violence but most of it is like the shark attacks in the first half of "Jaws," people getting slung around without a lot of visible bloodshed. But they are shrieking and generally making displays of mortal terror. And one of the kids has a habit of projectile vomiting.

Ballpark estimate, I'd be concerned about showing it to a pre-teen who wasn't pretty thoroughly hardened to "Hollywood" violence.

 

[Dogtown]

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It has enough scares to not be good for pre-teens, regardless of the language. Besides, it's more nostalgic for those of us who were teen agers in 1979 anyway

 

[chittnp]

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I really liked it, I thought it was one of the better movies I've seen in a long time.

 

[Strangedays]

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I liked it. Best movie of the year so far. Better than the other thread that was started by a bunch of bashers

 

[btyeung]

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I'll have to check it out

 

[Big Bo]

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Saw it twice. Good flick.

 

[Chris@InterstateGuns]

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I'm gonna heave to check it out. I've heard from diffrent groups of ppl i know that it was good.

 

[ChrisGarrett]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: cds7221</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I'm gonna heave to check it out. I've heard from diffrent groups of ppl i know that it was good. </div></div>

Saw it Saturday, good movie, decent 'alien backstory' and some good special effects.

The kids, some of which have never been before a camera, steal the show.

Chris

 

[moochy28]

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I thought this was a good show..

 

[Greg Langelius *]

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Celia instant-viewed it on her new Kindle Fire Tuesday, and I decided to buy the DVD and view it. Very, very glad I did.

Greg

 

[eclipse57]

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I saw it in the theatre in the spring. I asked my 21 yr old if she had seen it and she said she did and liked it. She thought I would like it but wasn't sure if her Mom would.

With her recommendation I went and saw it by myself. I thought it was great. I was a teenager in the late 60's early 70's, so this fit my time frame well.

I plan on getting it on DVD.