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Super 8 (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo)

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Genre Sci-Fi, Thriller, Mystery
Format Multiple Formats, Blu-ray, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Widescreen, AC-3, Dubbed, Subtitled
Contributor Ryan Lee, Zach Mills, J.J. Abrams, Kyle Chandler, Joel Courtney, Elle Fanning
Language English, French, Spanish, Portuguese
Runtime 1 hour and 52 minutes
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JJ Abrams and Steven Spielberg join forces in this extraordinary tale of youth, mystery, and adventure. Super 8 tells the story of six friends who witness a train wreck while making a Super 8 movie, only to learn that something unimaginable escaped during the crash. They soon discover that the only thing more mysterious than what it is, is what it wants. Experience the film that critics rave is, “filled with unstoppable imagination and visual effects to spare. It will put a spell on you.” – Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

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Few filmmakers have ever had a run at the tables like Steven Spielberg, whose output from 1971's Sugarland Express to, say, 1982's E.T. displayed an amazingly unforced melding of huge set pieces and small human gestures. Even at their most chaotic, they somehow felt organic. Super 8, writer-director J.J. Abrams's authorized tribute to classic Spielbergisms, hits all of the marks (Lived-in suburbia backdrop, check. Awestruck gazes upwards, check. Parental discord, check. Lens flares, amazingly huge check), but its adherence to the formula squelches much of its own potential. Appealing as it is to see a summer movie that retro-prioritizes character development over jittery quick-cut explosions, the viewer is always aware at how furiously it's working to seem effortless. Set in 1979, Abrams's script follows a group of movie-crazy kids attempting to make a zombie flick, only to have their plans cut short by a close encounter with a train derailment. As the military pours over the wreckage and neighbors start disappearing, the gang realizes that their footage contains a cameo appearance by an extremely grumpy guest star. For a film whose promotional campaign hinged so strongly on creating an air of mystery, Super 8 is a fairly straightforward melding of E.T. and Jurassic Park, albeit one featuring an oddly schizophrenic monster (he eats people… until he doesn't). Abrams makes his young cast shine (particularly when developing a hint of romance between leads Joel Courtney and Elle Fanning), while also providing a nice character arc for Kyle Chandler, as a widowed deputy who can see his relationship with his son slipping away. Aside from a few primo early jolts, however, the creature-feature aspects feel increasingly shoehorned in alongside the more assured coming-of-age elements. Abrams's film has more than enough bright spots to warrant a viewing, but its insistence on worshipfully following the master's playbook is a bit of a bummer. Imitation isn't always flattering. --Andrew Wright

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  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 2.35:1
  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.6 x 5.4 x 6.7 inches; 2.89 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 22963559
  • Director ‏ : ‎ J.J. Abrams
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ NTSC, Subtitled, Blu-ray, Color, Dolby, Multiple Formats, Widescreen, AC-3, Dubbed
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 52 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ November 22, 2011
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Elle Fanning, Kyle Chandler, Joel Courtney, Ryan Lee, Zach Mills
  • Dubbed: ‏ : ‎ French, Spanish, Portuguese
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English, French, Spanish, Portuguese
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Paramount Pictures
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B004EPYZQ2
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 2
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 6,729 ratings

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4.6 out of 5 stars
4.6 out of 5
6,729 global ratings
Another one of Spielberg's/J.J Abrams under the radar gems.
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Another one of Spielberg's/J.J Abrams under the radar gems.
I missed this at the theater, but that's ok because I had some popcorn and large coke on hand when I watched this. "Super 8" is one of Spielberg's movies that has for some time gone mostly unnoticed. Although J.J. Abrams wrote and directed this movie, you can see Spielberg's finger prints all over it. It stars are mostly unknown kid actors with the exception of Elle Fanning ( who is just fabulous ) and an early acting part by the now underrated Kyle Chandler, as the deputy sheriff father. And lets not forget a great turn by Ron Eldard as the drunk father of Elle Fanning's character. Won't go into the entire plot, but suffice enough to say it is a great "alien/ET" with a bad attitude kind of flick. Get this 4K version, which I thought was quiet good.
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