Creativity With an Affinity for Darkness
The Dark Opera
  • Bio
  • Contact

Hey You, thanks for stopping by.

Scroll down for my latest work as well as for whatever's on my mind.

It's not all just dark stuff, so check back for a laugh, some motivation or for pure randomness.
 

I want to read a story

"Super 8" is a refreshing mix of old and new.

11/29/2011

0 Comments

 
“Super 8” is directed by J.J Abrams (Star trek) and starring Joel Courtney and Elle fanning (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The door in the floor). There’s a lot going on in this movie, with trying to balance character and plot development, so here’s the skinny:

 A group of kids get together to shoot back yard movies, when… Enter train wreck and explosive beginning to a sci-fi story that’ll see the military cast as the bad guy, creeping in after a fleeing alien against the backdrop of a small otherwise normal town.

When the alien escape plot line involves main character: young Joe Lamb’s (Courtney) new and forbidden love interest (fanning), the kids are rallied to come to the rescue. Also, there’s blood, including a messy alien versus antagonist scene in a bus.

Super 8 evokes memories of movies past, with producer Stephen Spielberg’s ET coming instantly to mind. But this flick is more Nouveau old than the genuine article – but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Sure, this movie takes it’s time and has attention to detail – like its forefathers - but also adds updated schoolyard foul language and wonderful CG (if not, as always overdone at times).

Thankfully, when it comes to the aggressive outer space visitor, the team took on “less is more” in the way of graphics.

Mostly, the story does decently is suspending disbelief. There are some gaps near the end though that may make some have mixed feelings about the flick’s conclusion.

Overall, “super 8” is definitely worth a watch at 8.3/10 on scale. And watch out for Director J. J. Abrams’ trademark lens flares (where at times when light is seen on the screen it makes an effect… like in star trek). No wait, you can’t miss em, they’re pretty much everywhere.

- Josh   

0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Welcome to the Dark Opera

    Celebrating and Inspiring Creativity

    'Like' our Facebook page
    'follow' us on Twitter
    'Subscribe' to the Youtube channel!


    Blog Writers

    Josh
    Kevin

    Archives

    October 2016
    October 2015
    August 2015
    May 2015
    April 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    June 2013
    April 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012
    November 2012
    October 2012
    September 2012
    August 2012
    July 2012
    June 2012
    May 2012
    April 2012
    March 2012
    February 2012
    January 2012
    December 2011
    November 2011
    October 2011
    September 2011
    August 2011
    July 2011

    Categories

    All
    Art
    Book News
    Book Reviews
    Comics
    Creativity
    Dark Things
    For Your Life
    Game Review
    Gaming News
    Humor
    Humour
    Ideas
    Inspiration
    Interviews
    Movie Collecting
    Movie News
    Movie Review
    Movies
    Movie Short
    Movie Trailers
    Movie Trivia
    Music
    Poetry
    Recommendations
    Series Review
    Site News
    Ultimate Hot Chocolate Recipe
    Website Update
    What To Watch
    Writing

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.