Super 8 Trailer Scratches That Kids Fantasy/Adventure Itch!
Fri, March 11, 2011 As its June 10th release approaches, the mystery box surrounding Super 8 is being lifted; slowly but surely in typical J.J. Abrams fashion. What cracks we're being permitted by writer/director Abrams to view, I like what I see. A lot.
Not too long from now, I'll turn twenty-seven. Maybe it's the nostalgia bug biting. But I love that Abrams (with producer Steven Spielberg) is giving us a kids fantasy/adventure film. We just don't get those nowadays. I'd like to think I could present this to my two nieces (ages two and six) and they'd enjoy it much liky my sister and I did when we were little kids. Having shown them both Back to the Future and The Goonies in the past several months much to their approval, I like confident this is something I could show them.
But then again, we still don't completely know what's in store for Super 8; plot-wise. We all know how Abrams likes to keep the details closely guarded; something I love in this day and age of whole plot summaries (spoilers and all) getting out well before cameras roll.
Speaking of which, the official plot summary for the Abrams/Spielberg collaboration has been released:
"In the summer of 1979, a group of friends in a small Ohio town witness a catastrophic train crash while making a super 8 movie and soon suspect that it was not an accident. Shortly after, unusual disappearances and inexplicable events begin to take place in town, and the local Deputy tries to uncover the truth – something more terrifying than any of them could have imagined."
Now the full-length trailer to Super 8 has been released for mass consumption:
True, it is an extended version of that fantastic Superbowl TV spot. But as I said, I really, really like what I see. The question is will kids these days (including my nieces) care to see another kids-on-an-adventure movie? I, for one, hope so.
Reader Comments (2)
This looks pretty damn awesome! i wasn't convinced before, but I'm sold now.
Looks amazing. It just went from the "maybe see list" to "must see list" in theatres for me