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I saw an advance screening of
Super 8 last night at the AMC.
Go see it this weekend!
JJ Abrams (Cloverfield, Star Trek) has a flair for monsters, and a real flair for lens flares. His collaboration with Steven Spielberg is a match made in film-geek heaven.
Comparisons have been made between
Cloverfield and
Super 8, and they do share common elements but Super 8 is a much better film. I didn't like
Cloverfield![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tfc-Ca-kS-E9ogJNXP6uZS-gX8CFl1sspF0JiNDjFE6b8x_kqvxbSEsfNYsDZh8c8BPH1McQqt_s3O25assNVodLE4aXBVcCm9i3lPidhAMq-MLjlqr3B9jCsyKJr_qaM7kw-x3hCF8dPJjFCL32_S2iRFhEkGOAtjFEKwVsBQuNIYae0BoVqc=s0-d)
, it made me nauseous (although it was on my birthday and I had drank a fifth of Wild Turkey, so I can't blame the shaky camera).
Cloverfield was a bunch of unlikable urban adults running from a monster armed only with a digital camera, while
Super 8 has lovable small town youth running from a monster with a Super8 camera. The movie is set in the late 70's and it really works well. everything has a certain innocence. It's funny and cute and scary, and has a certain quality that will make it re-watchable for years to come. Try and see it on the big screen.