Super 8 - Movie Review

[@lolcat23]

give them boom mikes around the studio, only Cristy seems to be able to NOT explode our ears.

[@Frenchcanadian100]

The performances in this movie are totally worth the watch. I still don't get how they found so much talent!

[@makosharkesq]

I'm completely engaged every time these three get together to discuss movies.

[@philbutler98]

rip headphone users

[@ethidian3444]

+philbutler98 Lol, I did not take your warning serious. I regret everything.

[@RhenishHelm]

@marharth Yeah I thought that was kinda weird, though I guess it makes sense - Valve are huge JJ Abrams fans, hence the DARMA logo (from Lost) showing up in Half-Life 2: Episode 2.

[@MrAlexbradley]

@darthneji1992 It's a big part of what makes Abrams' work so damned good! It's the interconnectivity of it all, not just between a website and a movie, but between ALL his work! If you want to get the most out of ANYTHING, some work may be required, not physical work, but mental work. If you don't want to think during a movie, may i suggest FastFive?

[@095293003]

He DID in fact say there were homages, but the definition of an homage is showing respect or honor for someones work, so this movie very well does have homage's to the Spielberg classics of the 80's.

[@edgeninja]

This looks like "Cloverfield" set in a small town. And the title makes me think of the discount hotel chain (which I'm shocked didn't file a lawsuit).

[@MrAlexbradley]

@darthneji1992 I hadn't changed the subject, the topic was the viral marketing used by Abrams throughout the creation of the film, I merely expanded it. It's not a 'huge part' so much as it is another 'layer,' pardon my phrasing. You don't miss a major plot element, but it's little side elements that just as to the mystery and wonder to the whole atmosphere of the film as a whole. It's those little connections and distinctions between Abrams' works that add to the experience of seeing them!

[@4WARD5]

@DeityZiex Yes, I think it is relevant to me at least. I find a lot of the ridiculous explosion to be annoying and distracting. Were you not given any pause when a truck had giant fireball erupt from it for whatever reason, it derailed a train, and the driver was still alive. Did you not have a problem when the kids were dodging fiery explosions left and right or when a tank shot the home they were in and only one of them suffered a minor leg injury?

[@TMMx]

Guys, buy a compressor. It will fix your audio problems. A good one is the DBX 166XL. You might even be able to download a software version.

[@pillagerromanman]

@Hyman74Roth Seems like they were all using 1 mounted mic, as opposed to the normal ones they clip onto their shirts.

[@anandamide199]

it's crazy how hard it is to find out what the monster is online right now.

[@monsterproductions27]

My top 5 Spielberg movies would probably be 1. Schindler's List 2. Lincoln 3. Saving Private Ryan 4. Raiders of the Lost Ark 5. Close Encounters of the Third Kind

[@QueenLioness84]

I found this film sweet and endearing. The child actors were phenomenal and cast perfectly. I was surprised by the level of profanity in this film to be rated PG13. Nonetheless, it was wickedly interesting ride and I enjoyed it very much.

[@MutantvillePlayers]

They don't stop shooting their movie - they work on it through the whole movie and it's even shown at the end - but it's not as much of a focus as the mystery plot takes over.

[@Chrfenne]

I nearly pissed myself when the audio exploded the first time..

[@CollabGiants]

the ending was a disappointment i expect the alien to be a character that we should care more about, not a pointless alien just for story

[@ChiefRepublic]

Thanks Ben for making me permanently deaf.

[@LittleDinomight]

I actually with the guy on the right for once. I would've loved Super 8 more if it was only about the kids making a horror film and dealing with their family drama. The aliens were just boring and predictable. The aliens ARE a loving homage to Steven Spielberg sci-fi, but it's nowhere near as good.

[@SeanFilms]

@Hyman74Roth The audio is just fine. It's just a bit sensitive to yelling

[@Sandlot1992]

I feel bad Super 8 didn't win any Oscars!

[@LAXhero14]

I liked it alot i didnt think the ending was to scifi it added mystery and suspense the music in it was also great and characters were so well involved.

[@jman9082]

I thought the part where the kids scream " drugs are so bad! Im never doing them!" was hilarious because they found a way to put a drugs are bad moral into a sci fi movie.

[@allennunez]

the Cloverfield monster is the same as Super 8. are they in anyways related to each other ?

[@Doltbuster]

Schindler's List Raiders of the Lost Ark ET Saving Private Ryan Jaws Honourable mentions to: Jurassic Park and Close Encounters

[@sevendueceoffsuit]

@damanjeff7 Why do you want TO FIX THE AUDIO, I thought it was FINE!

[@gierbolini90210]

the kids were good and I cared about them, but the problem is, I never sense they were in danger so it didn't matter that I cared about them

[@madsketcher]

I both liked and disliked this movie. I thought the first half was absolutely engaging, and somewhere along the way it just fizzled out at the end. The movie felt like a huge portion was missing; too many things were just abandoned. I think this would have worked better with an extra half hour.

[@JozieLee318]

Wanted to like this movie but it continually made me think of several Steven Spielberg movies rolled into one. Could have been so original and very scary. Too bad. One hour into this movie and I lost interest in the kids and the plight of the town.

[@screenwriterdave]

@erikbateson I kind of agree with him.

[@IamSnoogans]

Christy is right. She is all I would need.

[@xFIRERUSHx]

@SharifFilms Thank god, someone with my taste.

[@aeverinc]

I agree with Ben. This movie wasn't great. The kids were good but the story fell short. The conflict with the alien is short and everything else is just build up. Half way through the movie I found myself just waiting to see the alien rather than enjoying the movie itself. I'd give it a 7/10 at best because I liked kids' acting but the overall movie was good not great.

[@sparkonem]

A six for this movie. I didn't think it was GREAT but really good. Lame! That low six messed the overall score up.

[@NeuvoDare]

I’m with Ben Mankiewicz on this one. I felt Abrams would have been better off making this one more of a parody, rather than trying to mimic Spielberg’s work - we’ve all seen his older movies, why revisit them, unless you are bringing something new to the genre. The use of hackneyed stereotypes, such as the out of control military commander, the mean drunk dysfunctional father and a larger version of a monster I think I once saw in an old “Twilight Zone” show, doesn’t help make this one fresh.

[@GreysonAno]

The sound is horrible in this clip guys, any time anyone raises their voice my speakers die a little. Please check it out

[@Fangtorn]

The audio sucks on my computer too but yet some how i live with it.

[@dwalden74]

@kazalack The problem is that Ben thinks the show is about HIM. He's so overbearing and annoying. Also he's not half the critic Matt or Christy are.

[@pef23]

The audio on these things is really raping my speakers. Any way to stop it peaking so much? It's especially when Christy talks. BTW, looking good today Christy. Nice shirt :)

[@barkevvv]

Ben pretending to leave: hilarious

[@marharth]

There was a game preview for this in portal 2 :p

[@Ntownsfinest]

I thought it was obvious from the start that the thing was an alien??

[@lordbeeswax]

so far, Super 8 is the best film of the summer... which is sorta bad since it was pretty much the first film of the summer.

[@WaddyMuters]

@HalfricanNanners Can't see how you can even think that. Being "plain fun" without any deepth has become a prerequisite in recent years. Or do you wanne tell me Hollywood has become to intellectual?

[@KrisHatesWorld]

Audio clipping! Ow, my speakers!

[@deadline27]

@allennunez no they aren't the same... completely different... they just sound the same.

[@SilvoKnight]

I can hear my speakers breaking.

[@CrimsonOmenPictures]

Guy on the right needs to be a little more open minded. Close Encounters kicks the shit out of Saving Private Ryan. Super 8 - 9/10. Best film of 2011 so far. Go see it now!

[@Kardiatheon]

holy shit finally a movie I would seen

[@Ryan2142]

The audio is fine right now for me...

[@BSGA22]

holy audio spikes batman.

[@Kewldudeization]

keep pressing 8

[@4WARD5]

I found the movie kind of silly. There were a hefty amount of unnecessary and non-lethal explosions that just made me groan over and over again. How does a pick-up truck derail and train anyway?

[@PRIVATEAYEIEYE]

HooBoy! The emotionally manipulative methods of Speilberg's movies may have roped me in once upon a time, but are exactly what rub me wrong when I watch them now. I fervently hoped the Martians would kill Cruse and the kid 15 minutes into War Of The Worlds, I wanted to slap the parents silly in Jurassic, and doubt I'll ever make it to the mashed potatoes in Encounters again (unless I'm babysitting). Still, I may see this in a theater. I wish they'd compared it to The Last StarFighter instead.

[@BernardoDominguesBotelho]

Totallyagree with Ben..

[@dagrimmreepa]

Saving Private Ryan has an excellent opening - as good as any war film, but the rest of the movie is so supremely overrated that it's mind-boggling. You want an excellent war film made at the approx same time - watch Malick's Thin Red Line.

[@RightWingSomos]

Shocking that they did not trash did movie more. It was horrible.

[@unicornnightmare]

Close Encounters is a horrrrible movie.

[@095293003]

No way, too totally different beasts. Why say one great movie trashes another great movie??? Especially when they have little in common.

[@ApeLikeCreature]

Close Encounters Overrated? Are you kidding? The film is a masterpiece.

[@greenappletea123]

The part when Ben throws off his microphone was so perfect - I literally screamed "This is why this is the best" I love you guys and the moment I move to LA I'm trying my hardest to get a job at Young Turks :)

[@SeeBillyRun]

@damanjeff7 I completely agree with you, hallelujah!

[@masterkayaki]

the audio isnt that bad, im not sure what problem people are having

[@Zeldarulah]

I feel like the movie would have been better if it didn't have an alien in it, tbh. That being said, I thought it was really good.

[@SebaLasarte]

Christy is really hot and Ben is such a Badass !!!

[@17thSHIT]

I hated ET, thought it was boring.

[@emperor262626]

Fiiiiixxxxxxxx The Audioooooooo...please

[@YoseMiteEmery]

BEST movie of the year... until Deathly Hallows pt 2 :p

[@kazalack]

@dwalden74 Well everyone is entitled to their own opinion, I used to find him very annoying but I got used to it.

[@MrAlexbradley]

If you haven't been following the movie for the past year, then you're missing a HUGE part of the movie!!

[@dwalden74]

@kazalack Sure, I just wish he had enough sense to tone it down. He doesn't. He's the typical guy who doesn't know when to shut the eff up, because he thinks that everything that comes out of his mouth is hilarious. Honestly it's kinda painful watching Christy and Matt put up with this every week.

[@ElTuco84]

When the guy at the right screamed "Overrated!" I almost closed the browser. He's like the tipical user on the internet, who believes is more intelligent than the others.

[@The_Natural_Man]

Christy Lemire: one grown-ass woman.

[@rag5891]

Mic check! We need a mic check, please!

[@Makosis]

The audio is inexcusable, COME ON

[@YoseMiteEmery]

@zoo001able it needed ALL the cubes

[@CalebAlucardtheHagan]

"*cough* OVERRATED!!" That made my ears bleed.

[@FIlmXFilms]

Super 8 was Super Great!

[@ElTuco84]

Hey guys, if you need a sound technician, I'm available. Seems like you need one.

[@Cobrabus]

Audio, audio, audio

[@MichaelScarn23]

all that youtube money and they can't get some decent mic's? smh

[@purplehaze47]

fuck i love your audio. no really, that shit needs to be sorted.

[@MpowerdAPE]

saving private ryan WAS over rated. she's right.

[@jimbolimboboy]

Audio is terrible... when you coughed it hurt my headphones..

[@MononcMarc]

Close Encounters is a movie classic. Saving Private Ryan is just another US Army long commercial and a big lie. Moviewise, I had respect for Ben. You don't like science fiction, then just say it and when a science fiction has to be reviewed, get the f*** outta there and get replaced by someone else who really like movies.

[@Comp3630]

Please use a normal dynamic mic + compressor/limiter, or one condenser mic in the center. My ears are bleeding.

[@Marsshmall0wz]

my ears hurt cause of the AUDIO

[@TheDemonicPenguin]

Christy's lookin' hot today

[@erikbateson]

I like Ben, but he's wrong.

[@stefers08]

6 for motel 6 Ay Ben

[@MrAlexbradley]

@darthneji1992 How is that sad?! It's not a VITAL part of the movie, but it's an entire layer of depth if you choose to!

[@carlob95]

Useless movie critics

[@JacksInn]

I have no problems with the audio. Fix your computer.

[@damanjeff7]

FIX THE AUDIO PLEASE!!!

[@replicant1027]

Close Encounters is very overrated.

[@sboyle67]

Super 8 great movie, my speakers officially sexually abused.

[@spins321]

I'm sorry, Ben loss all credibility with his Close Encounters comment... :)

[@juliact]

ET is not a good movie. It's just schmoltz.

[@juliact]

Matt's mike is flaring.. maybe it needs to be a little lower?