When I returned home from seeing Super 8, I had to fight the urge to look through my VHS movie collection to make sure I didn’t already have it on tape. It is that much of a throwback to the works of Spielberg and his halo of directors in the 70’s and 80’s. Add some additional hints of Stephen King, and the overall effect is one of almost overpowering nostalgia. If that was all the film had going for it, it would be ultimately unsatisfying, but Super 8’s real strength is its characters and their stories, which in the end are far more compelling than the sci-fi horror fiction that serves as their backdrop.
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