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Comment by Santos on November 24, 2011 at 5:16pm

I wonder if the Spill crew wouldn't have minded the Spielberg homages so much if he wasn't involved in the movie. For example, Attack the Block is so obviously an homage to early John Carpenter movies, but you guys loved that.

Comment by Lunatik on June 19, 2011 at 12:38pm

Seen it last night, and liked it, deff worth a matinee or fullprice, and i've seen lots of speildberg movies.

Comment by Slusho98 on June 17, 2011 at 6:25pm

Just to be clear you guys as critics and people I'm open to your opinions and thoughts on this movie. However I'm not sure you guys understood the point of this whole movie. Yes its a "love letter to Speilberg" but thats the whole point. I knew and understood that long before the film came out. Its like saying the Dark Knight was nothing but a love letter to the Batman character and mythos and then condemming the film because of that.

Comment by Balzaak on June 13, 2011 at 5:09pm

I will have to fully disagree with you folks on this review though I did find your review entertaining regardless

 

one question and one observation:

any chance you guys weren't in the mood for this time of flick that night, maybe something that affected your opinion? 

 

I'm surprised that no one thought the film director kid was an homage to Spielberg rather than Abrams, especially since the kid was more in the vein of Spielberg with his filming style.

 

But don't get me wrong, I still think you guys are the most entertaining movie critics with a podcast

 

Comment by NotTheWhosTommy on June 12, 2011 at 11:51pm

Allow me to bleat along with the rest of the sheep by saying I loved it and you Spill guys are WRONG!

Just kidding. I did love it, but you guys can believe whatever.

Comment by The Chaz on June 12, 2011 at 6:54pm

@Jean Genie

It was the same over here in the States. I'm not entirely sure why Abrams cut that shot from the theatrical cut of the film while keeping the rest of the scene basically the same way we saw it in the trailers. I do have two theories, however:

 

1. That shot was shot specifically for the trailer to raise the audience's curiosity. The shot itself provokes a lot of questions as to what's trying to get out, why it's on a train, and why the Air Force is involved. 

 

2. The shot he used in the actual cut of the film focused much more on Joe Lamb's reaction to what was busting out of the train car. So, perhaps Abrams just wanted to keep the focus on Joe's character and his reaction to the whole situation rather than to the situation itself.

 

But still, even with those theories in mind, I don't feel like keeping that shot in the theatrical cut of the film would have hindered the film in any way. So -in a very roundabout way-...I dunno.

Comment by Jon on June 12, 2011 at 5:53pm

this was another good summer popcorn flick

yeah it took too long to get to the monster but the characters I liked alot

love J.J. Abrams' work, he always makes solid flicks

Comment by Paradox on June 12, 2011 at 1:40pm

I'm so mad you guys didn't fall madly in love with this movie the way I did!  I'm going to pick some random movies that you gave a better rating to and pretend as if that's a valid argument as to why this rating should be void!  I'm so pissed to learn that there are other opinions besides my own!  I give this website a FUCK YOU!  Don't give me any of that "we didn't say we hate the movie.  We just didn't love it" bullshit!  It's all or nothing Mr. Coleman!

Comment by Paradox on June 12, 2011 at 1:15pm

I agree with a lot you said.  The kids didn't annoy me though.  There were so many sub plots it was hard to tell what the main story was supposed to be.  The big difference between this and M. Knight is that what Shamalan does is pull some shit so far out of left field it doesn't make since.  It get's so ridiculous that it makes you mad that you had to wait for something so stupid.  Super 8 was a bit of a disappointment, but it shouldn't make you mad.  I think you should get the movie theater experience when you see this.  There are some scenes that I don't think would be as effective at home.  Matinee all the way.

Comment by Crosshair on June 12, 2011 at 3:24am

I respect your guys opinion, even thought I loved this film.

But forget Super 8, what the Spill community really wants to know is your guys review of "Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer."

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