Super-8

So, new blog. Guess I'll jump right in and start with the latest movie I've seen (watched this one on DVD from Netflix).

Super-8
2011

Written and Directed by J.J. Abrams
Produced by Stephen Spielberg (among others)
Cast: Elle Fanning, Joel Courtney, AJ Michalka, Kyle Chandler, Ron Eldard, Gabriel Basso
Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi action and violence, language and some drug use

Story:

While making a super-8 movie in the summer of 1979, a group of middle school students in a small Ohio town witness a catastrophic train crash and soon suspect that it was not an accident. Shortly afterward, unusual and inexplicable events begin taking place. As the local deputy sheriff (father of one of the young film-makers) tries to uncover the truth, the kids begin to realize that something terrifying may have escaped during the crash.

My Thoughts:
Cute film. Sort of a marriage of Stand By Me and Aliens.

My IMDb Rating: 6 stars out of a possible 10