Super 8

Watched Super 8. Found it so-so. There was technique in the show - there was a good flow of gentle and loud scenes, for example. But nothing really leapt out at me and made me go wow. As a friend put it: something you wouldn't regret spending money on, but in the end there wasn't any message to bring home.

One note though. Both the male and female leads are very good-looking. Scenes involving them felt sweet to me, though at times they grew to become cumbersome cringe-worthy cliches. The film in general had no lack of them, the worst for me being the part where the male actor spoke to the alien.