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Is it your review ive just read on FB ? if it is then its spurred me on to make sure i go see this on the big screen.
great review :thumbsup
:angry :angry :angry
I have to wait till 03 August to see it !! :lol
I have to wait till 03 August to see it !! :lol
nickytea
Master Member
Yep, that was me. Hope you dig it.
I'll copy my posts here for the non-facebookers:
It was incredible. Smart, emotional, beautifully structured. Worth seeing in cinemas, without a doubt.
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Alright, no spoilers. While some may be disappointed by the amount of "sci-fi" content, I'm delighted by how much they were able to include naturally over the course of the story. It is, after all, a story about a father and son overcoming loss.
The adventure they confront (like the dragons of myth) is most effective as a representation of their conflict and instigator of their journey. Not loosing the metaphor to the details, I found myself absolutely loving what the movie had to say.
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Alright, no spoilers. While some may be disappointed by the amount of "sci-fi" content, I'm delighted by how much they were able to include naturally over the course of the story. It is, after all, a story about a father and son overcoming loss.
The adventure they confront (like the dragons of myth) is most effective as a representation of their conflict and instigator of their journey. Not loosing the metaphor to the details, I found myself absolutely loving what the movie had to say.
jedistine
Well-Known Member
Saw it in IMAX today and had a great time. It also reminded me of old school Spielberg. It will more than likely be the only film, this summer, I go back to the theatre and see again. Great story and characters. This is a movie in the line ET, the Goonies, and Jaws.
Might be a little intense for younger kids.
Might be a little intense for younger kids.
Larry Young
Master Member
That shot where they get out of the car at the station before the train comes through looks like something from the saucer-watchers scene in CE3K.
Alan Cross
Sr Member
Just got back. Really wanted this not to suck. And it doesn't. But I'm still a bit disappointed. Despite good casting, there just wasn't enough great moments between the characters. Not enough humor. Suspense is great in places though he uses the same rhythm: Drops sound to low level... BOOM! Something big attacks/flies through frame/ etc.
Don't get me wrong, it's well worth seeing. The whole idea of JJ Abrams doing an homage to 70's Spielberg sure sounded like a cool idea on paper. But in the end I didn't feel connected enough to the characters to really be INTO the film.
Though I will say, the spectacular train derailment sequence is worth the price of admission alone... and Elle Fanning is good, as is the boy playing Joe. The other kids are paper thin characters. Wish Spielberg had directed this himself with a better script.
Don't get me wrong, it's well worth seeing. The whole idea of JJ Abrams doing an homage to 70's Spielberg sure sounded like a cool idea on paper. But in the end I didn't feel connected enough to the characters to really be INTO the film.
Though I will say, the spectacular train derailment sequence is worth the price of admission alone... and Elle Fanning is good, as is the boy playing Joe. The other kids are paper thin characters. Wish Spielberg had directed this himself with a better script.
DARTH SABER
Master Member
Saw it tonight..Thought it was great.
Best way to describe it Goonies+ET+Close Encounters+War of the Wolrds = Super8
Best way to describe it Goonies+ET+Close Encounters+War of the Wolrds = Super8
Got Maul
Official Licensee
Loved it. It reminded me of the same feeling of watching ET for the first time or Close Entcounters of the Third Kind. Its about setting up the context without delving too far into explanation, simple characters and an overarching developing story. This is the way movies used to be done and am so glad to see it make a brief presence.
Did anyone notice all the JJ'isms... no, not talking about the lens flares, but the name of the gas station... even the Slusho reference!
Did anyone notice all the JJ'isms... no, not talking about the lens flares, but the name of the gas station... even the Slusho reference!
cinematical
New Member
God, those lens flares were terrible...
Scareb
Sr Member
That movie was a blast and IMO, definitely deserved to have the amblin logo appear before it started. I totally got that goonies vibe from their little gang, only more serious and definitely reminded me of CE3k.
While he definitely went overkill on the lens flare, I was so engrossed in the movie that I didn't notice them half the time.
Went to the AVX showing of this and the train derailment scene was insane, the theater was rumbling for like a good 5 minutes.
While he definitely went overkill on the lens flare, I was so engrossed in the movie that I didn't notice them half the time.
Went to the AVX showing of this and the train derailment scene was insane, the theater was rumbling for like a good 5 minutes.
DARTH SABER
Master Member
Yeah, saw the gas station "Kelvin".
Also, I'm pretty sure that he sound FX for the oxygen tank that exploded after the train crash was the same one used in Jaws.
Also, I'm pretty sure that he sound FX for the oxygen tank that exploded after the train crash was the same one used in Jaws.
Alan Cross
Sr Member
Anyone else catch Elliot's bike (with basket) from E.T. stuck to the side of the water tank?
Larry Young
Master Member
...and JJ himself was a soldier in the evacuation scene. This one is full of Easter Eggs.
unbreakable
New Member
How so?
So he is effectively "rebooting" Spielberg material.
nickytea
Master Member
No, this is an original screenplay.
(I recognize your snark, but I'm not playing.)
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