Super 8 (10/10)

So seldom that a movie comes along, grabs me emotionally, kept the intensity and never lets up until the end.

There were so many great things about this movie I for once have no idea where to start.

Let's begin with the kids. All the actors were perfect (more perfect than First Class). Big, chubby Riley Griffiths was superbly amazing. Where did they find this kid? This was his first movie and I was in awe. Every scene he was in, he stole it. Elle Fanning is growing up to be a fine actress, just like her sister. All the other kids played their parts and characters to perfection. They brougt their characters to life.

Next, director J.J. Abrams. This has got to be his greatest work. Every frame was a throwback to that 60's or 70's style. And a lot of humour were used, both quiet and loud; but oh so effective. And the seemingly trivial plot of the kids filming their own little project and the seriousness of the main situation were integrated so smoothly into each other.

There was one scene I'll never forget. The kids were looking on as two of them were acting at the train station. One fly settled briefly on Griffiths' character's ear and he waved it away. That almost looked natural but I don't think it was since flies were used a few times in the movie. But that one scene, I fell in love with.

And Griffiths and Fanning, and the other kids, who looked so good in the movie - all thanks to the direction of Abrams. Griffiths' character was just perfection with Abrams' directing. And Fanning looked so seasoned and beautiful, even when her character was "acting", must have been from Abrams' directing as well.

And what's more Abrams wrote this himself. The story was flawless. How he made us feel for the alien all of a sudden and root for it in the end was done so subtly. The whole thing I have to say was effective.

Every time one of the kids were on a bicycle, I couldn't help but be remined of E.T. and all its greatness. Robert Liefeld in his tweet said that this was the best homage to Steven Spielberg. I wholeheartedly agree. It's about time a movie like this came along.

One little thing I noticed towards the end was one soldier was still holding onto his gun when it should have flew into the air with the rest of the metal. Was this a mistake? Nevertheless, it's very minor and I still have to give this movie a perfect 10 for the love of everything else.