Super 8, surprisingly good movie.

[Brad Johnson]

Picked up the Super 8 BluRay on the cheap. Really good movie. Mix equal parts Close Encounters, ET, Outbreak, and Goonies. Throw in a healthy dose of JJ Abrams lens flares, a cool soundtrack, and the biggest collection of 70s-era Detroit iron I've seen on film in recent years. Gone With The Wind it ain't, but it's still a decent way to spent 2 hours.

Something I found interesting is how different sound mixes are when compared back-to-back. Over the weekend I watched the last two Transformers movies. Bayhem in full force with a sound mix entirely capable of reducing lesser home theater systems to dust. They are the most comprehensive, balanced, and enveloping mixes I've heard. Ever. Compared to them the Super 8 soundtrack (no slouch) is noticeably front-heavy, a bit bright, and uses LFE less effectvely. But that's like comparing a Pro Stocker to a Top Fuel dragster. Both are screaming fast and neither will disappoint, it's just that one is more impressively brutal than the other.

Brad

[BryanP]

Super 8 was a good movie. I didn't think it would be, but the rest of the family wanted to go see it when it came out and I was pleasantly surprised.

[Jocassee]

I saw it when it came out. I also enjoyed the period iron and the soundtrack. It didn't try to do too much, and the story it did tell, it told very well.

I'm not sure where it was filmed, but it wasn't California, and that's what matters.

[Doggy Daddy]

I also liked it a lot.  It makes me nostalgic for my youth in small-town Ohio.  Seeing as how it was filmed in West Virginia, it's not much of a stretch to "see" central Ohio when I watch it.

I might have to run out and pick up the blue-ray today.  Hmmm.  Looks like Ebolamart has a combo pak (blueray/dvd/digital) for $10.

[Brad Johnson]

I'm not sure where it was filmed, but it wasn't California, and that's what matters.

Weirton, WV. Just finished watching all the Behind The Scenes features. They did a whole segment on the town. Old steel town just outside Pittsburgh that's trying to battle back from the steel industry bust.

Brad