If one is looking for reasons not to like Super 8 there's plenty available. Most notably, at different times of the movie you really have to be willing to suspend disbelief to keep your head in it. For example, a car runs head on with a train. The crash causes the best train wreak that anyone has ever created on film. The train is derailed and its cars fly in every direction banging and bouncing and...it's quite dramatic. But then the guy in the car that hit the train is not only still in one piece in his car, he's alive and able to talk. Sorry, but in real life that guy would have eaten the steering wheel and the engine. There's also plenty of other parts that are tough to swallow. But the truth is the movie is so enjoyable that I, for one, was completely willing and wanting to suspend disbelief. The kids that starred in it were perfectly cast and did a superb job. It is a perfect Summer kick off movie, reminiscent of ET, Back to the Future, and The Goonies.Popcorn eating fun at its best.
