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  • This movie was Amazing but the last 12 minutes was the worst bit of film I have seen In a long, long time! It completely ruined the entire movie for me! I left the movie shaking my head! Just the ending was just unbelieveably bad! Could have been an all around amazing movie!

  • I just watched this. It was awesome, apart from J.J Abram's over-use of those horrible lense flares...again. I thought it really worked well in Star Trek but they were highly annoying in this movie. And did you notice that the alien had the same yes as E.T? That was a nice touch.

  • @MrDeanage I MEANT EYES***!!!

  • Hey I have a concern about movies I've seen recently, the thing is, when I look at the movie it looks dark and and desaturated, then when I come home I see the trailers on youtube and the colors look nice and the luminosity is right, this has happened the last two films I' ve seen, Harry Potter and Super 8, none of them in 3D. I'd like to have your input on what could be wrong and if I should report this to my local theatres thanks! Also I've noticed it in more than one theatre.

  • waaay too many lense flares. I dont know what Abrams likes soo much about them. Sometimes they even brought me out of the story and the "Spielberg Feeling". I agree with anything else you said.

  • i LOVED Super 8. and i agree that the ending wasnt what i was hoping for. now, me being horrified of E.T. and the fact that i love horror movies, the ending was definitely a let down. i thought it shouldve ended better.

    the kid's acting was AMAZING. dakota fanning's sister was awesome. overall, loved this movie. great review =)

  • You gave Xmen a good but gave this an Eff Yeah? Wow. Super 8 was ok def not Eff Yeah. Now Xmen was Eff Yeah

  • The ending was sooooooooooooooo cheesy.

  • i honestly loved this movie. the fat kid reminds me of me when i was his age and the weird long haired kid who likes to blow shit up reminded me of my best friend haha. Ryans right, this is an Eff Yeahhh film :)

  • Great movie, for all the reasons you listed. I did think it was took loud at some times, but that coulda just been my theater.

    And waay too many effing lens flares. Certainly distracting when a light source wasn't even there.

  • I loved the movie too, but I was pretty disappointed by the ending.

  • the way you said spielberg is funny

  • eff yeah you said very well

  • Couldn't agree more, Ryan! I like this quick 1 minute style! Keeps things interesting and straightforward

  • just saw the movie last night. Awesome! And like what Ryan said, there was a goonies vibe mixed with a retro Spielberg vibe. One of my beefs was the train accident.....although it was great eye candy.....it was total hollywood extreme destruction blow up that went on forever, and left everyone without a scratch.

  • Damn, you fuckign retards... THE FUCKING THIGN AT 1:22 IS NOT THE FUCKIN MONSTER. The Super 8 monster is almost a duplicate of the Cloverfield monster. The thing at 1:22 is a fuckin' Slitheen from Dr Who. It is NOT THE GODDAMNED MONSTER! For fuck sake people, quit being fuckin' retards. And Ryan Conolly is equally retarded for putting that picture up there.

    Rate this comment up so the fuckin' retards can see it. Holy fuck, the world is dumber than I thought...

  • @Prim3StaR, So what you're saying is that a Dr. Who in the movie,"Super 8" made this Slitheen creature? The Slitheen green creature is what comes out of the box train and turns into the Cloverfield monster? What a rip off!!

    Pause it real good at 1:22 and you will see what I'm talking about. That's the monster. That's why he shows it real fast and takes it away. Like I said, I have a Pause button and FROZE the picture. I got a real good look. Do you even have a Pause button?

  • @KingofPepsi It's a Slitheen.

  • @KingofPepsi

    I've seen the film, the thing at 1:22 is NOT the creature in the movie.

  • @Beandude202, It's time to let the cat outta the bag...I know. I'd just been messing around with people trying to get them mad. One was nice, I played dumb. Another was ticked off (Prim3StaR), I still played dumb because it was so much fun.

    I was going to play dumb with you, but I think I almost gave Prim3StaR a heart attack!! Poor guy. So, I've decided to stop it already.

  • @Prim3StaR, I want to apologize to you. I was just having fun with you the whole time. I hope you're okay. I hope my finally coming clean with you restores your faith in the world again. It was a dirty trick, but it was just too tempting. I can be a real jerk sometimes (on purpose).

    If it'll make you feel better, you really did educate me on what 1:22 actually was. I thought it was from cheesy film from the 70's.

  • @KingofPepsi Yea lol. As soon as I posted that last response, I decided to dig through some of the old comments to see what other people said, just to find out that someone already explained it to you. Then I was like "Wow... I'm an asshole..." Yea, trolling is quite fun. I hope you had put putting me on that bait. I thought it was quite funny after I found out what you did. I was like, "That dirty bitch... I just got trolled!" Lol. Sorry for being so rude towards you. Guess I deserved it, lol.

  • @Prim3StaR, Glad everything's cool. I especially liked the Dr, Who thing. I was going to pretend the bloodied up Black guy who crashed into the train was Dr. Who to enrage you further! But, you never replied. For a second there, I thought I had given you a heart attack with my (pretend) supreme stupidity.

  • @KingofPepsi LOL! Good one. Well played man, well played. I think I may take a screenshot of this string of comments and send it in to Art of Trolling. This was very well-done, lol.

  • I love this film: EFF YEAH!

  • I LOOOVEED SUPER 8! Amazing movie! I salute Abrams on this one. Totally blew me away, which is not so easy to do, but he already had with Cloverfield, so...

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  • i get that you are working on tell, but that chroma key is horrible. At least add a simple choker or something to make it half way decent. Besides that super 8 was awesome, but when you already know that something is going to be awesome before you see it, well because you see stephen speilberg and jj abrams, it loses that awesome feel.

  • @thetechgeneration the key is fine. it's lighting.

  • I like the new film state stuff! Although, it did feel a little rushed.

  • anyone can explain why is the movie called super8??????

  • @CaptainFelixTan1 The kids were using a Super 8mm camera to shoot their zombie flick in the movie.

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  • Have not seen the movie yet but it looks way good!!:) but somone told me what the created was and I got way mad at them because it spoiled the movie:(...

  • i loved that movie. it was actiony, susepenseful, awesome and kept me at the edge of my seat the whole time. the ending was extremely dissapointing though. as much as i thought the alien deserved to go home, it reminded me way too much of E.T. i guess i was just overexcited is all =/

  • 2 minute review would be more appropriate

  • Disagree with review of Super 8.  Although acting was good and story was decent, shaky camera work and over-the-top digital action scenes made this one feel a bit too much like a Michael Bay film rather than a Spielberg film.

  • I loved it i saw it for graduation

  • I'm feeling a little bit dizzy, because of the changing photos. :z

  • I'm just so very tempted to be the guy that says something like, "Two people were in the train" or "Two people slipped and hit the dislike button because they were scared out of their mind".

  • The thing I was really excited about was only 1 second into the film, when the "amblin entertainment" production animation appeared :)... I hadn't seen that in a long time!

  • you did spoil it a little when you said that it was the aliens story, should have said "creatures story", because you really have no idea wat it is!!!??? but you said it and it was a good review

  • @technogameplayer Actually, we knew for a long while it was an alien. The first trailers spoil you on that by letting you know that a monster from Area 51 was being transported to Ohio, and the train it was in derailed and it was trying to escape. Later trailers revealed it succeeded in escaping. Everybody knows that in media, Area 51 ALWAYS means aliens. Thus, he really didn't spoil anything.

  • Wait, what?! You featured a Slitheen???

  • @iMattCi89 Yeap he Did it :)

  • @iMattCi89 I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO KNEW THAT. yay Whovians!

  • I think I have yet to give you a thumbs down, but this is the first thumbs up I've been compelled to give you guys in a while. Thank you for the review. I've learned that you critique movies much like myself, and it seems I can always trust you. Again, thank you, and I hope to keep seeing more.

  • just got home from watching it, this review nails it perfectly

  • hows this a minute its a minute and 48 seconds

  • Its a great movie....but also the weakest movie from this producers......it is just a movie which i conviced about 16 friends not waste their money on.....

  • PLEASE do a 1 minute review on Tin TIn when it comes out. I think it will be a train wreck and i hope you can prove me wrong :D Thanks!

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  • IT WAS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Why is this a one minute review when the clip is 1:48 long?

  • Well, Ryan overlooked one little thing about the film's disadvantages... He forgot all about the lens flare they used... They used the same lens flare for every single shot Hahaha. Oh well... you can hardly notice it after all the awesome action hat is in it!!! It could have used a little more variety is all i'm sayin.

  • @ 1:25

    House of Heroes album art?

  • that movie was magical, it gave you the feeling of childhood dreams when movies were amazing and most important

  • looking forward for green lantern!

  • Amazing film!

  • Super 8...Fuck Yeah!

  • How come a 1 minute review actually lasts 1min 48sec ??

    Ryan must talk faster obv.

    ;)

  • I think I could get back in to Disco.

  • I give it the same review!! Super Fuck Yeah!!!!

  • I can't believe you compared this to Goonies, It was a good movie but not anything like Goonies (just having kids in a film doesn't mean its Gooniesque ). Also the marketing for the film lied, they billed it as a scifi/creature feature but what it was was a drama. It was more about the kids and their own personal problems with maybe 25% dealing with the "creature". I did like the movie,but I wanted to see an alien/creature film. its a C+,only the kids awesome acting held it together. wait 4 dvd

  • i concur

  • I loved the House of Heros "The End Is Not The End" album cover you used. Super great band.

  • Thought the cinematography was meh on this one tho. Other than that, loved it.

  • While I loved the kids and thought they did an amazing job, I was really disappointed in this film. The ending was sloppy and didn't make sense, that's a given. But the big creature hype should have lead to something other than just....well, an alien. A bit unoriginal I thought. And the fact that they barely show this creature except in dark areas is weak and a huge let down. The best part of the movie as the kids and the train wreck, which was fricken amaaazing. I expected more from Abrams.

  • Very misleading title as that was clearly 1:48 ;)

  • These reviews are super good! Its like you are sharing your opinions about the things you review about.

  • I haven't seen the film yet. I hear lots of complaints about the ending. I've decided NOT to go see the film! I made my final decision based on the creature reveal at 1:22 in this review!! What a rip off.

    I love Spielberg, but what was he thinking when he settled for THAT being the monster?!! I feel sorry for those that went and saw THAT come out of the box train!! Major disappointment.

  • @KingofPepsi You're basing your thought of the aliens off the random pictures they show?

  • @PhoenixDog2160, Yes. Aren't they the "sneak peeks"? Still 1:22 alone told me to not even bother.

  • @KingofPepsi Don't worry man, that thing isn't the alien, the alien(s) looks great! The movie is really good up until the ending. But it's still worth seeing never the less.

  • @MyJizzHasFizz, The still at 1:22 is not the "Super 8" monster?! I thought that's why he showed it quickly and took it away. Luckily, for me, I PAUSED the photo and got a real good look. But, you're saying that's not the monster. I'm starting to feel better...and stupid!! Oh, how embarrassing!!

  • @KingofPepsi Haha, no that's not a monster from Super 8. The actual monster(s)/Alien(s) look great. Really good CGI imo. The movie is worth watching, but like everyone I was disappointed by the ending,

  • @MyJizzHasFizz, Well, that's a relief. Okay, I'm back to wanting to go seeing it again. Thanx!

  • @KingofPepsi No problem. I figured I'd step in before some idiot started swearing at you about it. Buy generally, they aren't the type of person this video attracts.

  • @KingofPepsi Dude... that isn't the monster. The monster in the movie is actually about a 1/4 scale version of the one from "Cloverfield". Shut up and watch the movie before you start spewing a bunch of uninformed bullshit about a bunch of pictures that were randomly thrown up on the screen and had nothing to do with the movie.

  • @Prim3StaR, But, it's obvious that 1:22 IS the creature from "Super 8", that's why he shows it real fast and then hides it!! Lucky for me, I pressed the Pause button and got a real good look at the creature!! I'm saving my money.

  • @KingofPepsi NO. IT. ISN'T. I've seen the movie, and can officially conclude that you are a certified retard. JJ Abrams is the same director who did "Cloverfield". The monster in Super 8 looks JUST LIKE the Cloverfield monster. You haven't seen seen the movie, I HAVE. All you did was watch a stupid video of a random retard who talks too fast, and you're gonna trust a picture he threw up on the screen over the actual movie!? What the FUCK!?

    The thing on the screen is a "Slitheen" from Dr Who.

  • Hehe loved this movie.

    Think I audition for it as well

  • Awesome film! I even loved the ending! My only problem is, what happened to the dogs? Plot-hole?

  • again dude... 1:48... YOU"VE BEEN HAD BY THE TIME POLICE!!!!

  • @FilmState oh was commenting on the fact that it was mentioned "I didn't know this movie had aliens!" seemed like a reveal in the movie, but hey what do I know, I'm only black LOL, sincei have your ear why does Hollywood kill blacks? Seems like a lame stereotype, but I watched Xmen and THEY KILL THE BLACK GUY!

  • Awesome movie! I just don't understand what was up with the dogs??

  • Just curious, what did you think of Thor? (If you've even seen it) I thought it was gonna be good, but after I saw it, I'd give it an Eff Yeah! Much better than I expected it to be. I can't wait to see Super 8 though!

  • I also agree with the ending... I was so happy that Super 8 didn't let me down but the ending was slightly meh.... But my twin and I agreed that it was like the Goonies mixed with ET....

  • my second cousin was in the goonies....just sayin' =)

  • maybe spoiler alert! Would be good to say

  • @FamilyFirstJ There were no spoilers here. What are you referring to?

  • @FilmState maybe "There were two stories happening, one of the kids, and one of the..."

    Not really a spoiler though, I'd kind of guessed as much and am still really keen to go see it. Thanks for the great review. Cheers

  • @FilmState maybe "There were two stories happening, one of the kids, and one of the..."

    Not really a spoiler though, I'd kind of guessed as much and am still really keen to go see it. Thanks for the great review. Cheers

  • @FilmState He was referring to the Aliens

  • @FilmState the word aliens

  • @MrJellyninja Wait...You didn't know there were aliens in the movie? You didn't watch a trailer, did you...

  • @PhoenixDog2160 I knew there were alien but none of the trailers actualy reveal that there are any, this could easily be considered a spoiler.

  • @PhoenixDog2160, You wrote to someone,"Wait...You didn't know there were aliens in the movie? You didn't watch a trailer, did you..."

    - Actually, the trailer doesn't reveal WHAT is trying to get out of the box car. The audience doesn't have a clue. Wild animal? Fantasy creature? Alien? Dinosaur?

    I feel very dumb thinking 1:22 was the "Super 8" secret!!

  • @FilmState I'm guessing when you say the aliens story? That was the only thing even related to spoilers?

  • @FamilyFirstJ There are aliens in the movie. Pretty apparent in the trailers if you watched any of them.

  • @PhoenixDog2160 wow lol it wasn't me i was speaking for someone who posted a comment & no i dont watch too many trailers cause they reveal too much sometimes

  • @FamilyFirstJ If your going to watch a film review. Expect spoilers idiot. Their weren't any anyway.

  • Ditto, to the Goonies comment, LOL

  • I hope thers SOOOO many more of these

  • I can't believe you compared this to Goonies, It was a good movie but not anything like Goonies (just having kids in a film doesn't mean its Gooniesque ). Also the marketing for the film lied, they billed it as a scifi/creature feature but what it was was a drama. It was more about the kids and their own personal problems with maybe 25% dealing with the "creature". I did like the movie,but I wanted to see an alien/creature film. its a C+,only the kids awesome acting held it together. wait 4 dvd

  • It makes me happy every time I see a Doctor Who reference on Film State/Film Riot haha

  • DUDE!! House of Heroes at 1:25 FTW!! Love that band.

  • a 1:48 1 minute review....cool

  • i heard it has pop ups..

  • They always put so much food in this pictures that I'm always hungry after watching film state lol

  • lol, i only know jj abrams from the legendary keyboard solo ;)

  • Slitheen!!

  • Wow... you described EXACTLY how I felt when I saw this movie. I LOVED IT! 

  • If this was about super 8 (like the title says) why does the dooblydoo say "The Green Lantern"?

  • @gavers23 Because that's what the NEXT 1-minute review is gonna be about.

  • Anybody else think little Fanning is going to be a better actress then older Fanning?

  • I didn't like it.

  • Super 8 has joined my favorite films list

  • Man, I cannot wait to see this!

  • that made me wanna see this :D

  • omg so me and my friend dragged our other friends to watch this with us and we all <3 it !! haha also it was very funny when the people behind you say you were being really rude and then u turn ur head and its you AP English Teacher and ur Math teacher... (They were kidding btw we werent being rude)

  • There it is!!!

  • This movie was like a highly polished mish-mash of one of the greatest movies of all time, and something that just didn't work. Everything that was focused on the kids was pure gold, while the side stories weren't fleshed out and felt wrong, derailing a brilliant picture. I really feel like the focus should have been on the kids the entire time.

  • Bahaha I love it when you guys use the Slitheen image, cracks me up every time.

  • I was super excited about this, because of JJ Abrams, Steven Spielberg, and Andrew Kramer. My friends and I went into this movie with very very high expectations and it completely delivered.

    Although I don't know what was so disappointing about the end to Ryan.

  • I like this kind of review, short and compact. With these reviews i decide wether or not i should spend that $10 at the theatre. So keep them 1min reviews coming! :D

  • I HATE LIVING IN THE UK!!!!!!

  • Thank you for keeping these spoiler free! Now I am actually pumped to go see the movie not sad that I know the ending. Thanks Ryan!

  • Do you think it will still be enjoyable if I'm not really a sci fi fan?

  • @giants8189 I do indeed.

  • @FilmState Awesome, I'm definitely going to check it out. I hear that you should stay after the credits too.

  • These one minute reviews are great!

  • @liamjfloyd Thank you!

  • I was also super hyped for this movie... mainly because your super hype-ness got ME super hyped, although you justified your hype very well, and I completely agreed with it!

    I ended up going to see the movie as soon as I could, and I've gotta say that YOU, Ryan, hit the nail on the head with this review! :D

  • @Phyootchurboi Thank you. :)

  • I'm really liking the one minute reviews. Great addition to the show guys!

  • Can't wait to check it out. I love that you called this a "One Minute Review" but didn't restrict yourself to one minute. Say what you gotta say!

  • thanks know i"m in the mood for cheese :P

  • Andrew Kramer FTW! (He worked at the VFX)

  • Super 8 release dates:

    America- June 10th (Out Now)

    UK- August 5th (2 months away)

    HOW THE F*CK IS THAT FAIR?!?!?!?!

  • @xChaOsPrOductiOnZx lol in Iceland where i live i think it's 15th or 16th you are really unlucky

  • @xChaOsPrOductiOnZx dont worry! you have the internets!

  • @xChaOsPrOductiOnZx whaaaat??? it's already out in asia! :o

  • @xChaOsPrOductiOnZx Due to international copyright laws and the network policy, the country that the movie was made in almost always has the first release date, and then Europe gets it next, usually anywhere from a week to 4 months later.

  • @xChaOsPrOductiOnZx Get a plane ticket. :)

  • @xChaOsPrOductiOnZx watch it online... that's what I did.

  • @xChaOsPrOductiOnZx LOLZ!!!! In Estonia (we're wrongly considered a 3rd world country by many... but still) we're getting it on June 16th... Seriously!

  • @xChaOsPrOductiOnZx It's not.Kick-Ass was released on the 22nd of March in the UK.And in Estonia, it was released the 16th of June.Just bringing up an example. :P

  • @xChaOsPrOductiOnZx Just gives us more reason to go ahead and download some shitty US cam version from piratebay!

  • @xChaOsPrOductiOnZx AHHAHAHAHAHAHA YES YES YES FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER WE HAVE A MOVIE RELEASE BEFORE YOU GUYS. Well still it's kinda sad this this is the first time ever but, WHO CARES I'M GONNA SEE IT TOMORROW :D :) :O :P :X xD x) :3, and yea btw i'm from Sweden hehehe.

  • @xChaOsPrOductiOnZx It's not that great of a movie so no big deal.

  • AWSOME!!! Eff Yeah!!!

  • These reviews are awesome! Now excuse me, I'm gonna go watch super 8!

  • The E.T., Close Encounters, and Goonies references were apparent, but what Jaws references were there?

  • Awesome review. How often will you do these reviews? Also, can't wait to see the movie :D

  • @MegaTrekant There is no set schedule. Just whenever I can. We are going to try and do one a week, but it could vary. So make sure you subscribe here.

  • @FilmState Okay, great. Thanks for the response :)

  • i loved it

  • Super 8 is epic. wort watching.

  • This hasn't been flagged as spam

  • Thanks for the review. It solidified my "want to see this movie" feeling. Going to see it A.S.A.P.