When I first heard that J.J Abrams and Steven Spielberg were working on a project together, I couldn't have been more excited. Knowing I've been a fan of the show Lost and pretty much anything my favorite producer/director Spielberg's done, I could tell that I would get at least SOMETHING entertaining. When I saw the teaser for it back in December, it said coming in June. It made me only hope that the wait would pay off and thank god, it DID.
This film is literally great from start to finish. J.J Abrams knows how to open up a film scene and not do anything remotely wrong for at least the first five minutes. He did so with this movie almost all the way through. I'd rather not say what it is because there's not much to really talk about without really spoiling the movie; or maybe I would just recommend you go into the theater without thinking about what you read on anybodys blog about what actually happens in the movie. The only thing I can say is that yes, it does involve some sort of invasion that happens in a small town while a group of well written and well acted pre-teen kids are trying to make a movie using a Super 8 camera. The main trailer should tell you that by now.
What I really can talk about is how well the film is done. The suspense is incredible, the characters are well thought out and likable, there's absoluetly no "jumping the shark" or "nuking the fridge" in this (A.K.A no ridiculous impossible stunts done in this film), and surprisingly none of the acting is bad. I mean for an action movie, I thought I would've found at least one character that I didn't like or care for, but nope. This is why I love J.J Abrams, because he knows how to make an original character that has no flaws or bullshit in any situation they're in. I can see why Spielberg attached himself to the project as the main producer. It's not just because it's sort of a tribute to all his sci-fi films of the late 1970s and early 1980s, but because he knew that Abrams was one of the most gifted original story tellers of today modern society in film. Abrams knew what films of today were missing and what he may have learned from watching Spileberg's old films. The fact that Abrams and Spielberg actually went up on stage at the MTV Movie Awards to promote this film, I can see why.
I guess the only problem that I have with this film is that it does use a few minor cliches that makes it seem like a somewhat average film. It isn't overall, but it does tend to focus a tad more on the invasion scenes than the kids themselves making their film or seeing what their situation is. It still does, but not as much as I would've wanted to.
Still overall the best film I've seen so far this year and I HIGHLY recommend that you see this film.
***1/2
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