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WEEKLY DISS: SUPER 8

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STARRING | JOEL COURTNEY, ELLE FANNING
DIRECTOR |
J.J. ABRAMS
STUDIO |
PARAMOUNT PICTURES
RELEASE |
11.22.11

I don’t care that it’s Spielberg and Abrams.

I don’t care what Roger Ebert or IMDB says.

To me, this movie will always represent filmmaking at its most cynical, offering nothing more than a reheated plate of Spielberg’s glory days to air conditioner-hungry audiences.

If everyone really wants to see the director’s take on “nostalgia” and “memories,” might I recommend a frolic in Hollywood Video?

I’m not going to lie: the trailer got me psyched, as any monster movie would. But then, as I saw the revamped, rehashed E.T. unfold before me this summer, it marked the second time I ever got royally pissed off in a movie theater (first: Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.) I felt like the two directors were laughing at me, making out on their pile of money as I watched half-assedness in full swing.

If two of Hollywood’s finest are going to come together on a movie, the least they could do is come up with something original.

“Nostalgia”? Get bent.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCRQQCKS7go


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