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David, did you see their earlier story on Clara Bow? I'm only pointing this out because the bottom picture of her looks just like JZ.
I did, and she does. Ple pointed me at some Louise brooks pix which also look like JZ, but you have to see Louise without her classic bob to really get the proper angle.
Super 8 doesn't live up to the hype, says IO9. I missed the hype, really.
Super 8 doesn't live up to the hype, says IO9
But that's OK, the headline continues. So I'm cool. I'm excited to see it on Sunday.
Yeah, I didn't see any hype. And I admit I tend to be cautious of anything with JJ Abrams' name on it nowadays, just on general principles.
The LA Times critic said that "it most resembles Spielberg's best-loved work"
and then he said "E.T."
If he'd said "Poltergeist," I'd be in the theater.
It wasn't the same kind of hype Cloverfield got, but I think it was supposed to be, way back in the beginning of the campaign.
It was. Box Office Mojo was pretty snarky about it:
Abrams and company act like people want to see movies that they don't know much about, when it's actually story that drives moviegoing, helping people to make decisions with their hard-earned money. Given how pedestrian Super 8 has turned out in its ads, the mystery angle seems like a ruse to disguise that there's no there there. Note to Abrams: Though people didn't literally see the shark in Jaws until near the end of the movie, they still knew it was a shark before buying tickets.
I might be anticipating some schadenfreude.
It looks kind of like Abrams playing follow-the-leader with M. Night Shayamalan's approach to filmmaking/marketing to me. But I figure the train wreck ought to look pretty impressive on a big screen, and Kyle Chandler can always be counted on for an enjoyable performance.
I thought the reviews for Super 8 had been very positive.
Also, I would like J. J. Abrams to keep making Star Trek movies.
They're more positive than negative, but there's a pretty wide range. The positive reviews say it's a fun tribute to Spielberg movies, and the characters are more interesting than the story. The negative reviews say it's a calculated imitation of Spielberg movies, and the characters are more interesting than the story.
I suppose it depends on how much you like Spielberg. And lens flare.