By Eddy Leading up to the premier of Super 8, nobody really knew what the movie was about.  There was so much secrecy; it was if it was the next Star Wars movie or something.  It got to be ridiculous, and a bit self important. I was pretty sure that this movie wasn’t going to save the world or anything and I fairly certain Steven Spielberg wasn’t going to donate his share of the profits to hungry orphans so why the big hush, hush, why make it such a secret.  To this day I couldn’t tell you why.   Yeah it was a cute movie and all, but I don’t think knowing anything about the plot or creature made this movie any worse or any better.  It was Cloverfield all over again, just a little less disappointing. Before I went into the theater, I kept on hearing from those who had watched the film that it was a lot like Goonies in the sense that a group of kids go on a fantastic adventure.  For the most part it is true, there is a group of kids and there is adventure, just none … [Read more...]