Super 8

Super 8

A group of friends are making a film about zombies for a competition. They decide that it would be a good Idea to go to a train stop to do some filming. When they see a train approaching, they decide that this will add production value. When one of them spots a car driving along the tracks, the train hits it, and derails almost killing the children. The train dumps it's cargo everywhere, small shapeshifting cubes, and something appears to be alive in one of the trailers. They find that the driver was a biology teacher, who told them to tell nobody about this, as the police arrive they drive away.

The next few days are chaotic, people and dogs disappearing all over town, power cuts, the camera broke too. The main boy is told that he cannot go outside with that girl anymore, who is then taken by the alien, and his dad is captured by the military. Who then start an artificial fire to evacuate the whole town, the boys now know that the military is hiding something.

The strangely escape back in to town, to find the biology teachers room. They find classified film's about an alien landing in a ship made of shapeshifting cubes. They are caught and are on the way back to the evacuation site, when the bus is attacked by the alien. This is the first time we see the aliens face, just before he bites the commanders head off. The boys escape and decide to try and find the girl and save her.

They get to a spot where there is a garage with mud on the windows. They break in and find tunnels leading to a spot under the water tower, where the alien keeps the bodies of the stolen people. They find the girl and cause a distraction by setting off all the fireworks. They are trying to find their way out of the lair, when the alien spots them he chases them and picks up the main boy. He tells the alien that not everybody is mean and that he will help him. They get let out and the alien starts up the auto rebuild mechanism for his ship. When they get outside the small cubes are being attracted together on top of the water tower. But it needs extra materials to work, so bicycles and other metal objects are attracted to the base. The alien climbs in to the ship, but it needs one more bit. So the main boy lets the necklace of his dead mother go and pierce the water tower, setting the space ship off in to space.

Characters

Joel Courtney : Joe Lamb

Ryan Lee : Cary

Zach Mills : Preston

Gabriel Basso : Martin

Elle Fanning : Alice dainard

Filming Styles

Mostly this film was Sci-fi and at some times it was quite scary. Also a mystery film because the boys were trying to find out what was going on. There were some funny moments in the film, but quite allot of it happened in dark conditions.