Continuity mistake: After the train wreck, one scene shows the car they came in has a steel or wooden beam/bar stuck into the rear wheel area and debris is piled close to the car - yet when they get in it to escape, the car is clear and they easily pull out of the lot. (00:19:25 - 00:24:35)
Super 8 (2011)
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Directed by: J.J. Abrams
Starring: Elle Fanning, Kyle Chandler, AJ Michalka, Joel Courtney
Genres: Sci-fi
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Super 8 is a throwback to much earlier child-centered adventure films of the kind like E.T., Stand By Me and Explorers, but with a scarier edge as a group of young people with an interest in film are attempting to make their own amateur zombie picture with a hand-held camera when they witness-and nearly fall victim to-a terrible and mysterious railroad accident. What unfolds involves the military, disappearances and what may be an alien encounter. The junior filmmakers try to unravel the clues they find as their small town becomes the epicenter of something that will change their lives forever. Not for very young viewers without supervision, but OK for the tweens and up as a Science Fiction Monster movie with a deeper message about family and healing after experiencing tragedy. Watch for nods to producer Spielberg's storytelling as interpreted by J.J. Abrams throughout and an early strong performance by Elle Fanning.
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Dr. Woodward: If you speak of this... Or else... you, and your parents will die. (00:23:45)
Trivia: Wait for about 2 minutes when the credits roll and you'll see the kids' completed zombie movie - it's about 5 minutes long and fun to watch.
Question: Why does Alice suddenly like Joe after tearing him apart for being "the deputy's kid"?
Answer: Their initial dislike stemmed from their fathers' mutual animosity over the fatal accident that killed Joe's mother. Alice may have come to understand and accept why Joe blamed her father, who was indirectly responsible for his mother's death. This eventually allowed them to grow close.
I didn't get the impression that Joe and Alice initially disliked one another. In fact, Joe's eyes lit up with excitement when he found out that Alice was going to be driving them to film the movie - Joe was already infatuated with Alice. Moreover, I don't think that Joe initially knew that Alice's dad played an indirect role in his mother's death. Alice eventually told Joe that her father works at the place where his mother worked and later told Joe that her dad was supposed to work the day of the accident but called off (and Joe's mother filled in for him, thereby putting her in the position to have an accident at work when it was supposed to be her day off).
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Answer: Alice "borrowed" her father's car without permission and was driving without a license at age 12. She didn't want to get caught, but Joe - the deputy's son - saw her and she was afraid that Joe would tell his dad. Joe said she could trust him and his father would never know. Alice may have already liked Joe or spending time together made his attraction grow. They also had something in common that caused them sadness and could relate to - neither had a mother around anymore. They apparently were an "only child", which was not relatively common in 1979; both were left "home alone" when their fathers were at work or elsewhere, signifying they may have been lonely and in need of a friend who could relate to these circumstances.
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