Set in the early 80s some kids are making a short film in their small town and witness a train crash then weird stuff starts happening around the town. The first time I watched this movie I was the same age as the kids, I didn't like it with nothing driving forward the plot apart from the film. Now I understand that it's just the filmmakers remaking their childhoods, not for their earlier selves but for the present day versions. It's a mix of the iron giant and Steven Kings group of kids movie, it doesn't advance much further than that. The ending needed to be small focussed around the kids but it decided to end like the Iron Giant rather than It or Stand by me.
Review of Super 8
