Reviews

I was so happy to find out the lead character was one of my favorite actresses previously seen in Prison Break. She was the only actor I recognized in the movie. Which was probably a good thing because I was able to concentrate more on the parts they were playing rather than on who they were.

As a major Twister fan, I was looking forward to this movie with the hopes that the special effects would be better after all of these years. There were a couple of jump out of your seat moments, but for the most part, I didn't really see a difference between the quality of tornadoes between this movie and Twister. The wind blows, houses fly apart, trucks float up into the air, nothing really different.

I give this movie a 7 because I love disaster movies (which is why I saw it on opening night), the 3 guys were hot, I liked the main actress and yes, I've never seen a tornado catch on fire before. That was pretty awesome.

I went to school in 1979 - as the kids were running from the school, I felt like I was right back there. There were only a couple of phrases that I felt were from a later year, but the time period felt very authentic. With a small exception... most of the cars were American gas hog cars... there were very few Toyotas, VW bugs etc... I remember seeing a lot of those back then too.

I have 3 sons, all love sci-fi, math, nerdy stuff... so watching 5 young nerdy boys made me feel right at home. The relationship between Joel Courtney (Watch out Bieber!) and Riley Griffiths was very authentic. I wish I could see them 15 years from now, still best friends and talking about 'that train wreck'...

I am quite amazed that this film was made as cheaply as it was. It plays like a much more expensive film. I guess the lack of big name stars really helped with the budget. It was very smart on their part... I saw the characters as who they were playing rather than who I knew them to be.

Kyle Chandler baby! Where have you been all of my life! Wish they had given you a love interest in the movie too... (although I guess that would have messed with the whole missing the just departed wife plot line)... OK, I forgive them... but when they release the directors edition, perhaps we can see some past scenes between you and your wife, a la Casper? "The Day the Earth Stood Still" didn't make you a star... Grey's Anatomy cut your part short... hopefully Super 8 will launch you finally...

Elle Fanning reminded me more of a young Lindsay Lohan with blonde hair than her sister Dakota Fanning whom was highly annoying 6 years ago in War of the Worlds. Elle was not annoying in the slightest. It was nice to see an actual 13 year old playing one on screen.

I knew when I laughed during the first scene (the funeral) that I was going to enjoy the movie. The theater was crowded and it was great to hear everyone laughing from beginning to end. I wish half of the audience hadn't left before the kid's super 8 movie was shown... It was adorable.

Anything that has the name J.J. Abrams on it makes me want to see it. As a very devoted fan of Lost (which I only got hooked on because I enjoyed Alias) any scene in the movie that reminded me of Lost (mostly the monster in the tree scenes and the black and white films) made me miss it again. Of course the tree scenes were also reminiscent of Jurassic Park so I knew exactly when to look away from the screen (usually when it got real quiet...)

The "love" story between the two teenagers didn't quite play right. It was obvious he had a crush on her, not so much the other way around. I'm glad they didn't try to stick a kiss in there, it would have been awkward. I could see them as very close friends throughout school.

The scene where he is trying to hold on to the locket lasted way too long and the music was too sappy... We got it... don't pound us over the head with it.

So this alien has been on earth for over 20 years and has yet to build his ship to return home... but all of a sudden at the end of the movie, voilà, the ship is built and off he goes... Ummm, what took him so long? Why hadn't he left before? That needed some explaining... I wasn't so sure why after such an amazing movie they had to rush the ending... it wasn't like a commercial was coming up or anything...

I think this is the best movie of 2011 so far, the second being Source Code, (if I had to pick one.) There was never a moment during the movie that I didn't want to be sitting there. The last time I felt that way was watching The Social Network last fall.

I will be seeing it again in a week, I want to share the experience with my family who haven't seen in yet. I have read it compared to umpteen other movies all of which are seen in snippets throughout, but this movie will definitely stand on its own.

I'll never forget the first day I put on my pointe shoes. For years I dreamed of how wonderful it would be to finally be en pointe, and the crushing reality that hit me when the excruciating pain in my toes put to rest my fantasies of ballet stardom.

And so it was, my expectations of a long awaited ballet movie were dashed by the ridiculous supposedly psychological overtones.

First, there is the poster. They couldn't have found an uglier picture than that? And I thought that the made up face of Padmé Amidala was bad...

We start out with a ballerina and her ballerina mother who gave it all up to have the daughter. Um, didn't we already see that in The Turning Point? I agree with the other reviewer who stated that she would have rather had seen a real ballet dancer who didn't act as well than an actress who couldn't dance very well.

I didn't see the director as nefarious. I didn't see the mother as destructive. I didn't see Mila as malicious. I felt that the movie was trying too hard to make it so...

The core would have spent hours and hours rehearsing, yet she had no relationship at all with her male partner. I found him attractive and would have liked to seen more of him in the film.

I turned away from the gory scenes. They added nothing to the film.

I enjoyed the music. I enjoyed the standing ovation. I enjoyed the beauty of her face as the movie ended. Too bad I didn't enjoy the whole movie...

I love Mark Ruffalo. He can pretty much do no wrong in my eyes. I see every movie he is in, because usually he makes decent choices.

Not this time... If I hear the phrase 'Moms' one more time I'm going to hurl...

I was looking forward to this movie very much and was so disappointed. Julianne Moore got on my nerves with her whole mid-life crisis act.

Seeing Mark Ruffalo's rear reminded me of a low budget porn flick. It didn't seem realistic to me at all.

I think the only reason this is being considered for awards is because of the 'gay' couple aspect.

The kids 'were' alright, but the rest of them were just a mess...