Super 8 is a movie I wanted to love the minute I saw it. The trailer alone gave me full-body goosebumps! When you have Steven Spielberg and J.J. Abrams working together, you know it’s gonna be good, right? After all, we’re talking about the man who created E.T., one of the greatest movies of all time, and the man who directed the highly successful reboot of the Star Trek franchise.
Super 8 had to be good. It had to be!
That first trailer teased at the potential of this movie. It showed that it had that spark, that hint of magic that made E.T. an instant classic. It had that feeling that made you think “this is going to be this generation’s E.T.”
Too bad that spark only existed in the trailer.
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