Is the Super 8 Trailer Really That Spielbergian?
Ever since people started getting a glimpse of the trailer (embedded below) for Super 8, the seeeecret new film directed by J.J. Abrams, they've been falling all over themselves to describe it as Steven Spielberg-inspired. It certainly may be true that the actual film is, as rumored, an homage to Spielberg's early work. But this trailer? Not so much.
I mean, it's just a well-choreographed train derailing, people. There's no John Williams music. There are no heads popping into frame, perfectly choreographed, nor people staring at an offscreen object in awe. Instead, there are lens flares (very Abrams) in a teaser trailer that's almost all train wreck and not much else (very The Fugitive). The only things Spielbergian about it are the title card bearing his name and the very real chance this will make a buttload of money next summer.
VERDICT: Still, sold.
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Still looks like a prequel to Cloverfield, if only in spirit
Is it overly sentimental, and with an ending that's 20 minutes too long and terrible? Because then it would be Spielbergian.
I guarantee he will have used ghost writers (probably Kurtzman and Orci) otherwise it will be more of his, overhyped, superficial, derivative shit.
This trailer looks incredible! In 2008, Cloverfield was the movie I could not wait to see on screen. I now know that next year's will be Super 8 for me. JJ Abrams is on such a hot streak right now, I don't know how his fans couldn't be excited. Aliens, Steven Spielberg, and JJ Abrams all rolled into one equal major summer blockbuster. The buzz that will build around this movie is going to be MASSIVE. I can't wait. The leaked trailer is here: http://thesmogger.com/2010/05/07/super-excited-for-super-8/
Cloverfield Jr (or would that be Sr) is in that derailed train-car.
It looks like he used the pickup from "Close Encounters." I would've preferred '77 Dreyfuss instead, but I may be alone in that.
The Smoke Monster is in the train!
I think it's the freezing pod from the Abrams-written "Forever Young." Except this time, it's a 'roid-raging Mel Gibson. I'm so in.