Factual error: After the train crash, the teen characters discover cube-like items. One of them states it looks like a Rubik's Cube. The movie itself takes place in 1979, but the Rubik's Cube, although invented in 1974, was not licensed to sell in the USA until 1980. It was not even called a "Rubik's cube" until 1980 (prior to this, it was known as a "Magic Cube"). (00:21:55)
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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Cary: Excuse me, can I have another order of fries? Because my friend here is fat.
Charles: Funny, Chompers. At least I don't need a booster seat. (00:33:08)
Trivia: The chemical company that made the zombie drug in the super 8 movie shown during the credits is Romero Chemical. A nod to George Romero, creator of Night of the Living Dead?
Question: During the scene where the kids are eating in the diner and they are talking about the train crash, you can see Joe's father getting out of his police car across the street at the Auto Sales lot. I've noticed in movies that they don't usually have a major character appear in a scene without a reason, even in the background. So it makes me wonder if they cut out some interaction with Joe's father in the diner, or if this diner scene was originally intended to appear at a different point in the film, such as when Joe's father visits the car lot when the owner is complaining about things missing from his cars. I've watched my DVD many times, and I only just noticed this. Now I'm dying to know.
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Answer: The explanation for the police car going into the auto dealership when Joe and friends are at the dinner is provided by J.J. Abrams in the "Commentary": "As it was originally written, you [audience] were simultaneously with the father going into the car dealership... umm... and with the kids in the diner. We ended up moving the structure around. So, it wasn't... umm. It was no longer simultaneous." Abrams said that the kids had been rehearsing at the table. Filming the auto dealership scene was finished so they went ahead and filmed the kids at the diner, too.
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