【電影簡介】

1979年夏天，一群十來歲的青少年生活在俄亥俄州的小鎮，他們熱愛電影，某天，他們為了完成自己拍攝的電影，拿著超8毫米攝影機在火車站附近拍攝，并目睹了一場悲慘的火車撞車事變，他們發現了他們學校的生物老師用汽車撞了火車，從而導致了這場災難。當他們看到軍隊來到時，就立刻離開了現場。

但是，小鎮上的生活開始變得不同尋常。先是小鎮上出現間歇性停電現象，然后小鎮上的狗紛紛逃離，隨著電器和小鎮居民的不斷失蹤，小鎮副警長（男主角小男孩的父親）開始覺得這不是一個尋常的火車撞擊事件。

小男孩喬（男主角）為了尋找失蹤的心愛女孩，毅然決然在軍隊實行“遠征軍”計劃即小鎮毀滅計劃的時候，闖進了小鎮的學校，并發現了生物老師的秘密——原來導致這一切的是一個被人類折磨、研究、囚禁的迷失在地球的蜘蛛狀外星人。小鎮電器的消失也是因為外星人需要用它們來制造一個回到外星球的飛船。

最終，外星人殺死了曾經殘害它的軍隊長官，并用制造了的飛船，回到了外太空。而小男孩也找到了外星人囚禁小鎮居民的地方，并解救出了小女孩。電影的最后是小男孩喬和父親的喪母喪妻之痛，在經歷了這件事情后，也終于看開，明白了原來生活還要再繼續下去，對過去的不幸和痛苦需要放手，這樣也許才能生活下去。

【音頻文本】

"Super 8" is a film that is quite susceptible to misunderstanding. Viewers who expect a science fiction movie featuring ferocious aliens might walk out of the cinema feeling disappointed. But those with patience,a keen sense of humor and a fine touch of nostalgia will be duly rewarded.

The film derives its name from the super 8 millimeter film commonly used by amateur filmmakers in the 1980s. Some say the film is an ode to its producer Steven Spielberg, commemorating his teenage years. The saying could well be true as teens ARE the focus of this film.

A group of teenagers witness a train derailment while making a super 8 movie. But they soon find out that it was not an accident when bizarre things start happening in the town. The shared experience triggers thespark of romance between a boy who has just lost his mother in a factory accident and a girl whose father is believed responsible for her death. Amid the turmoil in the town that culminates in the departure of analien, both families come to the point of reconciliation at last.

The film is largely seen from the perspective of the kids. Watching them talk, quarrel, form little conspiracies and hide their true feelings for each other takes viewers back to their own age of innocence. In this way, the film maintains a safe distance from becoming a cheap sci-fi thriller soaked in blood and givesthe actors an opportunity to actually do their jobs.

The young actors apparently outdo their adult counterparts. The teen director played by Riley Griffiths appears to know his way very well around filmmaking with all the loud shouts delivered in an authoritative manner. Better still is Elle Fanning, the little girl whose stunning performance in the film within the film takes the breath away of everyone who's watching on and off screen.

Funny little moments also add a touch of humor to the film. Although soldiers are being slaughtered by thealien at the front of a van, a boy trying to escape by climbing out of the sunroof at the back carelessly kicks his friend in the face. Comical scenes such as this occur throughout the film, but viewers have to stay focused so they don't miss them.

Of course, you can still find the same old clichés about aliens, humanity and understanding—themes that have been exploited over and over again since the advent of "E.T." But the director of "Super 8' has wiselydecided not to go down the same route. The result is a better product.

On a scale from one to ten, "Super 8" deserves a superb EIGHT indeed.

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