A group of friends are making a movie on a super 8 camera in the summer of 1979 when suddenly they witness a horrible train wreck. Whatever is inside the train starts causing strange things to happen around town, and it becomes bigger than anyone imagined.
Why you might not be excited about it:
The description I just gave may have sounded very cryptic. Cryptic doesn’t work for everyone.
Why you should be excited for it:
Honestly, there aren’t a lot of reasons why you shouldn’t be excited about this one.
J.J. Abrams is the director. Steven Spielberg is the producer. Why on earth wouldn’t you go see this movie?
What I like about Spielberg (and Abrams, to the extent that it applies) is that he casts unknown actors when it counts. What I admire about these men as filmmakers is that they are not relying on star power to get people to see this movie. They know how to market their film. They know to market it on story. Any studio would have cast Tom Cruise as the sheriff (instead of Kyle Chandler) and marketed the movie based around his character. But you see, the story is about everyone and the focus of this movie seems to be centered around the event of these things coming to town and causing all these disappearances, and the fact that the truth is being hidden from our protagonists. That’s the hook, because you, as an audience member, want to know what’s going on. Abrams is no stranger to this model. He is knowledgeable enough, confident enough, and talented enough to know that the story should speak for itself, and he knows how to make you want to see this movie. And why wouldn’t you? Abrams created LOST, and produced Cloverfield, two projects whose entire hook was secrecy and not spoiling the surprise in the trailers or TV spots.
Now, I will say that now knowing a lot about this movie may make you just say “meh.” Meaning, you’ll probably go see it, but you don’t have any expectations for it. That’s fine. That’s kind of how I feel. But you know what? That doesn’t mean I’m not excited for it. The fact is, I’m still going to go see it. I like the fact that I don’t know much about it. It leaves more for me to discover in the theater.
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