
Super 8
PG-13, 2011, Paramount Pictures
Director:
J.J. Abrams
Starring:
Noah Emmerich, Elle Fanning, Kyle Chandler, Gabriel Basso, Joel Courtney, Riley Griffiths, Ron Eldard
Plot:
In the summer of 1979, a group of friends in a small Ohio town witness a catastrophic train crash while making a super 8 movie and soon suspect that it was not an accident. Shortly after, unusual disappearances and inexplicable events begin to take place in town, and the local Deputy tries to uncover the truth - something more terrifying than any of them could have imagined.
1
Accident leaves son grieving loss of mother
Themes: Father-Son, Grief, Loss, Mother-Son, Parenting, Raising Children, Tragedy, Unexpected
2
Actress' emotional scene makes boys cry
Themes: Communication, Emotions, Feelings, Words
3
Teens run for lives from train derailment
Themes: Danger, Disaster, Helplessness, Terror
4
Sheriff refuses to hear deputy's suspicions
Themes: Belief, Doubt, Listening, Truth, Unbelievers
5
Man believes radio "slippery slope" for youth
Themes: Parenting, Sin, Teen Issues
6
Boy watches videos of dead mother
Themes: Mother-Son, Motherhood, Mother's Care
7
Boy empathizes with suffering alien
Themes: Compassion, Storms of Life, Suffering, Understanding