This weekend, as one subpar alien invasion movie enters theaters, so does the trailer for another. If you are a fan of old-school Spielberg, any-school J.J. Abrams, or happiness itself, there is no way the new trailer for Super 8 doesn’t get you excited. After the 30-second Super Bowl ad so captivated the cinephile world, we all awaited the release of a new, full-length trailer that would provide us with new footage to drool over. Well, this does not disappoint:
Now, I know what you’re thinking. “Gee, Matt. Not long ago you were raving about the trailer for Battle: Los Angeles, and yet just today you decided to pan it.” Well, a fantastic trailer does not a good movie make. The fact that Battle: LA stinks doesn’t take away from the brilliance of the trailer. It teases the premise without giving anything away, and it’s the perfect couple minutes of video to whet the public's appetites. Super 8 may indeed turn out to be terrible, for all I know. But let’s just say I have more faith in Spielberg/Abrams than I do in Moritz/Liebesman. Methinks that’s justified.
Many people will likely go through this new trailer looking for secrets as to the film’s plot, and more power to them, but in my opinion the more mystery there is surrounding a movie the more interesting it becomes. It’s not as if this new trailer for Super 8 goes out of its way to hide plot information. It lays out the premise pretty clearly. It's the kind of throwback summer movie we haven't seen for a very long time; one that seems intent on enchanting and entertaining the audience rather than pummeling into submission. What’s great about the trailer is that it doesn’t spoil anything major. It answers the question as to what kind of movie we’re dealing with, and no more than that. When it’s over, everyone in the audience should know whether or not they want to see this movie.
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