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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
The problem is that we've seen it before in E.T. except that in Super 8, it was boring and rehashed. There was nothing really original about the film and it was easy to guess what would happen next.
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The film wasn't meant to be original. It was meant to be derivative. It was a celebration of nostalgia, an homage to all those movies that you've mentioned (and others, like Goonies) that came before. It was about being a kid again, and turning off the analytical brain and getting swept up, like a kid, in the adventure.
It captured those feelings, the spirit and essence of imagination and childhood adventure so perfectly.