Super 8 (2011)

Every one remembers the trailers for this movie which did not give any hints about the actual plot. This made for an extremely confusing first hour, though I'm glad the answers were revealed slowly, so as to keep the suspense going (Considering the director J.J. Abrams was the co-creator of 'Lost', one can imagine that he has mastered suspense). Joe and his friends spend their days in Lillian, Ohio filming movies with their Super 8 camera. When they film at the local train station one night, a truck hits a train head-on, causing it to derail. The Air Force arrives immediately, and begin searching the town over for something they are clearly very concerned about getting back. The mystery unravels and fortunately no questions are left unanswered by the end. The foul-mouthed kids in the movie are really the highlight, a group of friends much like the boys in 'Stand By Me'. 'Super 8' has a great combination of explosions and suspense, with a storyline a bit reminiscent of "E.T'. I could definitely see the film's producer, Steven Spielberg doing the same thing with a Super 8 mm camera when he was at the age of the boys in the movie. 'Super 8' is definitely worth a watch. 7 out of 10 stars.