1. They simply don't make movies like this anymore. This is an homage to early Spielberg and all those other classic eighties movies, like The Goonies, The Monster Squad and Back to the Future. Movies that had extraordinary stories, but were set in ordinary surroundings with a plot and real characters.
2. Its a JJ Abrams movie, and that means lens flare. Only now, will you fully appreciate the Titanic Super 3D trailer.
3. There is a scene that will test your home cinema set up to its very core.
4. These kids are real. Switch on those classic eighties movies and one thing becomes clear, those kids could swear! From Stand By Me to E.T. there is language used by kids in those movies - that in 2012, still isn't used by adults on American network television. After a decade of the more clean mouthed Harry Potter kids, we finally go back to a time when movie kids swore, picked on the fat kid, stole their parents cars and generally behaved like kids.
5. Simpler times. The pace of change these days, can mean that movies date very fast. The references to myspace in Kick Ass or flash mobs in Friends with Benefits left them looking "so last year", before they had finished their theatrical run. By setting Super 8 in 1979, we don't have to worry about our heroes texting or tweeting, and they can still explore and play outdoors.
6. Period detail. The late seventies are lovingly recreated. A bit like Dazed & Confused this movie neither celebrates nor mocks the decade. Instead there are plenty of reminders of times past, and some gentle foreshadowing of the decades that followed.
7. The end credits. Don't switch off too soon, otherwise you'll miss a great scene.
8. Production value.
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