Super 8 - the movie, not the hotel is a Sci-Fi\Adventure\Thriller that follows 5 kids who are making a zombie movie - while filming, they run into a major disaster - a car driving into a train. Little does the town know what the train actually contains.
... and that's all I am gonna say about the plot. If the producers and critics keep the "secret" private, I will, too. If you want a spoiler, go to Wikipedia.
Anyways, I had high expectations for this. I heard lots of people raving about it that had seen it and people buzzing about it that haven't seen it. I was at Barnes and Noble the other day and a family was talking about how interested they were in seeing this. At Barnes and Noble, not the movie theater. Which just made me want to see this even more. Before I heard the secret spoiled. And luckily, I came in not knowing a whole lot of the plot, and let me just say, some scenes are quite intense. I won't go too far into what types of scenes - let's just say loud out-of-nowhere "jump" scenes. Which is pretty cool at a movie theater - you feel like you're about to have a heart attack, I swear. So I do not recommend this for little ones - unless they have tough guts and are able to handle something like this. The movie (other than the few opening scenes) is very action packed - a lot of mystery solving and thrilling scenes throughout the whole movie. The acting core (mostly kids - at least the main ones) are all good especially Elle Fanning as Alice Dainard and Joel Courtney as Joe Lamb. But all of them are great - kids and adults alike. And for those that are early-leavers when the credits start rolling, there is a extra part of the film during the credits, so you might want to stay for that.
As all is said and done, this movie is just flat-out awesome. Non-stop nailbiting scenes and nonstop wondering what will happen next. Which is perfect. Steven Spielberg and JJ Abrams both nailed this one. Go see it as soon as you can. You (should) love it.