Well, I guess a new Tom Sawyer movie wouldn't come amiss. The only one I have in my DVD collection is the 1938 classic with Tommy Kelly. I have two DVDs of Tom's friend, Huckleberry Finn: 'Huck Finn' with the great Elijah Wood and a 1985 TV series with Patrick Day.

Well, really, josephk! Let them make as many Tom Sawyers and Huckleberry Finns as they like if it means seeing lots of comely boy actors in Mark Twain's marvellous stories. I mean, look how many versions of 'The Prince and the Pauper' there are. Anyway, according to gee's link, they are going to make 'The Healer' a horror story about a father and son camping in the woods.
I have to confess I've never heard of Joel Courtney or the film 'Super 8' except on BA. I wonder when it will get onto DVD in the UK? The only Super 8 I know is the old cine film gauge you used to buy!

Cinefan wrote on 26. Jun 2011 at 18:01:


I just personally prefer to see innovation rather than retelling the same stories over and over again. I don't really care if they make a million Tom Sawyers. I guess as long as there's a market for it, they'll continue making them. But personally, considering Joel Courtney only has probably one or two more movies in him before he's too old to even be considered a boy (he's already 15), I'd rather he put that time to use in something a bit more interesting.

Just my opinion.

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That doesn't sound very interesting either, I'll admit, but it's hard to tell with so little information. I might not have been interested in Super 8 either if I'd just read a one-line summary of the premise. I hope it's good.

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I'm surprised. It's produced by Steven Spielberg and directed by J.J. Abrams, two very big names in the industry. Reviews have been very good and it was #1 at the box office when it opened.

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I don't know. Probably not until for a while, since it hasn't played in theatres there yet.

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Yes, that's what the titles is a reference to. The movie takes place in the late 70s or early 80s. The kids are making a movie on Super 8.

Quantum wrote on 26. Jun 2011 at 19:58:


What a bummer. Do big movies like this always get released so much later in the UK? I don't understand the logic behind that at all, since every other major English-speaking market in the world gets a release date that's very close to or the same as the US date. It's almost like they want people to download an illegal copy instead of waiting two months to go see it in theatres.

gee wrote on 29. Jun 2011 at 04:17:


17-year-old Huck, eh?