But, and this is a good but, its worth the wait.
Every day of it.
Or Jonah Hill and Russell Brand turned up and made a Kubrick reference.
And the thing about press junkets is theyre pretty much a conveyor belt.
The characters are great in this film.
Which one is closest to you when you were growing up?
Were you the bossy director, or the shy behind-the-scenes guy?
And I was never as smart as the kid Preston, or as stupid as Martin.
So, I was somewhere in the middle of all of them, I think.
And is that you as a director now?
[laughs] I think that hes kind of this bull in a china shop.
He just has a lot of confidence and does what he wants to do.
I dont feel that way at all.
Thats really his primary thing.
And the main kid, Joe, really hasnt found his voice yet, and hes a follower.
And hes sort of following this kid as hes making these films.
Whats great is looking at Joes room in this film.
Its filled with incredible memorabilia, a Krakken doll, amazing movie posters.
Was that your room growing up?
Its funny, both of the kids rooms that you see felt so eerily familiar to me.
It was very strange.
Is that a challenge you would have liked to take on?
I think that the idea of- I love technology.
I think that what were able to do now in terms of effects in film is amazing.
The idea of film- We shotSuper 8on film, and I love and prefer film.
Im obsessed with all means of filmmaking, whether its digital or film, I like it all.
But for me, theres a kind of look that film has thats just fantastic.
Digitals often so completely pristine that, in a weird way, theres nothing left to imagine.
You sort of see everything almost too well, in a way.
So, I love- Personally, I love film.
And I also am incredibly grateful to the artists who made some of these visual effects.
J.J. Abrams, thank you very much.
Super 8opens in cinemas this Friday.
