Some movies have an obvious hero type character (like Thor for example). And then there are movies who have a unsuspecting hero. I would include the movie Super 8 in this summers list of the “Super Hero Summer.”  If you saw the movie you would know what I mean. I will not spoil the end of the movie here. But the main character, Joe (played by Joel Courtney) is very good and acts very heroically in the process.

I love the part where it is his job to put movie make-up on a girl who he has a crush on. The girl, Alice, is played by Elle Fanning (Dakota’s sister). Is also fabulous. The kids in the movie are all believable even though the plot is way out of this world. It was cool to see kids in the movie ride around town on bikes. After all it is a Steven Spielberg movie! Parts of the movie remind me of E.T. And in fact E.T. also had a child that turned out to be the hero of the movie. But I love the whole premise of the kids making a movie within a movie. In fact if you watch the movie stay for the end. It will be worth it!

I am looking forward to other “Super Hero Movies” this summer. But we do need more women super heroes movies. In fact I read the book “Super Born” and was excited to read that  the super hero is a woman. She is sexy, funny, and a single mom. She tosses beer trucks around like crazy and for some reason all of the men in her town are morons. Now that would make a great movie!

Stay tuned for more super hero movies this “Super Hero Summer”.