Reihan reads deep into "Super 8":
For all of our learned passivity, movies like "Super 8" remind us that we are stronger and smarter and braver than we've come to believe, or at the very least that we want to be. More than any major motion picture in recent memory, it connects with something deep in the American character. It captures our long-buried desire to be the authors of our own lives. And as we endure an endless barrage of campaign ads between now and November of next year, we'd do well to remember that. No politician can give us a sense of purpose and direction, or deliver us from our fear of the future.
The Dish 