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This is one of those nostalgic gems I love to revisit again and again. Mostly because their childhood and hobby was mine (except for the alien part lol). I still own all of my Super-8 cameras, editors and projectors. Ironically, they used my camera of choice as well The Eumig 65. In the scene where one kid hands the other a Super-8 filmmaker magazine, I also own all of those in hardbound format. Its fun to walk down memory lane with this and the score!
Hi Micki,
That's impressive that you recognize the camera and the magazine. I also dabbled in Super-8 filmmaking when I was 14 back in 1979, and so the movie is nostalgic for me as well because those kids were 14 and the film takes place in 1979. My hobby never really came to much unfortunately.
What I personally love about the movie is the way it captures that magical age when kids are just on the cusp of adolescence. The monster turns out to be a metaphor, and the locket a symbol, of dealing with powerful emotions, which I think places it head and shoulders above such fair as "The Goonies," for example. And of course the score fits all this perfectly. Listening to the original version of "Letting Go,"--if they had used that version the ending wouldn't have come off nearly so well as it did. For whatever reason, Giacchino went back to the drawing board and came up with a masterpiece.
(I also love the scene where Alice bites Joe on the neck. Giacchino's music is so perfect--too romantic would have made it silly, but just enough makes it touching.)
Just some thoughts based on your post. Thanks for responding!
Exactly all of the above. I never lost my love of filmmaking because of those days and am still working with younger folks on their college films. Also am an independent film score composer. So much joy for those halcyon days, and still have my super-8 films transferred to digital so I can enjoy the stupid stuff we used to do. Frame by frame, ice melting, light saber wars (scratching the negative with an exacto and coloring it in with a sharpie...ugh!!! Stupid martial arts moves... all of it. 
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