Like another poster earlier in the thread I came here to see if there was a thread about the repeated blue lens flare. Almost as annoying as me having to come here and find out about it. I thought it might have been a novelty but used far far to many times in stupid ways

Amazed you didn't notice it - the long blue parallel lines. I thought it was something signifying the alien's presence as the final shot as the ship takes off fades into the same lens flare

Just finished the movie and i have to say i didn't even notice one lens flare Guess it didn't bother me at all.
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The worst lens flare was the one that appeared, improbably, when they first entered the underground cave. IT'S AN UNDERGROUND CAVE WITH NO LIGHT! A camera in the real world wouldn't produce a lens flare in this situation, so it came across as super fake.

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Yes, the lens flares were OTT and annoying.

I agree they are very distracting and make it seem like the camera is broken. Get used to it, though. Probably see a lot of lens flare in the new Star Wars movies since it seems to be the director's trademark.

Alright I just watched this. And I also watched the first Star Trek movie from JJ. Honestly, yes, at first I notice them. But they're not distracting to me at all. In fact, I completely forgot about them for the rest of the movie. Same thing when I watched Star Trek. I only noticed them a couple times during the movie, for like a minute, then I forgot about them. Hmm, I must be one of the very few who's not bothered by them.

don't you think it adds mood ?
I do

Yes especially the long blue horizontal things. Man this movie is pretty bad.

If it's done naturally, you normally wouldn't notice it but if it's exaggerated and over the top like Star Trek, then that's another matter.

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If you didnt notice them then you clearly dont watch things intently

I can honestly say I did not notice a single lens flare. I guess I was watching the movie. You were just fixating on them, which is a shame for you.

"Same, and honestly I didn't even notice them in Super 8. When it's just a part of the shot, it's just whatever. "
Yep. Me neither. Don't know what you people's problems are I guess some just like to complain about something.

Same, and honestly I didn't even notice them in Super 8. When it's just a part of the shot, it's just whatever.
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Reminded me of Poltergiest. I liked it.
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That was exactly the problem. There were even lens flares on both emotional crying scenes from Alice. Those were scenes where the attention should be on the actor's performance and where lens flares are only distracting.

I wouldn't mind it but at times it covered the faces of the actors while they were delivering lines. It's an odd artistic choice.

Totally agree!
They seemed a little off by the way it looked for the reasons you mentioned.
I didn't mind lens flare in some of the Die Hard movies because it felt natural (there was lightbulb visible) and it popped up rarely. This movie and Star Trek just use them too much and post converted flares is just pointless IMO.

I usually don't mind lens-flares, but the ones in this movie were just so ugly and harsh; bright mono-colored blue and sharp-bordered. Btw, I watched the blu-ray of the movie.

I thought it was distracting to be honest

I really like the lens flares in this movie. It's well known that they went a little crazy with them in Star Trek, but they contained themselves for Super 8

Here the director talks about it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-1DqrgGZiM&t=6m58s