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From the Hollywood Reporter:
Potter and Hugo received 10 nominations each followed by Super 8 with eight and Marvel Studios’ Captain America: The First Avenger with seven. The Adventures of Tintin andMission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol snagged six nominations while Rise of the Planet of the Apes garnered five.
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The nominees in for best science fiction included Universal’s The Adjustment Bureau, Marvel Studios/Paramount’s Captain America, Relativity’s Limitless, Fox’s Apes, Paramount’s Super 8 and Fox’s X-Men: First Class.
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For best director, the nominees included J.J. Abrams (Super 8), Brad Bird (Mission: Impossible), Martin Scorsese (Hugo), Steven Spielberg (Tintin), Rupert Wyatt(Apes), and David Yates (Harry Potter).
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The 2012 Saturn Awards will be presented Wednesday, June 20, in Burbank.
From Erika D. Peterman over at Shotgun Reviews:
The movie's real triumph, however, is in its endearing characters. Courtney, who I swear is channeling Henry Thomas from 1982, is teriffic as the vulnerable but spunky Joe. I loved his scenes with Fanning, who plays Alice with such quiet, convincing melancholy. Griffiths steals many a scene as a tyrannical film director-in-training, and the movie audience laughed every time he opened his mouth.
From Ben Flanagan at Alabama Live:
Compiling a Valentine's Day movie list gets less dreamy and more tedious each year you try it, especially when you realize nearly every movie qualifies as a romance.
A modern film narrative often feels naked without at least an inkling of a romantic storyline, not that every movie needs one. We just expect it now.
The 2011 movie year gave us a swell crop of stories bursting with romantic feeling, including some up for the Best Picture Oscar....
Newb Joel Courtney and Elle Fanning find young love in J.J. Abrams' sci-fi adventure "Super 8,"sharing the film's most poignant moments, heightened by their performances and Michael Giacchino's subtle musical score.
From the UK Stirling Observer:
One of the main reasons the film works so well, however, is the young cast.
Think back to the likes of “Stand By Me” or “The Goonies”, to give just a couple of examples, and you will get the sense of camaraderie which comes across on screen.
Joel Courtney plays Joe Lamb, a 13-year-old boy who has lost his mother in a factory accident and who is struggling to bond with his equally grief-stricken deputy sheriff father.
And rising star Elle Fanning plays Alice Dainard, the feisty young object of the boys’ attentions who agrees to star in their Super 8 movie.
Both manage to grab you from the off and are screen gold.
But the rest of the ensemble cast also add to the atmosphere, which will have you feeling like a big kid again.