The 'kid-adventure' genre refers to a certain group of films that put kid's into the center of unlikely, freighting and very dangerous situations. These 'kid-adventure' movies are not just any type of movies that feature kids in main roles playing basketball with dogs or any other animals, but a more specific type of film that chronicles the last days of these characters' childhoods, a formula that leads to some of the most satisfying coming of age stories on the screen. FIlms like The Goonies, E.T., The Lost Boys, and Stand by Me are some of the films that fit into this category.
Super 8 certainly falls into this category as well. It takes our characters into a journey that will leave behind everything they once were as the story serves as bridge between the last days of childhood and the next stage in their lives much like aforementioned films. It could be said that director J.J. Abrams, teaming with Steven Spielberg in the role of producer, wanted this particular film to be mentioned in the same class as the previously stated.
Even Joe, the main character in Super 8 resembles Elliot from E.T., something that may have been done by design by Spielberg.
While Steven Spielberg himself did not direct the film, J.J. Abrams was centered at the director's chair and helmed with the task of creating a new entry into 'kid-adventure' genre.
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