Was the opening scene with the caveman and woman the first recorded use of a nose flute? Bucky is an aspiring film maker, and with his mute friend Vish, wants to make movies of substance, to cement a legacy of a film maker that will be remembered for 500 years. All real artistic masterpieces. But he knows very little about making a good movie and lives in a small town. As he is filming a submission to a local film festival, a meteorite lands by the house. His father picks it up, and is turned into a zombie. Suddenly, his idea of a film changes, as he has a perfect actor to use for a zombie film. He advertises for actors, and Vivien shows up. A chain smoker, she starts to boss Bucky around since she knows more about movies than he does. She thinks Walter, Bucky's father, simply is in character. And we find later she has really talented toes. June, who wants to be in movies, but has severe stage fright, also shows up hoping to be in a movie. She becomes an assistant, telling Bucky a zombie film has to have a lot of blood. But Bucky can't take gore, and vomits a lot. So for a different local film festival he plans a zombie movie, as that one requires a horror movie submitted. If this description seems strange and perhaps a little silly, by the half way point the movie really gets silly and manic. So consider this a zombie comedy and quite unlike anything else out there. Super 8 (2011) is about amateur film makers who stumble upon a deep secret. This movie is about a film maker of a far different, and lower skill set and stumbles and bumbles around to give an enjoyable movie. And by the end of the movie, one will find how the pink flamingos fit into the film. Except for a certain four letter word used, it might qualify for a PG-13 rating.
