Synopsis:
When
a meteorite from outer space hits a young girl
and turns her into a giant monster, she is taken
to a secret government compound where she meets
a ragtag group of monsters also rounded up over
the years.
The Freak's
Rating: D : If you go to the local
Wehrenberg theater on a Thursday night at any
given moment, you have a good chance of running
into me. I watch typically 2, sometimes 3
films each week during that timeframe.
This past Thursday I spoke with my wife ahead of
time and we arranged that the best film for her
to join me for would be Monsters Vs Aliens.
It is Dreamworks, has a funny cast and had the
most potential of being a good film.
There
are two things that keep the film from complete
failure. The first is the casting.
As I've discussed on this site, casting for an
animated feature can cause it to fail
completely, as it did with Horton Hears A Who.
It can also cause poor character identification,
as it did when we were supposed to believe John
Travolta was a little dog in Bolt. In
Monsters Vs Aliens, casting is quite good.
Though some solid A list talent provides the
speaking roles for the film, few are
recognizable. Though a few are poor (see
next paragraph), most keep you in the film and
don't force you to spend an hour saying "who is
that voice?". So, nicely done Dreamworks!
This,
overall, is a completely useless family film.
The script is incredibly flat, trying to smash a
"be who you are" message in between Tom & Jerry
cartoon violence and some incredible overacting
by some leads (read Stephen Colbert and Kiefer
Sutherland). Adult humor is always
sprinkled throughout family films to attempt to
keep interest of those who brought the
kids and not just the kids. It is poorly
written and poorly delivered here.
The
second positive note is Tru3D. If you
haven't experienced a film in this latest
technology, you should do so at your earliest
convenience. If your theater doesn't offer
it, ask to speak to a manager and tell him/her
they should get it. With home theaters
becoming better and better, there truly needs to
be a reason not to wait til video. This is
it! At our theater it is an additional $2
to see it this way, and worth every penny...even
on junk like this. The technology has come
such a long way since its inception (remember
those red and blue glasses?) and is phenomenal.
So if
your kids are nagging you to see this, find a
sitter to send them with as this is purely a
waste of time. People
often tell me I'll be watching this crap over
and over whether I like it or not when baby
makes three. I'll watch anything once,
but this puppy will never be one I'll buy,
regardless of the whining I might hear.
Roll your eyes if you want, but my five year old
will tell you, "the cinematography is better in
The Little Mermaid", and I'll be grinning from
ear to ear.
Sebastian's
Rating: B : Every time I write a review on
this site, I try and judge a movie by three
things. Acting, plot and of course the
incapability to define a good moral or not. Most
movies these days are based on blockbuster,
which is also based on money. Monsters vs aliens
is one of these movies, so don't expect anything
from it. The acting/voice overs were fine,
except the president and mabey a couple of
others could have been better... however apart
from that it's fine. The plot of the movie is
nothing out of the ordinary, it's monsters vs
aliens. It really does remind you of an B grade
horrow movie. Especially in the car scene at the
beggining of the movie when the alien arrives.
And how do the morals stick out? As Scott
originally stated... they stink. However, I
really wasn't looking for the morals in this
film.
If I were to judge the film on these three
aspects, I would automaticly engrave a Big,
chubby D right into it's poster. However looking
down below are the following films the movies on
this site should be judged upon.
D- Pretty poor, won't watch again
I find this a little rough for a movie that
really did make me laugh. It's hard to sit
through a crap movie and enjoy it, isn't it?
Bob, the stupid little jelly character couldn't
make me stop laughing. The missing link and the
cockroach scientist were also unforgetable
Charators. Sophiseted to say, in entertainment
values this one is definetly not a miss. Some of
the jokes were just so lame and yet so funny;
The part where they meet up for the first in the
monsters' facility, was just absolutely
hilarious. In my opion this movie was well done.
Your not going to go see it for the plot. Your
not going to go see it for morals, your probably
going to go see it for the acting... or even the
special effects. But the one thing your going to
see this movie for, is for fun. This is what
puts this movie from a Downright stupid D into a
good movie B. I haven't seen this movie in 3-D,
but overall I didn't need to.
Laura's Rating: D
: Well surprise, surprise...yet another kids
movie that doesn't live up to the hype.
Frankly, this movie bored me and I did not care
at all what happened to the characters. My kids
made it through this movie, but if they didn't
have their popcorn and icee's I'm not so sure
we'd have had so much luck. I just keep waiting
for the next Finding Nemo, Toy Story, CARS, etc.
and it seems like those days are long gone.
Save your time and money and rent a movie at
home! :)
Nate's Rating:
B- : If it weren't for the 3d, I'd give it a
C-. The 3d is really cool. But without that
there's not much here. This is a movie that's
trying to be both for kids and adults and
doesn't really put the two together very well.
The story is a little too much for kids to
follow, and the humor is too silly for adults to
be interested. There are some neat action
scenes that do a good job of showing off the 3d,
but too few chuckles, boring, shallow
characters, and a high amount of predictability
end up leaving little that's worth paying
attention to. My daughter hasn't written a
review for it yet, and I when I asked her about
it she said she liked it, but it wasn't with
much enthusiasm. I think, had her vocabulary
been expanded by higher education, she would
have said the movie was "Meh."
And what's the deal with the 3d costing $2
extra, anyway?
Jen's Rating:
D- : Cheesy and barely laughed...don't waste
your time!
click here to review
it yourself!
