Bowling Green Daily News. May 16, The eXile. October 31, January 2, Cleveland Plain Dealer. August 17, Time Out. July 25, Reel Film Reviews. A typically slick effort from DreamWorks Animation June 22, Common Sense Says Homage to '50s alien flicks too intense for youngest kids.
Monsters VS Aliens raises the bar for animated movies when it comes to technical achievement. It is the first film I see that makes an adequate use of 3D.
The computer rendered 3D world is seemingly the only suitable setup for stereoscopic vision as it failed to impress beyond 'Oh Well!
If you are heading to see this movie, make sure it's in 3D, the movie itself is worth seeing no matter the viewing experience but what really makes it special is the rendering of everything in stereoscopy. Monsters Vs. Aliens is one of Dreamworks Animation best work, it's very fun and entertaining. But Seth Rogen as B. I liked the good visuals, the nice 50's look at alien invasions and mainly the action-packed sequences surprised how great the action was in this.
The action sequences though, is surprisingly well-made and loved it. Aliens is one of their better efforts.
True, the story is predictable and there isn't much character development. That said, the animation is beautiful, with well modelled characters and bold bright colours and backgrounds. Not to mention the battle on the Golden Gate bridge, which was stunning. The voice acting is also solid and fit their characters well, Reese Witherspoon is a nice surprise and Hugh Laurie especially is fun.
All in all, very good fun, not a classic, but enjoyable family entertainment. Cool Monsters in funniest DreamWorks animation to date by Stampsfightclub Susan gets transformed into a 50ft woman on her wedding day and as a result is forced to join a group of monsters to fight an oncoming threat from an approaching alien. All Oscar winners that are not DreamWorks pictures. Pixar therefore are on somewhat of a role and the arrival of Shrek and Kung Fu Panda have been the closet rivals ever so could this promising picture depicting the most famous of legends finally top the best animators in the business?
But Rob Letterman's release is certainly enthralling viewing for any age, if perhaps not going to rattle the cages of Pixar's seemingly unflappable reputation.
What this picture does is entertain from start to finish with a coolly funny plot that maintains the comic without diving too deep into the weepy soap styled animations that can be the knockdown of so many others. When the plot feels like heading that way up pops one of the cool looking monsters with an in-joke or crazy physical act to keep the laughs coming which is a massive relief as when the emotions hit this film doesn't handle all too well. Susan's overwhelming emotions and The Missing Link's unfit shape make you want to hide your head.
But do not fret as this is surely the funniest picture DreamWorks have ever mustered. Shrek had all the attributes for great family viewing. The physical humour of eating disgusting food and Eddie Murphy's Donkey are classic and the emotional core on the concept of appearance is almost tear worthy.
Monsters Vs Aliens emotional core may waver but the hilarity from the monsters is beautiful. The physical attributes contributed by BOB are exquisite and the Cockroach's mad attitude towards science is manic humour where even Susan has her moments. Go Monsters! It is an obvious one sided film where you will always route for Monsters as the stereotypical and over dramatic evil alien Gallaxhar worst villain name ever?
The bizarre representation of the President is often funny if way overboard but the kids will love it. The intertextuality of the film survives on classic Sci-Fi films such as The Blob. Not to mention the inclusion of monsters away from the real world feels Men in Black.
But these are handled well through some fine physical humour and an easily accessible plot that will make kids laugh and adults intrigued by the sophisticated action and political agendas. A fun family comedy sci-fi movie by breakdownthatfilm-blogspot-com Having two different types of creatures come onto the same screen is an interesting idea.
Monsters are organisms created by humans. Many are from some malfunction in scientific procedure that led to the disfigurement of the original organism.
Aliens, as we know of from previous science fiction films, are organisms that are not from this planet. She is drugged and taken to a US government facility for monsters, where she meets four others--Bob who is a cute blue blob the best of the cast , Dr. Cockroach who is quite fun, the Missing Link who is a 50s style aquatic monster and a giant bug who is quite a bit taller even than the newly christened 'Ginormica' Susan. You can tell at this point that it is yet another buddy film and by the end, they'll all have worked together to save the planet.
Now I did like the evil alien, Gallaxhar. He provided some nice comic relief and was a decent villain. What I did not like was how once the characters were all established, the film seemed terribly familiar. You realized that because it was a standard plot despite the strangeness of the characters , what HAD to happen by the end of the film. In fact, her entire character was like a textbook example of a combination damsel in distress and spunky female action hero--and nothing like a real person.
Overall, it's a decent film for the kids and parents can sit through it without too much discomfort. However, considering that it COULD have been a great parody of 50s sci-fi films and wasn't it concentrated too much on the dull plot about self-acceptance and all that crap , it is only an okay film with really great CGI, 3-D effects and music in the ending credits. Plus, it has all the look and feel of an upcoming made for TV kids series and not much more.
By the way, this is more a commentary about the use of big-name celebrities to do the voices than a comment just on this film. A few years back, I met Rob Paulsen and heard him give a talk.
He is the voice of a bazillion cartoon characters including Yakko Warner, Pinky and one of the Ninja Turtles and he was lamenting how often the studios use non-voice actors for the full-length movies not because they are talented voice actors but in some attempt to boost ticket sales. While I doubt that it really does increase sales, in many films these voices just aren't that great or necessary. Cockroach, Rainn Wilson amazing as Gallaxhar and Stephen Colbert pretty good as the President, but the rest of the voices just weren't all that memorable.
I really think in some roles such as Susan or the General , a professional voice actor could have done the job for a lot less and probably better than hiring big name actors and actresses--especially since my teenage daughter and I had no idea who were doing the voice-overs before we went to see the film.
Plus, I just can't imagine a six year-old saying "Mommy, Finally, the name of the TV station in the film is incorrect. A woman transformed into a giant after she is struck by a meteorite on her wedding day becomes part of a team of monsters sent in by the U. Read all A woman transformed into a giant after she is struck by a meteorite on her wedding day becomes part of a team of monsters sent in by the U. Cockroach Ph. Susan Murphy : Susan. You know, what do people scream when they see you coming?
Like "Look out! Here comes? Ooh, I just scared myself! That is scary! Sign In. Play trailer Animation Action Adventure. Directors Rob Letterman Conrad Vernon. See more at IMDbPro. Trailer Monsters vs. Aliens -- Superbowl Spot. Monsters Vs. Aliens: Superbowl Spot. Aliens: Trailer 1. Aliens: Teaser Trailer. Clip Photos Top cast Edit. Rainn Wilson Gallaxhar as Gallaxhar voice.
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