Monsters vs. Aliens (2009)

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• Phil H

  
  The start of this film is really shaky, its unfunny, looks dull and the plot zips along too fast, blink and you miss the whole film concept. Luckily it morphs into another brilliant Dreamworks animated flick, at first the characters don't really appeal and they kinda look a bit… More
  The start of this film is really shaky, its unfunny, looks dull and the plot zips along too fast, blink and you miss the whole film concept. Luckily it morphs into another brilliant Dreamworks animated flick, at first the characters don't really appeal and they kinda look a bit lame but as the film progresses you really dig them and the idea behind their looks. They have all been crafted from the classic black n white horror genre ranks and at a first glance I didn't like them but as the film moves forward you do notice how cool they are. 'B.O.B' is obviously a take on the Blob creature probably from the Steve McQueen flick, 'Link' is a kind of 'Creature from the Black Lagoon' and probably the best of the monsters with his dialog and good looking cgi on his scales (am I the only one who thinks Michael Keaton with his wild n wacky 'Beetlejuice' voice would have been perfect for this character?). 'Dr Cockroach' was a twist on ' The Fly' monster and for me the weakest monster in the gang, 'Gallaxhar' is the alien enemy and a nice combination of the classic 50's/60's UFO invasion flicks (think 'Mars Attacks' too) and finally 'Insectosaurus' is taken from the Jap monster mash films and 'Godzilla'. The film isn't THAT funny at the start or for the first 30min really, it comes alive after the gang fights the giant robot to be honest, before then its a little weak. The film does offer allot of little funny moments from then on eg. 'B.O.B' waving his jello at 'Derek' at the end and when he tries to chat the jello up earlier on LOL! Rainn Wilson makes the alien enemy much better than I thought at first with some cracking little remarks here and there.....'Quadrant 4? lame', and you gotta laugh at the US president and the 'Dr Strangelove' type boardroom scenes hehe. Its a film of two halves really, the beginning is weak but the latter half is great fun, as said it all perks up once they fight the giant robot in SF, it whips along with no time for rest and you really enjoy it. Kudos to Dreamworks for the look of the film which is really really nice, its amazing what they can do these days, this film still keeps me in the Dreamworks camp overall. Pixar still hold the ultimate hand with 'Toy Story' but this was really good, Dreamworks are closing the gap slowly.

• Wahida K

  
  Absolutely Awesome Movie. I can only recommend it. I dont know many have some troubles with this Movie, but I think it was friggin Funny specially the Bit when the "President of United States" playing that Beverly Hill Sound. Some scenes were spoofed from great Alien… More
  Absolutely Awesome Movie. I can only recommend it. I dont know many have some troubles with this Movie, but I think it was friggin Funny specially the Bit when the "President of United States" playing that Beverly Hill Sound. Some scenes were spoofed from great Alien Classics, what was actually much funnier, there is what I dont understand why many Folks have troubles with it. It was another kind of "Alien" Animation.

• Jens S

  
  Enjoyable, though not very inventive computer animated adventure for all ages. Adults should have the most fun with the many movie references from the Sci-ci genre, kids will enjoy the lovable characters. While the movie is entertaining and fun at all times, it's not exactly… More
  Enjoyable, though not very inventive computer animated adventure for all ages. Adults should have the most fun with the many movie references from the Sci-ci genre, kids will enjoy the lovable characters. While the movie is entertaining and fun at all times, it's not exactly packed with gags. The action sequences are great, though. The Golden Gate Bridge didn't see that much havoc since the X-Men dropped by. As 3D film it doesn't make use of the whole range of opportunities of that feature but is still worth a visit. I may have expected a little more, but especially kids should have a lot of fun with this.

• Candy R

  
  Susan is supposed to get married to Derek but gets hit by a meteor at the church. She becomes enormous and strong. The government take her to area 52 where she meets other monsters. The monsters are set free to save San Francisco from alien invasion, hence the name monsters v aliens.… More
  Susan is supposed to get married to Derek but gets hit by a meteor at the church. She becomes enormous and strong. The government take her to area 52 where she meets other monsters. The monsters are set free to save San Francisco from alien invasion, hence the name monsters v aliens. Good original animation. Cute characters. My favourite scenes are of the president when he nearly launches missiles when he just wanted a coffee. Also the scene where he plays the keyboard to the communicate with the aliens. My fave character is Bob, voiced by Seth Rogan.

• Dean !

  
  A fun enough animation comedy from Pixar. It's not quite up there with some of their greats, but still entertaining for younger kids.

• Thomas J

  
  This one just did not register with me! Entertaining, but just not much more for me.

• Directors C

  
  The films storyline doesn't go deep but it is full of action and it's visually stunning. The voice acting is ok but to be honest I never found the film hilarious but it had enough moments to entertain me.

• Shawn E

  
  The characters are likable and the dialog is sometimes funny, but this film is severely lacking especially in original content.

• Brad W

  
  Hilarious and smart, but couldve had a better and more interesting story. The characters were well thought out and cool. The plot was kind of worthless and disappointing. The animation was good, but ive seen better. The comedy was very funny, I laughed a lot.

• Thomas B

  
  A promising concept which doesn't deliver as fully as hoped. Full review later.

• Michael E

  
  while its not the best movie that dreamworks has put out it still is enjoyable

• Zach B

  
  Monster Vs Aliens is a film that not only parodies the classic monster films of the B-movie era, but does a rather poor job at it. The plot is beyond unoriginal, borrowing from numerous other films, the monsters it tries to make safe and cute end up being embarrassments while they… More
  Monster Vs Aliens is a film that not only parodies the classic monster films of the B-movie era, but does a rather poor job at it. The plot is beyond unoriginal, borrowing from numerous other films, the monsters it tries to make safe and cute end up being embarrassments while they just bring shame to the viewer while insulting their intelligence. This is a film I would only recommend if you want to show kids how bad their movies are, because this is a clear example. Overall: Not Recommend.

• Manu G

  
  Well this one was a waste of time, not funny or even interesting, plot was horrendous and the animation quite unimpressive. With voices like those this movie should have been way better. I'm very dissapointed.. A few minutes before her wedding to Derek Dietl (Paul Rudd), a TV… More
  Well this one was a waste of time, not funny or even interesting, plot was horrendous and the animation quite unimpressive. With voices like those this movie should have been way better. I'm very dissapointed.. A few minutes before her wedding to Derek Dietl (Paul Rudd), a TV weatherman, Susan Murphy (Reese Witherspoon) is hit by a meteorite. The meteorite is infused with quantonium, a rare and powerful element that causes her to grow -- just as she begins to recite her vows -- to an enormous size. Targeted by the government as a monster, Susan is captured and imprisoned at a secret facility where other such oddities are being held, including Dr. Cockroach (Hugh Laurie), a mad scientist who accidentally transformed himself into a roach-human hybrid; B.O.B. (Seth Rogen), a gelatinous, brainless, but talkative mass brought to life in an experiment gone wrong; the Missing Link (Will Arnett), a Creature-from-the-Black-Lagoon-like lizard man; and the skyscraper-sized mutant larva Insectosaurus. Their jailer is General W.R. Monger (Kiefer Sutherland). When deranged alien overlord Gallaxhar (Rainn Wilson) comes to Earth to obtain the precious quantonium and conquer the world, U.S. President Hathaway (Stephen Colbert) offers the monsters their freedom in exchange for defeating the evil mastermind. They're turned loose in San Francisco and Gallaxhar's giant robot quickly fixates on Susan. It corners her on the Golden Gate Bridge. Thanks largely to Susan's amazing strength and determination to keep anyone from being hurt, the monsters are able to destroy the robot. Susan takes her monster friends to visit her parents, but they frighten all the neighbors at the backyard barbecue. Derek doesn't attend. When Susan seeks him out, he breaks up with her; it's apparent that all he cares about is his career, and he doesn't think a 50-foot wife will help him move into larger markets. Susan quickly realizes that she's better off without Derek, and that she likes her new self, her new abilities, and her new friends. She rejoins the other monsters only to be snatched up into Gallaxhar's spaceship. Insectosaurus is felled when it tries to help her. Despite Susan's brief escape and determined resistance, Gallaxhar extracts the quantonium from Susan's body and she returns to her original dimensions. The quantonium is key to Gallaxhar's evil plan to take over the world: it enables him to create legions of clones, who march around in formation saying "Hail Gallaxhar!" Meanwhile, the surviving monsters have snuck aboard to help Susan. They send the ship into self-destruct mode. Only Susan makes it out of the engine room before the doors close; Dr. Cockroach, B.O.B., and the Missing Link, stuck inside, insist that she escape without them. But Susan is made of tougher stuff than that; she goes back to Gallaxhar and tries to make him abort the self-destruct and release her friends. When Gallaxhar tries to escape, Susan regains possession of the quantonium and becomes a giant again. After she frees her friends, they're all rescued from the self-destructing ship by General Monger and Insectosaurus, who wasn't dead after all -- just busy metamorphosing into a moth the size of a 747. Before Susan and the monster squad are called away to save another day, there's a big celebration during which Derek tries to interview Susan. She spurns him and allows B.O.B. to swallow him and spit him out, a career-killing moment that Susan makes sure will be caught on camera.

• Lady D

  
  Ironically I'm not a huge fan of Mars Attacks, and yet this film is very similar, but animated it's much more entertaining. I love how kids movies do these 'not so subtle morals' in their storylines. This one is definitely one to watch a few times.

• Richard C

  
  B

• Alexis N

  
  i love movies that show bay area landmarks. it was cute, funny and all the characters are just so darn lovable.

• Bently L

  
  MVA was the first movie I saw in digital 3D. I was wowed by the new 3D technology but what about the story? It was an OK story. It could've been better but it was fine the way it was. When I first heard of it, I thought it was going to be Dreamwork's rip-off on Monsters Inc… More
  MVA was the first movie I saw in digital 3D. I was wowed by the new 3D technology but what about the story? It was an OK story. It could've been better but it was fine the way it was. When I first heard of it, I thought it was going to be Dreamwork's rip-off on Monsters Inc mixed with aliens. Good thing it wasn't and I was proved wrong. The humor and gags are good. Mostly the ones from B.O.B., a brainless blob of goo played by Seth Rogen. Fun movie to watch! See it!

• Sanjaya &

  
  Well, to be honest Dreamworks once again left me disappointed after watching this movie... All the good reviews that people wrote and good laughs they had, it just not working for me... The idea was kinda ridiculous, but I'm through with that because I thought this movie would be… More
  Well, to be honest Dreamworks once again left me disappointed after watching this movie... All the good reviews that people wrote and good laughs they had, it just not working for me... The idea was kinda ridiculous, but I'm through with that because I thought this movie would be hilarious... But after about 90 minutes, I was totally disappointed for wasting my time by watching a movie like this... It wasn't funny, maybe some scenes made me laugh, but the most times I didn't enjoy it... Yet the great cast they have here wasn't totally helpful at all because people wouldn't know Susie was voiced by Reese Witherspoon if they hadn't write Witherspoon name on it... Overall, It's basically not my type, even for an animation movie... Yet this movie couldn't be rated PG because of some material inside it just made kids get more daydreaming about monsters or aliens... But I'm glad hearing the news that Dreamworks wouldn't go for this movie sequel, because this movie is not totally worth for it...

• Anthony L

  
  Good fun, not quite as good as Bee Movie or Kung Fu Panda due to there being less laughs but I thought they spoofed the classic 1950's Alien-attack type B-Movie rather well. Give me this over Shrek any day of the week!

• Tim B

  
  A very clever Sci-fi parody. Unfortunately, elements of romantic comedy keep it from being great.

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