Date: March-April 2009 [movies]
certification: U (i think)
Genre: Kids - action/comedy/sci-fi
Dt's Rating: 8/10
Cast:
Reese Witherspoon ... Susan Murphy / Ginormica (voice)
Seth Rogen ... B.O.B. (voice)
Hugh Laurie ... Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. (voice)
Will Arnett ... The Missing Link (voice)
Kiefer Sutherland ... General W.R. Monger (voice)
Renée Zellweger ... Katie (voice)
John Krasinski ... Cuthbert (voice)
Me and my flatmates and some friends headed out to the cinema today, and this was the film we saw. It was a 3d showing (and it seems that more and more films nowadays are starting to be shown in 3d). I tell you what, the 3D made a great difference in thsi film - it was excellent, giving a real depth to an already visually vibrant film.
The story is baically this:
Susan is on her wedding day, when a strange meteor essentially squishes her. She is thus truned into a 50-foot tall 'monster' and subsenquently carted off to a secret government facility to be imprisoned with the otehr monsters: Bob the blob, the 'misisng link', the cockroach doctor and the 300 feet tall 'insectosaurus'. They're watched oevr by the ever-entertaining General W.R.Monger (who while looking about 50 is apparently almost 90- years old haha) who 'lost his tearducts in 'nam'.
Thinsg change when aliens land and they're called to protect the earth in a monsters vs aliens showdown!
This was a great film - a lot of fun, with surprisingly rounded characters and innovative and good chunks of action, teamed with excellent animation. There also seemed to be a theme of female empowerment throughout it, mianly with Susan discovery of confidence, and a little scene where the classic couples-out-to-date-in-catand-find-aliens sceneario is turned on it's head.
The jokes were funny, and I especially loved the scenes with the government and the presidents and how it poked fun at 'em. Brilliant.
Probably not a classic, but definately worth a buy and i'm sure you'll enjoy it repeatedly. Amazing in 3d.
8/10
