"Monsters vs. Aliens" was a very pleasant surprise. It looked like it would be an OK, somewhat entertaining movie aimed for a younger audience. It was so much more than that. It was an amazing 3-D experience, with an intelligent, very funny script. For older audiences, it worked beautifully as an homage to old-school sci-fi/horror classics with plenty of references to more modern films like "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and "Mars Attacks!". For the youngsters, it was simply a very funny movie with lots of great characters. Susan (Reese Witherspoon) is about to get married when a meteor strikes and changes her into "Ginormica", an immensely tall woman. She is immediately whisked away by the government to a Top Secret monster holding facility where she meets Bob (Seth Rogen), a gelatinous blob with one eye, Dr. Cockroach (Hugh Laurie), a one-time doctor who is the subject of an experiment gone wrong, The Missing Link (Will Arnett), a part-fish, part-lizard, part-mammal creature, and Insectosaurus, a grub turned into a huge monster by nuclear waste. She is told that she cannot leave as she is too scary for regular people. However, when an alien force attacks the Earth, General W. R. Monger decides their only defense is to unleash the monsters. A great battle ensues with some amazing visuals, including a Golden Gate Bridge sequence that is simply incredible. After that, the film slows down a bit for some character development, which builds up to a final confrontation with the alien mothership, which includes homages to "The Wizard of Oz" and "Star Wars". While the strong script and great animation will make this work just as well in 2-D, the 3-D effects are well worth heading out to the theater to see. This was a great time in the theater for kids and their parents alike.Grade: B+
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Great post. Did you know the overall ratings by unaided social media for Monsters vs. Aliens are lower than pure aggregated user votes yahoo, rotten tomatoes, IMDB and others?
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