Lovesusti The Worst Film Ever

Marketic It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

Suman Roberson It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

Zlatica One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Mr Carrington I expected this to be the same old low budget, alien/ zombie slush but it isn't at all. Its very different. In fact its not about the monsters and whilst their threat lies menacingly in the background the creatures hardly feature until the end.The movie didn't really need to be about monsters, it could easily and probably would have been more genuine had it been about a war-zone or a disease ridden area. The only purpose served by the aliens is to stamp the "lovers meet then part" message in the story.The "extraordinary", is in the acting and the relationship of the two characters, and their empty lives which is frank and realistic and without the usual romantic filling guff. This is set amongst an almost travelogue style backdrop of rural Mexico which is true, gritty and human.A pleasant refreshing movie, weakened only by the glimpse of the somewhat redundant "monsters".

Charles Herold (cherold) When I saw a description of this movie about two people traveling through a terrestrial-monster-infected Mexico, I didn't expect it would be a romance, even though I saw it described as a romance, because, well, alien monsters, right? But this film is closer to It Happened One Night than it is to Attack the Block. Monster movies usually emphasize, in order, 1) monsters, 2) world building, and 3) human relationships. But Monsters flips that order. This is a movie about two people thrown together by adverse circumstances who become close as they travel through a strange yet familiar world. They are fairly ordinary people who do not, as in so many monster movies, wind up doing extraordinary things to survive. They do what most of us would do; hide.The setting is a Mexico with a monster problem. The movie does a wonderful job in creating a very real world. It's lovely when you catch site of wall mural the incorporates aliens or see a truck that has part of a U.S. military part attached. This is a real world that has incorporated its unusual circumstances into normal life, stoically accepting this as the new normal.You might think that, since I was expecting a monster movie, the fact that the movie is 90% monster-less would disappoint me, but it didn't at all. I really liked these two people slowly (very slowly compared to a typical movie romance) getting to know and care for each other as they travel the land. Even the occasional moments of suspense were more about watching these two than watching the monsters.Like the wonderful Colossal, this is not a movie, but rather a movie that takes certain tropes and re-purposes them to make a very different kind of movie. The result is absolutely lovely.

jacobjohntaylor1 This it romance movie. Most of the most they make you pay attention to a romance going on with a man and a women. Well the arm is fighting giant monsters. The monsters should been the mean them instead of a having bunch of scenes all about this boring couple falling in love. The story line is awful. I would not give it a 6.4. It is a 4. 6.4 is just overrating. The sequel monster dark continent is better. But really not a very good movie. But better then this. Do not waste your time. And do not waste your money. Do not see this awful movie. See The war of the worlds. See Godzilla See Pasifice Rim. Do not see this movies. Atlantic Rim is a lot better then this.

Dandy_Desmond Yes I give it a 9. I think Monsters is a wonderful, melancholy film. I do agree the title is misleading and can generate some hate as people will feel duped and expect an action film of sorts. I would describe this as a 'feel piece' - my girlfriend finished watching it, then looked at me in puzzlement commenting nothing happened in it. She's right too. Its not a story that goes from A to B as such, its not just about Monsters wrecking stuff or two strangers thrown together into a dangerous situation and falling in love. It creates a world and you are part of that world for an hour and a half. It creates a mood, an atmosphere. A strong element of this is down to the music, which is excellent throughout. The actors do a fine job of creating their characters and their chemistry feels genuine. I understand they are a real life couple but that doesn't always come across. I would have said that some of the success of the film was down to luck as it was shot on the fly. However there is no mistaking the genius of the ending. The two main characters are in an abandoned Gas Station, there is a storm coming and you catch a glimpse of a monster approaching. This will be as a viewer the first time a monster is seen clearly and the music as ominous, something bad is going to happen. Slowly the mood changes, the music evolves into that of wonder as another monster approaches and it looks like they mate or something (thankfully nothing weird) and the two main characters watch in awe at these beautiful creatures as they do their 'thang' and then move along in peace. There is then a silence as the two characters take in what they just saw. Its brilliant and turns the film on its head completely. I understand why people may hate this, but for some like myself, its a really great experience.