Monsters vs Aliens

2009 "When aliens attack, monsters fight back."
6.4| 1h34m| PG| en
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When Susan Murphy is unwittingly clobbered by a meteor full of outer space gunk on her wedding day, she mysteriously grows to 49-feet-11-inches. The military jumps into action and captures Susan, secreting her away to a covert government compound. She is renamed Ginormica and placed in confinement with a ragtag group of Monsters...

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Scanialara You won't be disappointed!
Cathardincu Surprisingly incoherent and boring
WasAnnon Slow pace in the most part of the movie.
Jenna Walter The film may be flawed, but its message is not.
Michael Ledo I was impressed with Steve Colbert as president. His TV persona showed through in this left of center satire on monster and alien movies. It is a movie that parents will find entertaining as well.There is a reference to Susan's boobies and a scene where the military man scans his butt to enter a room. That is pretty much the extent of objectionable material. The movie starts out with Susan getting married in a Unitarian(?)church (no Christian symbols) when she is struck by a meteorite which turns her into the 50 foot woman. The military subdues her like Lilliputians and imprisons her with other monsters (interment camp).When an alien robot attacks the earth, the monsters are let loose to save the planet and win their freedom in return. If your kids liked Mars Attacks, they will enjoy this movie. I know I did and so did my grandniece (third-fourth grade).
invisibleunicornninja Character Design - When I saw this movie in theaters as a young child I thought that this was supposed to be a horror movie. Rewatching this more recently, I can see why. The look of these characters is absolutely hideous.Tone - This movie isn't funny. When I rewatched it, I couldn't get any laughs except out of how stupid it is. None of the jokes are even remotely funny. This movie is extremely cringeworthy. A child watching this thing is either going to get scared or bored. Plot - I actually like this concept. Too bad its executed so badly.The voice acting, and the animation are bad. Steven Colbert seemed to be putting in an effort, but even he couldn't work with the terrible script.Product Placement - The first 3 minutes are basically a concentrated dose of product placement. Instead of just spreading it out throughout the movie in the backgrounds, they just lazily threw it all into the first few minutes. I'm not against product placement, movies need to be funded, but the way its presented in this movie is annoying and obvious. This scene doesn't even really have much to do with the rest of the movie. Its just a short scene with characters we never see again lazily introducing the plot. This whole scene could've been cut and it would've barely affected the movie.There isn't that much to say about this movie. The animation is bad, the sound design is bad, the script is bad - there's barely any enjoyment to be had here. No I do not recommend this nonsense.
AlienatorX I am a fan of Superheroes, I am a fan of b-movies, and so I love films that blur the line between the two, part of the reason is also because I think that a lot of those old B-movies could be remade as superhero movies very easily, you want proof? Sam Raimi's Darkman was inspired by old universal horror films and mad scientist B-movie, Wes Craven's Swamp Thing also blurs the lines a bit and you also have this movie. Aliens have invaded the earth, sending in a giant robot probe, after attempts to destroy it fail the government resorts to an alternate method; Monsters. For years the US government has been capturing and containing monsters the most recent of which is Ginormica, a to-be bride who is hit by a meteor which contained radioactive material which causes her to grow giant, she joins the team which already consists of Dr Cockroach, B.O.B, the Missing Link and Insectosaurus. Everyone of the monsters is a stand-in for some iconic b-movie monster; 'Missing Link' – 'Creature From the Black Lagoon', 'B.O.B.' –'The Blob', 'Dr Cockroach' – 'The Fly', 'Ginormica' – 'The Fifty Foot Woman', and 'Insectosaurus' – 'Godzilla/Mothra'. As a tribute to those old B-movies this film succeeds, the plot is over-the-top, the story is outrageous and the action is top. But this films succeeds on another levels, this movie is outrageously funny; the verbal humour, the slapstick are both done expertly and the voice actors are having a blast, top points to Hugh Laurie (yes, THE Hugh Laurie) as Dr Cockroach. And yet past the humour and the b-movie tribute this film also has its fair share of tender moments and it's kind of heartfelt overall. This movie is great: kids and adults will love it, proof of my theory that when Dreamworks are good they are fantastic. So where's that superhero remake of The Manster? What about The Amazing Colossal Man? Or The Indestructible Man? Octaman? Blood Freak? The Amazing Transparent Man? Come on studios! Most of these movies are in public domain for crying out loud! And there's no shortage of B-movie loving directors and writers, Make this stuff happen!
Steve Peterson I enjoyed viewing this motion picture on DVD. My most loved some piece of this film, is the meteor slamming down on earth on Susan Murphy (Reese Witherspoon) that she become taller like a monster, while she is getting hitched to Derrick and all of a sudden she begins to end up in a top-mystery jail office headed by General W.r. Monger (Kiefer Sutherland) and she is encompassed by Monsters B.o.b. (Seth Rugen), Dr. Cockroach (Hugh Laurie) Missing Link (Will Arnet)and a titan furby animal which was taller than her. She additionally ends up who made her monstrous being made by an outsider reprobate named Gallaxhar She and the creatures must stand up to him for assumed control earth.