BJs Grade:

B+

Solid film, phenomenal visuals.

I also give it a B+. At first I was thinking B, solid considering it's a pretty weak
story. The visuals are awesome (first time I've seen 3D, my local theater just added
a 3D screen, and I went to the first showing ). Totally worth the
extra $3 IMHO. The + is for Seth Rogen, as he makes this movie funny as
B.O.B. Overall entertaining 1.5 hours. Kids in the audience laughed quite a bit,
as did the adults.

My only complaint is that everytime you go to the theater you have to pay the
extra $3 and get a new pair of glasses. I wish they would give you some kind of
discount, even a dollar, for reusing the original pair.

Seth Rogen is by far the best of the monsters. In fact, he's probably the only character monster or human that's worthwhile.

I would have never guessed Reese Witherspoon the unappealing actress would also make for an unappealing cartoon character.

The story is very very weak but the visuals at times are great. Tough one to grade.

Booooooooooooooo

2nded

MVSA is a fun, animated, throw back to the horror films of the 60, 70 and 80's. From the monsters like B.O.B to classic scene's like teenagers finding the monsters on a date, it's a nice ode to the monster genre - but very, very kid friendly. A little to kid friendly for my taste. The script has some nice adult themed jokes in there that are hidden. The animation is stunning and the 3D is fun. All the voice work is exceptionally well done and the story is cliched but again, fun. Harmless entertainment but it does not compare to Dreamworks' best effort, 2008's Kung Fu Panda. B+

I'm not sure I completely understand how B.O.B works. He ate the concrete dividers because his stomach is very corrosive. But when he ate Susan's mum, nada. Same with the aliens.

he spat em out.

My only problem was with the wide shots of Susan, her height always varied. I know the ratio aspects were probably hard but at time she looked normal height - when she wasn't. The bridge scene would be the best example of her not being really a "giant" and in the church she was massive.

Yeah but even the few seconds he had the concrete and ham in his mouth, it started to dissolve.

Maybe there's a switch inside that he can turn on and off.

It was alright. Some funny moments. It did look pretty impressive.

**.5/****

indeed the depth of every scene was amazing, and the hair of every character had to have been real.

Wow... I honestly can't believe how shitty this movie was. It was an hour and a half of pure knockoffs of a combination of shitty saturday morning cartoons. Sure insectasaurus and BOB were funny, but other than that, it was pretty lame... Probably the worst dreamworks animated flick ever. D/D+

This was my favorite of the recent animated movies (excluding Coraline, of course), but then I'm a science fiction film / old school monster movie fan, so I enjoyed all the references and parodies it contained. I also really enjoyed the story, even though it was pretty straightforward, it still surprised me here and there. Plus the characters were very strong and the dialogue was well written and funny. The animation was great, although that's pretty much a given these days - - however, even though I saw the 3D version, it was hardly an enhancement. With the sophistication of cgi shading and perspective these days, it really was only the most marginal of upgrades (unlike the magical subtle 3D work in the aforementioned Coraline).

A very good movie for kids and fans of the old genre b-movies.

out of

Thanks to its box office, I hope we see more interesting monsters in the sequel.

The underground base was beyond massive for only 5 monsters (6 if you count the late Invisible Man).

Colbert's President was the best thing about it, even outside of that its alot of pulpy fun.

Plus this line was gold: We need to get our best minds on this! Somebody call India.

Here's my full review of this huge disappointment...

http://nevadasagebrush.com/blog/2009/03 ... ster-fail/

Pretty much the same opinion as everyone else here.

B.

B

wow .. reese .. really ruined the film.

The thing I don't like about animated films nowadays is that they prefer the all star casts rather than who actually would make an entertaining animated character. Comics are fine but some stars just haven't worked in animated films.

Robin Williams as Genie...great!

Ellen as Dory...obviously a slam dunk.

It worked for Tom Hanks as Woody in Toy Story as both he and Allen as Buzz Lightyear worked well together. Allen also is a comedian and used to do a lot more standup. They had a good straight up character vs goofy character.

Murphy as Donkey...great!

Cameron Diaz as Princess Fiona...very replacable.

Nicole Kidman in Happy Feet...very, very miscast and odd...

Your review laud's Wall-E and yet I know you where not a massive fan. I get you using the line for effect in the review but consistancy dammit!

Maybe he's really Ben Lyons.

I think you just uttered the single cruelest sentence ever said on this site.

But really... ouch... First of all I don't think im a quote whore and second i write for the experience, not for the money or to brown nose celebs.

But no-one, not even myself would argue that MvA had a better story and had much more heart put into it... I didn't love Wall-E, but its still good film making...