Monsters vs. Aliens reaction

[tikistitch]

As stated in the title, this is not really a review, for reasons that will be stated later. Should be non-spoilery, but I'm putting it all under a cut, so as not to annoy.



Monsters! Aliens! 3D! It would really be hard to engineer a more tempting film, but then you plop Colbert and Dr. House into the mix? Dang.

Thing is, we saw this in the company of a buddy who was interested in the marketing aspect. So, that kind of colored the experience. We kept finding ourselves viewing from the perspective no of, "Is this a kick ass movie?" but rather, "So, is this property gonna sell toys?"

And, well, to both questions, maybe not. It's not Wall E, but then it's probably not supposed to be. The little kids in the audience seemed a bit perplexed. Like Shrek, this is more pointed to adults, and crammed with references to other movies. It was pretty cute. But, we didn't get the feeling it's going to be a breakout hit like Shrek.

The blob character was pretty fun. As for voice work, it sounds like Rainn Wilson had a lot of fun doing the alien overlord.

Comments

[loli-cat.livejournal.com]

If you know somebody who's into marketing he'd be interested in THIS: I had no idea what it was all about except the little I saw in ads. I therefore thought, up until about two mins ago that the girl was normal sized and the monsters were teeny-tiny...

[stitch-vicious.livejournal.com]

Cake toppers exist for this movie. I saw a cake booklet at Albertson's and you can order one with plastic figures of the blob and the sea creature. They look kinda crappy though, like the sort of toys you get in those vending machines for 50 cents.

Whatcha talkin' 'bout Willis?

[earlbone.livejournal.com]

I suspect this movie is gonna sell lots of Toys. I already went out and bought most all of them I could find at TRU, and there is plenty: 6" Figures, 2" Mini-Figures, & 6" Beanbags. They are great! Dr Cockroach (the Fly), the Missing Link (the Creature from the Black Lagoon), BOB (the Blob), Insectasaurus (Mothera), the Alien Overlord and his Robot! The only one I passed on was Susan because she's not really a Monster or an Alien by my book. Amazon.com has several for preorder too.

The movie seemed more targetted for adults with humorous references to tons of other movies from Dr Strangelove to Star Wars, but hey I can almost behave like an adult sometimes. The story arc is not as endearing as Shrek or the Incredibles, but hey it's Monsters AND Aliens all in one movie. My main complaint was that there was only one Alien (and his clones), so I think the plural in the title is misleading to us Extra Terrestrial fans.

I'll go see it again, and plan on getting all the toys. BTW, the Happy Meal toys come to McD's at the end of the month, so LMK if I should pick you up a set (I befriended the Manager at the local McD's with one of my SW Medallions last promotion ;-)

Ack, Ack, Ack!
Boneboy