Mustard Uncut
Monsters vs. Aliens has failed with the Rotten Tomatoes creme de la creme, managing only a 58% positive. And it only hit 55% with Metacritic. What
does this signify? Any shot at a Best Animated Feature Oscar nomination is most likely dead, for one thing. It certainly doesn’t mean any less box-office dough.
JoeMo says “see it only if you need a retro-monster fix, and in 3-D to offset the no-D script.” Lou-Lou calls it “a clunky and wildly unimaginative” film that “really doesn’t have a clue what to do with the 3D technique.” And yet the Village Voice‘s Robert Wilonsky gave it a full thumbs-up, calling it “a milestone,” and the Oregonian‘s Shawn Levy gave it a near-rave.
Monsters vs. Aliens “has bells and whistles, superb technical sophistication and dazzling visual effects, sound, fury and Reese Witherspoon,” wrote Washington Post critic Ann Hornaday. “What it doesn’t have is heart.
“At a recent Saturday morning screening full of youngsters and their adult charges, nary a giggle or delighted gasp could be heard, maybe because references to Dr. Strangelove are lost on the SpongeBob SquarePants set. Either that, or even little ones appreciate a good story. And that’s precisely what’s missing from Monsters vs. Aliens, which is nominally about a bunch of government-sponsored monsters that do battle with an evil alien squid craving world domination.
“That’s plot, not a story. And too often, Monsters vs. Aliens is about things, not characters. One exception is B.O.B., a forgetful blue gelatinous blob that, as voiced by Seth Rogen, not only elicits but earns his laughs. As for the rest of the movie, it will recede into your own B.O.B.-like memory bank, dissolve quickly and disappear forever.”
Italics are cool.
I dunno…
I saw it at an early screening and everyone laughed all the way through – my 18-year-old son included. Personally, I loved it – lots of retro-gags on ’50s sci-fi monsters, etc.
What will Katzenberg’s excuse be when this hugely important 3D release opens to $20m less than Kung Fu Panda? What will he tell his investors when the only Dreamworks animation release of 2009 (releasing in spring!) will barely eke out $150 million?
Who’s Jeff going to blame for the italics?
“No shot at a Best Animated Feature Oscar, I suppose.”
Coraline, Up, and ?
The Princess & The Frog?
“What will he tell his investors when the only Dreamworks animation release of 2009 (releasing in spring!) will barely eke out $150 million?”
My guess is he’ll remind them that ‘Shrek the Fourth’ is coming out in 2010.
Coraline, Up and 9, most likely.
Great, so now there’s going to be ’9′ and ‘Nine’ coming out in the same year?
Dreamworks just isn’t on the same level right now as you-know-who. “Kung Fu Panda” was alright, but I still don’t get how people fell for the “Shrek” movies — yuck.
Josh: More like Ponyo. If the Suckademy won’t nominate Bashir, they won’t even look at 9.
Chase: Pixar’s films are just annoying in the opposite way.
annoying because they’re TOO filled with plot, characters, emotions, and ingenuity?
No, annoying, because they try to pad the film with pointless detail at the expense of being entertaining.
DZ: Shut the fuck up, you stupid piece of shit.
DZ: You are so wrong on this. And you’re normally wrong. But you’re really, REALLY wrong this time. Please just let it go.
Dreamworks can put out a successful animated film, but they mostly can’t put out a good one. I guess it doesn’t matter, to some extent, as long as the coffers are filled.
Wiggum: Dude, Pixar’s movies are tech demos with happy-go-lucky characters running around the screen for 90 minutes or so.
And Dreamworks put out some Satoshi Kon, Nick Park, and Mamoru Oshii, while Lasseter can only come up with Toy Story 3, Cars 2, and the occasional Miyazaki-wannabe.
Dreamworks didn’t produce those films, D.Z. They were only US distributor. The exception is Wallace and Gromit, but while they put up funding, the team that created the film was Aardman, not the nefarious ‘Dreamworks Animation’.
Cde.: They still released them, while the “I promise to bring back 2-d” company has only now gotten that frog movie out so far since he purged all those old-time animators from the company when he joined forces with Der Mouse.
If Pixar had handled “Monsters vs. Aliens,” how would it have been a different film?
Saw this last night, purely because it was in 3D. With the 3D, it was an enjoyable 90 minutes; without the 3D, it would have been good for a few laughs due to Rogan’s character and that is about it. Pixar continues to run circles around Dreamworks, as evidenced by the fact that the Up trailer got more laughs than the entire Monsters vs Aliens feature. Looks like Up will make really good use of 3D, as well, based on the trailer.
vp: I’m guessing that it’d be re-titled to Monsters and Aliens, and be about the various adventures that they have while learning about life.
I believe Lasseter was actually responsible for re-hiring a lot of 2D animators who had been laid off before he took power. I don’t like how he threw out Chris Sanders and Dean Deblois though. Not one bit.
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