Watching Monsters vs Aliens felt like I was watching a combination of different films, ranging from The Incredibles and Monsters Inc, to Attack of the 50 Foot Woman. The plot in a nutshell, is a woman gets hit by a meteor, and becomes really, really tall. She then is taken by the government, where she is classified as a monster, and meets other monsters, and they become friends and have to stop an alien invasion. Giving that, the plot felt unoriginal, I had the feeling that I knew what was going to happen next.
With that being said, I think the film is a good movie, just not a rememberable one. There was quite a few funny parts, and it did feel like an animated B-movie. The lead female character at the beginning of the film, is very dependent on her boyfriend. Throughout the film, she finds out that she does not need him, and is stronger without him, and she sees the flaws that were in their relationship. These speaks out to the young female audience watching the film, it tells them that they do not have to be reliant on a man. With the exception of the blob monster, the characters for the most part, were forgettable. The movie does have it’s share of noticable voices though, Reese Witherspoon, Seth Rogen, Stephen Colbert, and Keifer Sutherland for example. Overal I felt the film seems to rely on familiar voices, rather than substance in the film itself.
