When Monsters vs Aliens came out in theaters we were on it like kids on Christmas. The concept wasn't original by any stretch of the imagination, but it was fun nonetheless. Straight out of the 50s sci fi genre, the movie tells the tale of Susan (voiced by Reese Witherspoon), a young bride to be who, you guessed it, gets hit by an asteroid, absorbs an extraterrestrial radiation, turns into a giant sized Susan and gets locked away in a secret government facility. Ok, so maybe you didn't guess that, but for all of the bad that happened to her, she gets a cool name out of it: Ginormica. Perfect.
While in the facility, Susan aka Ginormica meets a few other creatures that have been locked up over the decades, The Missing Link (aka Link), B.O.B. the blob, Insectosaurus (self explanatory name?), Dr. Cockroach, Ph.D. and who leads this rag tag group of creatures from his jet pack and perfectly pressed uniform? None other that General W.R. Monger (voiced beautifully by Kiefer Sutherland).
The villian in the movie is a semi-likeable alien named Galaxar (Rainn Wilson). He is in search of the substance that transformed our loving herione, Susan into Ginormica. He's not very threatening as far as villians go, but kids get the message that he's the bad guy.
The movie itself is beautifully done. The pacing is perfect, I think the voice acting is spot on and the story is just plain fun. To be honest...I'd watch this one even if I was home alone!
Two huge thumbs up for Monsters vs.Aliens!
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