Monsters vs Aliens (2009)
A few weeks ago I was scrolling through the program guide on tv and saw that this movie was playing on HBO. I thought it was a very stupid title and assumed it would be a horrible movie. So, I decided to not even bother ‘infoing’ the movie. Then last week my brother told me it was an animated movie. I then decided that I would give this movie a chance. I could much more easily watch an animated movie about monsters fighting aliens rather than a live-action movie about monsters fighting aliens.
Whenever I watch animated movies, I spend the entire movie trying to figure out who the voice of each character is. Since this process often frustrates me, I will do my best to include the actor’s voice behind each character.
The movie begins with a young girl named Susan voiced by Reese Witherspoon (Four Christmases, Election) getting hit by a meteorite. As a result, Susan is transformed into a 60-foot woman with incredible strength. Much to her dismay, her fiancé decides to call off the wedding. Susan is then transported to a secret government facility for monsters run by General W.R. Monger who is voiced by Kiefer Sutherland (Young Guns, The Lost Boys). Here, Susan is met by a gelatinous, idiotic blob named B. O. B. who is voiced by Seth Rogen (Knocked Up, Superbad). She also meets Dr. Cockroach who is voiced by Hugh Laurie (101 Dalmations, House). The last monster there is Link who is voiced by Will Arnett (The Rocker, Blades of Glory). When the fate of the world is threatened by aliens who are after the quantonium from the meteorite which made Susan grow to her enormous size, the President of the United States who is voiced by Stephen Colbert (The Colbert Report) orders General W.R. Monger to lead his ragtag group of monsters into battle with the aliens.
The movie is very funny. The gelatinous blob voiced by Seth Rogen had me laughing throughout the movie. I also really enjoy animated movies because they get to make fun of the president and our military like real-life actors cannot. The movie was very entertaining and funny and I would recommend it to most people (it helps to know of a few good animated movies in case I get stuck babysitting my niece.) If I had seen this movie in the theaters, I would probably have enjoyed it. However, since I saw the movie on tv for free, it was even more enjoyable.
