boring and disappointing

Rating: 3/10 (6 April 2009)

Went and saw Monsters vs Aliens on Friday. It was a cute movie, but very disappointing overall.
We were very excited to go as (1) it's in 3D and (2) we were babysitting one of our friend's cool little brother who was pumped to go to the movies.
About halfway through he got so bored that he started playing Mario Kart on a borrowed DS. I kid you not.
That was the biggest issue. It was just a boring movie overall. The fight scenes don't last nearly as long and weren't as frequent as the previews suggest. In fact, there are only two main fight scenes and neither manages to make the movie worth while.
The whole movie revolves around Susan (the woman who grows into a giant after getting hit by a meteor) and her issues rather than around the much more fun idea of monsters fighting aliens. Susan's tale is one that has been told a million times over with the exact same conclusions - yet they dragged it on and committed the movie to it.
The positives: There are lots of fun old sci-fi references. When the President first tries to make contact with the aliens, I couldn't stop laughing. It was classic. Also, when other reviews say Seth Rogan is the highlight of the movie, they aren't kidding - well, his character, Bob, is anyway. His performance is brilliant and brings the most laughs, though the other voice acting is quite excellent as well just unfortunately falls flat on humor.
It's really too bad Susan was even in the movie. Taking her out of it would have given the script much more alien vs monster goodness to play with rather than focusing on her boring dilemma that we all knew exact plot and ending for.
The cool concepts of monsters and aliens couldn't liven this old story.
Overall, I'd say don't go see it in theaters. Even the 3D is lack luster. I would have been much happier just renting it and watching it at home during a dull afternoon.
I badly wanted to love this movie but I came away with a bored 12 year old boy and crappy giant black nerd 3D glasses rather than the cool paper red and blue ones.