Aliens Vs. Monsters.

Rating: 6/10 (10 March 2017)

Catching up on them during the Christmas holiday,I found DreamWorks non-franchise films to have a unique,quirky atmosphere. Finding it to surprisingly not be shown on TV during X-Mas,I was happy to recently spot the movie being shown,which led to me seeing the Monsters Vs. Aliens fight.
The plot:
Just before she is to get married Susan Murphy gets hit by a meteorite. Surviving the hit,Murphy starts growing to 50ft high. Rushing to stop more of the public from seeing her,the military knocks Murphy out. Waking up,Murphy finds herself locked in a secret government facility with Dr. Cockroach P.H.D., B.O.B. and Missing Link,who tell Murphy about the battle between Aliens and Monsters.
View on the film:
Flying over the 50's Creature Feature Sci-Fi era,co-writers/(with Maya Forbes/Wallace Wolodarsky/Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger) directors Rob Letterman (who moved to live action with Goosebumps) and Conrad Vernon pay loving tribute to the era with bold characters whose primary-coloured,big eyes design helping the bright blue and green monsters slither into action.
Landing on an unexpectedly quiet note for the final,the directors land the fight scenes with a mighty crunch,thanks to a sharp eye for scale allowing the viewer to follow the monsters stomp round the peaceful cities. Filling the alien spaceships with lively performances from Seth Rogen and Hugh Laurie in a tantalising playground,the writers disappointingly stay away from picking up everything that the setting offer,due to the focus on Murphy leading to the other monsters and aliens feeling oddly normal,in a battle that is far from being the war of the worlds.