Big daft fun

Rating: 10/10 (9 April 2009)

Susan is about to get married when she is hit by a meteor which makes her grow 50 feet tall. So, of course, the US military captures her, renames her Ginormica, and confines her in the company of several other socially unacceptable individuals: the amphibious Missing Link, mad scientist Dr Cockroach, so named because he has accidentally merged himself, Fly-style, with a cockroach, the screechy, skyscraper-sized Insectasaurus, and B.O.B., an amorphous blob of blue jelly which has become self-aware but, with no brain, is terminally stupid. These lonely misfits come into their own when it becomes necessary to fight off an alien invasion. In 3D, no less.
I loved everything about this film. I can't possibly cover everything I liked, but here is a partial list:
1. The sci-fi premise appealed to the sci-fi buff in me, but was also engagingly daft, which appealed to my sense of humour; 2. The film looked great and the 3D was fabulous; 3. The voice talent was, without exception, excellent, though I would single out Seth Rogen and Kiefer Sutherland; 4. The movie was packed with stuff to appeal to kids, but also to their parents (and grand parents - one of the very first references is to the bat and ball on elastic as used by the barker in the Vincent Price 3D House of Wax in the 50s); 5. Loads of humour, not only straightforward gags (verbal and visual), but character based humour too.
I could go on (and on!) with specifics, but you get the point. Highly recommended, especially in the 3D version, but with much to enjoy flat, too.