A monstrous movie

Rating: 1/10 (3 April 2009)

I was excited to see this movie, especially since I had never seen a 3D animated feature before. However, I ended up walking out of the theater when the movie was about two-thirds over.
The plot was entirely cliché (wow, Derrick is a selfish jerk who rejects Susan once she's a monster? But Susan actually enjoys being a monster? Didn't see that coming!) and the characters were just as one-dimensional (Susan herself was a stereotypical "sweet" female protagonist who--after being predictably rejected by her love--finds new power and independence in herself, hurray! And her friends all fit into the typical, "sidekick" frames; you have the mad scientist, the arrogant tough guy, and the dumb, likable comic relief.)
Nothing pushed the boundaries here; it was all based on tired clichés and poor, lazy executions of them, including the humor: trite, contrived, unfunny, and failed attempts at being hip and modern and unexpected, catering to that weird demographic of people that most animated movies tend to cater to nowadays...not sure quite what it is, average American parents that they know will be dragged to the movie?
It's as if they are trying to find the most "adult" gags that they can place in a kid-oriented film to get adults laughing "in spite of themselves", even though the gags are aimed towards them in the first place, instead of finding gags that are natural, flow with the story and characters, and appeal to a broad range of ages. And supposedly the 3D animation was innovative for its field, but I found it underwhelming...only a few parts were enhanced by the 3D animation.
Overall, it's not the worst animated film I've seen, but it has barely any (if any) redeeming factors, so it still gets a rating of 1/10 from me.