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Post by Mr. Atari on Mar 29, 2009 16:23:36 GMT -5
This is a concept that should be near and dear to MSTies hearts.
I took my 6-year-old son on Friday night, and let me just say that movies like this are why God created 6-year-old boys.
It wasn't a great film, but it was a lot of fun to see it in 3-D with a little kid. The monsters are right out of classic '50s B-Moviedom. The 50-foot-woman, the Creature from the Black Lagoon, the Fly, and the Blob are all great and fun to see working as a comic team. I was hoping for a cameo from our favorite flying turtle (didn't happen). But I was thrilled to see the reveal at the end that their "pet" was in fact, Mothra.
Very fun. Especially in 3-D.
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Post by Torgo on Mar 29, 2009 21:59:33 GMT -5
Being a giant monster fan, as soon as I heard the title, I knew I was going to see it. I thought it was a blast, but it needed less Seth Rogen and more Stephen Colbert. But all movies need that.
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Post by Afgncaap5 on Mar 30, 2009 15:00:52 GMT -5
But I was thrilled to see the reveal at the end that their "pet" was in fact, Mothra. I need to stop coming to movie threads about movies that I've not seen yet if I don't want to see spoilers. I'm torn about this movie. It looks adequettely funny in a "popcorn flick" sorta way, but on the other hand I dunno if I'm in the mood for an "adequette" movie right now.
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Post by hugo on Mar 30, 2009 22:44:19 GMT -5
There were certainly plenty of homages to old-time monster movies in this one. First, we had a nearly identical recreation of Glen Manning's hypodermic temper tantrum: Followed quickly by some action that looked straight out of "Village of the Giants" (Bert I. Gordon did not die in vain!) And of course, the old chestnut of the "smoochers in a convertible discovering the aliens," as seen in "Beginning of the End," etc. And yes, I am a total George Lucas fanboy, but did the "4EB" in the movie's title strike anyone else as odd? I couldn't help but be reminded of a certain filmmaker's en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Labyrinth_THX_1138_4EB student project. (the preceding only applies if you saw the movie in Russia, of course) A couple of other cute references I caught: "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" (the B(L)OB was the result of a tomato injected with atomic something-or-other. "Destroy All Monsters!" (spoken by the alien overlord dude) "Wilhelm Scream" (a longtime staple of genre films, it makes its obligatory appearance shortly after the above quote) "By Hawkins' chair!" amusing line, I thought. But who says geeks are above a little pandering now and then? "Fresh pineapple in Jell-O? No can do!" Not a quote, but a plot element that stuck out. At one point, B(L)OB mentions his new Jell-o girlfriend, who has fresh chunks of pineapple in her. BZZZZT! Sorry folks, but fresh pineapple and Jell-O simply do not mix: www.straightdope.com/columns/read/308/why-you-cant-put-pineapple-in-jell-o(Possibly this was written specifically to get pedantic netizens like yours truly to talk about their film, in which case, I heartily agree with what they were attempting.) Cute movie, though I would have preferred more Cold War monster movie plot elements, as opposed to a plot that's basically "Independence Day" x "Men In Black" / "The Incredibles" This is where Dreamworks could really stand to learn a few lessons from Pixar, who generally try to put story and characters BEFORE technology and visuals. The difference may at first seem subtle, but let's face it, there are no "Woody" or "Buzz" characters emerging from this movie. P.S. I thought Seth Rogan as B(L)OB was a lot of fun, and well cast. Colbert as the President was hammy and overdone. (though Colbert, left to his own devices, is genius)
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Post by mummifiedstalin on Mar 30, 2009 22:50:24 GMT -5
I'm looking forward to this one, and so is my son. For some reason, that big insect monster with the unfocused eyes always makes me grin.
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Post by Torgo on Mar 30, 2009 23:17:57 GMT -5
P.S. I thought Seth Rogan as B(L)OB was a lot of fun, and well cast. Colbert as the President was hammy and overdone. (though Colbert, left to his own devices, is genius) To each his own. Seth Rogen is far to hit and miss for me to care. I think every role he's in could be played by just about anyone and I wouldn't tell the difference. His role here didn't do much to convince me otherwise. "It's a boy! Look at his boobies!" You see, it's funny because boys don't have boobies. Ugh. I loved Colbert here because it was hammy and overdone, and it fit perfectly in the genre spoof of the movie. Even though I realized it was a tad much, I still got a harder laugh out of his techno tune communication to the alien ship than Rogen has gotten out of me his entire career. And I gave out a major "HA!" when one of the agents refered to him as "Papa Bear."
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Post by Mighty Jack on Apr 6, 2009 7:39:21 GMT -5
Superb concept, pretty good movie. I’ve always loved giants roaming through cities, so Susan was my favorite.
Voicework was all great (I don’t like Rogan but even he was good with this). 3D was good though the cars looked like toys and some of the humans looked like dolls to me… but now that I think of it, that fits this kind of film, even the 3D stuff was straight from the 50s (you know, Dr. Tongues house of… etc, etc)
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