Movie Review

The Wife and I, in a rare moment of shared time off, took in a movie yesterday.  Monsters Vs. Aliens is the new Dreamworks offering, starring Reese Whitherspoon, Hugh Laurie, and some other folks.  The animation is pretty good, with some neat dust scenes early on, and a very good sense of perspective.  The story itself is kind of lacking; it's a fairly predictable retread of every really awful sci-fi movie you've ever seen.  Some relief is provided by frequent references to the cult classics: tron, close encounters, dr strangelove, and so on, but it's not enough to make this a film I'd watch again.  If you're really into Ed Wood you might think this is a great flick, but otherwise I'd pass.

Given the automatic one-star deduction under the Joe Bob Briggs rule, I give Monsters vs. Aliens one star.  Ted sez check it out if you really want to.