MONSTERS Vrs ALIENS

“MONSTERS Vrs. ALIENS” (Voices of Reese Witherspoon, Keifer Sutherland, Seth Rogen, Hugh Laurie, Will Arnett, Rainn Wilson, Stephen Colbert as 'The President' & Paul Rudd)

I do give credence to ‘expectations’ having a lot to do with how much someone enjoys a film. I had low expectations for this (Anything I wait until it comes to the $3 theatre is either something I wouldn’t pay full matinee price to see or a movie that my wife has no interest in seeing) So with that in mind, ‘Monsters V Aliens’ isn’t all that bad. If I had gone in believing those that called it a ‘laugh riot’, I would have been extremely disappointed.
There really isn’t much to comment on – everything you need to know is right there in the title; it is a cartoon version of Alien Vrs. Predator, except it has nothing to do with those scary Aliens & there is no Predator. Okay, it has very little to do with Alien Vrs. Predator other than the similar titles, I just needed to write something to pad this review.
Witherspoon voices Susan, a young woman living in Modesto, Ca. who gets hit by a meteor on the day of her wedding & grows 50 feet during the ceremony. Don’t ask how she survives being hit by a meteor; if you need an explanation as to how this sort of thing can happen, watch a Roadrunner cartoon & pay close attention to how many times Wile E. Coyote survives what would normally be a fatal incident... & yes, that’s me padding some more.
Susan is then whisked off by the military & confined with 4 other ‘monsters’; Dr. Cockroach (Laurie) is a scientist that tried to make himself invincible by crossing his DNA with a cockroach – instead it just turned him into a talking cockroach that wears a white lab coat. The ‘Missing Link’ (Arnett) is a Creature from the Black Lagoon-ish talking fish with arms & legs. B.O.B. (Rogen) is a blue blob created by combining a tomato with gelatin & having the mixture go terribly awry. & even though BOB seems to be indestructible, he doesn’t have any actual ‘skills’ to bring to the table.
The 4th monster is a Godzilla sized bug that doesn’t have the ability to speak – so it basically is just a big bug that stands in the corner of the room doing nothing.
Aliens attack earth because of the substance contained in the meteor that hit Susan; it is supposedly the most powerful substance in the universe & Big-headed 4-eyed Alien Guy (I think they called him Galaxar, but Big-Headed 4-Eyed Alien Guy is a better name since it’s longer & assists in the padding procedure) will stop at nothing to find it.
Galaxar(Wilson) sends a giant metal probe to track down Susan - Since the substance is now inside her.
Keifer Sutherland voices General W.R. Monger, the man in charge of keeping the monsters contained until every branch of the military fails to stop the probe.
Paul Rudd voices Susan’s annoying weather-man/anchor-man hopeful fiancé, Derek. Paul was so exuberant with his voice work, I didn’t even recognize him.
There are a few laughs along the way, so ‘MvA’ isn’t anything special, just a silly little cartoon flick with plenty of goofy looking creatures to entertain the young uns...