MOVIE: Monsters vs. Aliens

Not bad for someone who doesn't usually like animated films
Viewed: Wed., April 22 at Reel Pizza (Bar Harbor) with Ashley, Brendan, and Meme
Rotten Tomato: 73% Mine 65%
EW: C+ Mine: B
Genre: Animated Action/Adventure
Released: 3/27/09
PG (1:34)
Directed ( & created by) Conrad Vernon and Rob Letterman
Big names for voices: Reese Witherspoon, Hugh Laurie, Seth Rogen...

Sweet just-to-be married Modesto, California girl gets creamed by the radioactivity from a meteor and grows hugely tall (50 feet?), is captured by covert American government agents and hidden away with other 'monsters"...a mad scientist that turned himself into a human-sized cockroach (Hugh Laurie), a blue glob with a raving single eyeball and no brain (Seth Rogen), a very old old old sea-type fossil that has come to life, and a enormously huge bug (which turns out to be a pre-stage butterfuy, part of the story...). California Girl Susan is now dubbed "Gigantica" and is sent out with her new monster friends to stop the aliens that are trying to grab the radioactivity from the the meteor that zapped HER. Of couise, they prevail and are on to bigger and better things at the end. Ashley was a bit scared the first time she saw it, but suggested we take Bren so she could see it again. He loved it. When I asked him who his favorite was, he said "the monkey." Okay, were we watching the same movie? Come to find out, he thought that the green sea creature was a monkey. He just cracks me up. What a blast going with both the kids.

And Reel Pizza is an experience in itself. I've missed viewing movies there - waiting for my number to light up on the Bingo Board to go retrieve my pizza...drinks and popcorn on the counter in front of you or a TV tray in front of the couch you've been lucky enough to nab. And prices, still a reasonable $6 for all shows, all ages. Very fair. Very fun. A good night out.