Mrs. GarageGuy and I took a couple of youngsters to see Monsters vs. Aliens a couple of days ago... 3D and on an Imax screen. Anything worth doing is worth overdoing. And the Imax screen at the Regal, Mall of Georgia is showing the movie in 3D.
The boys, almost 5 and almost 6, had a lot of fun. There were howls of laughter at some points of the movie... and a happy lack of fear during the parts that were expected to be scary. But, as such movies should, this one has a few gems hidden for Moms and Dads.
To start with, there are lots of movie references that will be completely lost on the kids... like Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Blob, E.T., Beverly Hills Cop, The Fly, Creature From the Black Lagoon, Attack of the Killer Tomatos and Attack of the 50 Foot Woman. There are actually even a few more...
There are also fun little things like the crawler on the news station, license plates and dialogue that isn't on the level of the kids... like the soldier telling people evacuating from San Francisco across the golden Gate Bridge that exact change is appreciated but not required.
I think my favorite line from the movie is delivered by the President as he is escaping from the giant alien robot. He tells the Commander of the military forces to "do something violent."
The bottom line is that the movie is not as good as Cars... it won't get any awards for the story... but it IS a fun movie, safe for most kids and parent probably won't walk away thinking it was a waste of 2 hours.
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