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I saw Monsters vs. Aliens in 3D yesterday. I had a collision with fully sugared soda and freshly buttered popcorn before the movie started, so I really don't know how objective I am about the beginning when I say that I hated it. I just thought it was slow and not amusing, but then, my hair and clothes were wet and the Pepsi had gone down my shirt, both front and back.
Is Reese Witherspoon ever not charming? I like her. I think she should voice many more animated characters. I am so tired of the popular feminine voice: lazy and throaty. I'm done with that. Everyone should enunciate like Reese!
Stephen Colbert usually amuses me greatly, but I hated the character of the president. We all know it is possible to have an idiot elected to the presidency. Did we need to see another moronic characterization? The way he looked reminded me of Greg Proops or Buddy Holly with a Jay Leno chin; mildly creepy.
The beautification of Modesto was funny. Rolling green hills, really? Huh. Nick O' Time, where art thou? Oh, yes. Modesto. And I am in Stockton. There are no hills, green or otherwise.
I liked the music. As much as I hated hearing Reminiscing by The Little River Band and Journey's Who's Crying Now? on the radio at the time those songs were popular, I must admit that when I heard them in the movie yesterday, I smiled.
After seeing the trailer for UP, I am excited about it. I laughed more during the UP preview than I did in the first half of Monsters vs. Aliens. On the whole, by the time I turned in my 3D glasses, I was glad I went.
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