Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #38 in DVD
• Released on: 2009-10-26
• Rating: Parental Guidance
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Formats: Anamorphic, PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 90 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
With eye popping visuals and launching the kind of brightly coloured carnage onto the screen that computer animation excels at, Monsters vs Aliens is a film that knows its intended audience well, and targets them precisely. On one side of the fence is a motley crew of heroes, led by the near 50-feet tall Ginormica. She’s joined by B.O.B. the blob, Dr Cockroach and the frankly bizarre The Missing Link. Between them, they have to fight off the threat of the dastardly Gallaxhar, in a fairly standard at heart good versus evil adventure.

And yet Monsters vs Aliens throws plenty into the pot to make things more interesting. Firstly, it’s odd cast of characters are generally the last thing you’d expect from cute and cuddly kids’ movies, but they’re a hard bunch not to like. Then there’s some terrific voice talent at work, and the overall quality of the animation is simply superb as well.

What’s nice too about Monsters vs Aliens are the tips of the hat to the older viewers. It’s not always the most subtle script for working on two levels, but the assorted nods to science fiction classics are warmly appreciated. They certainly help paper over a few of the cracks when the film’s blinding visuals relax and leave you realising what a straightforward tale is hiding underneath. But then the film tries so hard to keep you entertained that it’s hard not to cut it some slack.

For much of the running time of Monsters vs Aliens though you simply won’t have to. That’s because it’s solid, funny and pacey entertainment, that easily whiles away an hour and a half. There’s plenty of re-watch value here too, in a film that proves to be quality family entertainment. It’s no Shrek, but it’s still a fine piece of work. --Jon Foster

Special Features

• Modern Monster Movie Making
• Three Never-Before-Seen Deleted Scenes:
> Monger’s Plan
> War Room Turns on Monsters
> If You Don’t Know

• DWA Music Video Juke Box
• Filmmaker Commentary
• The Tech of Monsters vs Aliens
• Top Secret Sneak Peek Files:
> How To Train Your Dragon
> Shrek The Musical
> Kung Fu Panda World
> The Penguins of Madagascar
> Shrek The Halls
> Secrets of the Furious Five
> Monsters vs Aliens Activision Game trailer

Synopsis
Susan Murphy's (voiced by Reese Witherspoon) wedding day is rudely interrupted when from out of nowhere, she's hit by a falling meteor! Amazingly, she survives the collision and proceeds to walk down the aisle looking every inch the glowing bride... glowing green, that is. Things only get stranger once inside the church, as Susan suddenly grows to a colossal 49 feet 11 inches tall. Because of her new stature, she's branded a 'monster' and carted off to a secret government facility for genetic anomalies. There, she meets fellow outcasts; a brilliant cockroach with a PhD, a bizarre ape-fish hybrid, a gelatinous and indestructible blob, and a 350 foot grub. When an alien robot with an appetite for destruction lands on Earth, a desperate President calls for the monsters to be released in the hope that they will defend the very people who imprisoned them. Of course, the monsters oblige as they are basically good, despite their outward appearance. In their clumsy effort to save mankind from the alien threat, they prove that they each have something valuable to offer and that together they can really make a difference.
DreamWorks Animation and directors Conrad Vernon (SHREK 2) and Rob Letterman (SHARK TALE) have created a fun adventure packed full of B-movie references, eye-popping 3D visuals, and quirky-looking monsters kicking alien butt.

Customer Reviews

Great feel good movie!
This movie is just great, when I saw this movie yesterday in cinema it wasn't in 3D unluckily but still i still found it absolutly brilliant. It is one of the best feel good movies of the year of course apart from slumdog millionare! But there are great bits for older and younger a like, i'm 12 and i really enjoyed, after kung fu panda and madagascar 2 which are also good but this is just amazing. Wall-e i really like but that was more a work of art than a good family film. Great, just great. Can't wait to buy the dvd.

2D or not 2D, that is the question
Are you a kid? Or maybe you're a big kid like me who loves dreadful old fifties monster films like The Blob, The Fly, Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, The Creature from the Black Lagoon, Earth vs the Flying Saucers and so on? Well, this film is for big kids and little kids and they'll have a whale of a time.

Why only 4 stars? Well, just as Revenge of the Creature and It Came from Outer Space were best enjoyed in 3D, so this film is designed to be savoured in big-screen three-dimensional glory...and that won't happen on your 2D telly. The opening shot of someone thwacking a paddleball repeatedly straight at the camera (a salute to that other 3D favourite, House of Wax with Vincent Price) is completely pointless in 2D and so are many of the film's best moments.

Also, the heroine's weatherman boyfriend is just SO annoying that you want to strangle him every time he appears. Once again, 3D is better at providing the illusion that you might actually be able to do so.

Roll on 3D for the home! Until then, 4 stars only. Sorry.

Monster fun
Susan is about to be married when an unfortunate accident involving a falling meteor turns her into a super-strong giant. She is captured and taken to a high security unit where she meets various other monsters who have been captured and imprisoned. it looks like they are there for live, until amysterious robot arrives on earth, apparently bent on destruction. The monsters are called in to save the day.

This is a very funny film, with a lot of amusing dialogue, and should be enjoyed by adults as well as children. Happily, the film keeps sentimentality to a minimum and gives us plenty of action and laughs instead. Far better than most animated films of its kind.