There have been few digital joys that I have had this year. I don't know if my love for movies is diminishing or if I simply haven't seen anything that has been that impressive to me. Last night with the students, I went to see Monsters vs Aliens and the show we happened to catch was presented in 3d. Leaving the theater I could only think one thing: All movies should be presented in 3d. I can remember hearing multiple times throughout the movie, the collective gasp of young and grown boys, girls, men and women at the different images that came bursting through the screen. When you are surprised at a movie nowadays, that's a good sign.

As far as content goes, you get what you can come to expect from animated films. A story and characters that little kids and adults can love. Jokes that both groups will get but the other will look at them and wonder why it's so funny. As an added bonus, you have little kids asking at their normal speaking voice "Is he dead?" or "mwuahahahaha" which somehow has a way of making everything much funnier. If you have seen anything from the posts below it's that I'm a fan of animated movies and rarely will they get a low score from me. This bears true in this instance also. Monsters vs Aliens is a great watch and most of the kids in the movie seemed to thoroughly enjoy it. So if you have little ones, you can count that on your side. If you are interested in more, the trailer is below for your view pleasure. As far as a score goes....

Monsters vs Aliens: A


----------------
Now playing: Ludovico Einaudi - Limbo